You released a single in August, called ‘Death Rattle’ along with a B-side called ‘Maps’. How has the reaction been so far from fans? Really good, i don't think we could have asked for much more. The reaction when we play that song live now gets better with every show, which is always a good sign!
How does it feel to receive airplay? ‘Death Rattle’ has had a fair few spins on-air, including Fearne Cotton’s Radio 1 show! It's a surreal experience to say the least when you're driving on your way back from Tesco and you turn on Radio 1 and you hear your song playing. I don't think i could ever get used to it!
How did your recent tour go with Reckless Love and how excited are you for your upcoming tour with Canterbury? I write this literally the day after we finished the Reckless Love tour! It was a cool experience, it was almost a challenge! Reckless obviously have the whole Motley/Kiss vibe about them, the long hair glam metal and then you get us playing pop rock songs. It was a laugh watching the audience look at you like "hey, what’s this, these dont look like bon jovi" but then as the set goes on the arms unfold and the dirty looks turned to nodding heads and in the end the audience actually quite liked our set. This is exactly why we did the tour, to play to people who would never give this band a look in the first place. I think this tour is the most fans we've gained on a tour to date! Saying all of that, i literally can't wait to get on the road with Canterbury. Collectively between us all their new album is our favorite UK album of this year, so the fact i'll get to watch them live night after night is going to be sweet for us all!
Your debut album is tentatively scheduled for release early next year. How come it’s taken so long to get it out in the open? It must be frustrating to sit on the album when you want it out there! Frustrating yes, but this has definitely been the best way we could have done it! The radio/tv stuff has helped us out no end, along with the extra tours/festivals we could squeeze in before the album drops. We've probably doubled the people interested in our band from that time. I can't wait to get it out there though, i just hope people will like it as much as we do!
What are you hoping will come out of the release of your album? Who knows, it's hard to say really! I just hope it pushes us onto the next step, whatever that may be! We've had a good ride in terms of time and progression in this band so far, and I hope this album can push us on even higher! Overall i just hope people like it!
What are you wishing to achieve in 2013? Who knows! I just hope we keep going in the right direction.