2. What was the first album that you bought with your own money?

V: I remember asking my gran to buy me Toxicity by System of a Down, and Iowa by Slipknot at a JB Hi-Fi when I was a teenager. They were my favourite bands in the whole world when I was young.

B: Demon Days by Gorillaz when it came out in 2005. I remember liking the first album as much as a 9 year old can (it was the Gorillaz Final Drive flash game), and my mum took me into the Virgin Megastore at Norwich Castle Mall to buy it. The shop was sandwiched between a GAME and a Gamestation. Real ones remember.

C: The first physical album I ever bought with my own money was Lament by Touché Amoré, followed by Hyperview; Title Fight forever has a chokehold on me.

3. What was the first album or artist that got you in to heavier/more abrasive music?

V: Not necessarily a band but a person, when I was a kid my family friend Nikki was in a deathcore band and told me all about heavy music and the culture and changed my life forever. Y’know being 13 and having a cool older teenager tell you about stuff they do makes everything sounds like it's the coolest thing ever. I always think of Nikki as one of those important people that really shaped me as a person and I wouldn’t have been the same if I never had them in my life. Miss you and Love you if you ever read this! 


The first riff I ever learnt on guitar was 'Do I Wanna Know' so I guess Arctic Monkeys are the reason I’m a musician (those first two albums still hold up great!) as well as so many hours on Rocksmith back in the day, and I’ve still got the Les Paul that came with it!

B: Linkin Park, around 2007 when Minutes to Midnight came out. My mum bought me the first 3 albums in a 3 for £15 deal at HMV or something and I was transfixed. As far as I remember it was the first time I'd ever heard anyone do that with their voice - on a technical and emotional level it really resonated with me, as well as their sci-fi drip.

We also had family friends growing up whose older kids were in what was essentially a Funeral for a Friend tribute band. Thinking about it now, that's how I first discovered emo. Rest in power, Depth. Listen to 'Burning Pages'.

C:  I really do credit Have Heart and Pianos Become the Teeth (Old Pride especially) with introducing me to hardcore and hardcore emo stuff. I also remember being floored by 'Heroine Fingers' by Disembodied and itching for that aggression not too long after I first encountered the other two bands; I found it in Orchid and Shin Guard.

4. What artist or album do you think has really helped to shape your approach to song writing?

V: This is always such a tough question for me. My music taste has changed a lot over the years so I feel like a lot of different music has inspired me. I have a real special place for 80’s music and new wave in my heart as well as post-punk and New Romantic stuff. I’m a pretty big riff/hook gal! I genuinely adore bands like Wham! and Tears for Fears and think the songwriting from that era is so amazing. I really love simple sounding songs that have so much going on in them in the background. 



When it comes to emo/skramz music I definitely find most of my inspiration from the scene in so-called Australia. There’s so so many bands I can think of to name but I’d be here forever! An obvious favourite of mine that anyone who knows me knows is St. Albans Kids (who I just saw play for the first time in 23 years!!!!!) I think Tales Of Late Night Excursions is the perfect example of a screamo album. I also adore and am very grateful to have become friends with Gil Cerrone over the last few years. I think I’ve maybe missed one show of theirs ever since I first saw them! They’re probably the tightest band I’ve ever seen in my life and everyone is so sonically perfect for each other. I also think With One Exception from Kaurna country is one of the best contemporary/up and coming bands in the whole country and everyone needs to keep their eyes on them!! 



I also really love a lot of 2nd wave emo (Mineral/Braid etc.) I also enjoy a lot of skramz coming out of America the last decade, (Febuary, Alinah, Train Breaks Down, Told Not to Worry) just to name a few.

Also anything weird and noisy sounding!

B: For atloy, I draw a lot of influence from 90s post-hardcore and noise rock. Bands like Unwound, Sonic Youth, Hoover, Four Hundred Years, Faraquet, Okara and Maximilian Colby. For me, the bass playing in these bands elevates the music to something almost psychedelic. There's a lot of jazz and dub influence that creates interesting harmonies and dissonance while maintaining an emphasis on groove. To channel this, I don't really bother learning what key Val is playing in, I just kind of improvise until I find something that sounds nice or appropriately disgusting. That's a creative way of saying I don't know theory.

C: Orchid is probably my biggest lyrical inspiration, feels like spontaneous prose and waxing philosophy. Musically there’s too many to list, but every band I’ve ever seen in the scene has been a serious inspiration for me!

5. What artist or album would you say has most influenced your personal philosophies? Or who has helped to shape your approach to the world?

V: I really love the messaging Febuary always pushes to put forward marginalised people in the front of the scene, I think it’s really important to make the voices of women, people of colour, and queer/gender diverse people heard. Especially in today’s climate they often have the most important things to say.

Harkening back to St. Albans Kids, I think that their approach to DIY was so amazing, the fact that they never played in actual venues and still had such an impact proves so much that with the right people you can do anything if you try hard enough!! Our scene is so special because of DIY and I don’t feel out of place at all like I have in other scenes in the past. I don’t know where we would be currently if not for places like Spit.

Another big influence for me personally is my dear friend Scott McLatchie from The World at a Glance who has always pushed me to put as much of myself as I can in my art. I would not be a part of this scene without them and they are another one of those people who I think is the reason I am who I am today :)

B: I can't really think of any one band that has influenced my personal philosophy. I worry this can lead to a sort of risky idol worship that I'd rather avoid.

But I would say that becoming involved in DIY culture as a whole has been the most transformative and liberating thing for me as a musician, a photographer, and a real life person. Between being able to watch my friends express themselves freely, and its core principle of acceptance, DIY has instilled this sense of 'if I want to do something, I'm just going to do it' (although often with an admirable stubbornness that's at the expense of my own health). It has given me at least a single drop of confidence in my own ability, simply by existing in an environment in which I can present myself without fear of judgement. I see its effect on the kids, I see it in all the friends I've made, and I especially see it in my band mates. I hope one day I can return the favour in a more meaningful way than an overly sentimental response to an interview question.

C: Some of the most influential bands for me (there are too many to list) are Orchid, Gang of Four, Have Heart, Fugazi, Daïtro, iwrotehaikusaboutcannibalisminyouryearbook, Pianos Become the Teeth, and For Your Health; there’s too many! But these bands shaped how I engage with music, with authenticity and vulnerability, and also politically. Otherwise, most of anything I do is shaped in communist politics and Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy.

6. What artist or album have you been listening to the most recently?

V: I’ve been really enjoying The Youth by Comadre, as of late, I’ve been in the process of archiving a bunch of music so I'm listening to lots of old school skramz/emo while I organise everything. Shoutout to Dixons Recycled on High St for always having the craziest emo finds.

B: Lately I've been back on an indie rock trip, 90s stuff like Built to Spill, Silver Jews, Pavement, The Microphones, etc. I like a good song underneath all the weird music, and a lot of these guys are some of the greatest songwriters to have ever lived.

C:  I’ve been playing Songs to Scream at the Sun by Have Heart non stop recently, as well as Laissez vivre les squelettes by Daïtro, and Kneecap’s Fenian.

7. Anything else coming up for the band that you'd like to plug?

We've got a big mates fest house show on June 13th that we've put together with the help of Dave Almonds himself from Under the Almonds. We'll be celebrating the release of our EP which will come out sometime between now and then.

Apart from that, we'd just like to extend our thanks to everyone who has allowed us to share our music with them over the last 18 months or so. We appreciate all the continued support while we've been hidden away working on things. We're incredibly proud of the music we've created together and can't wait to play it for you again very soon x

Thanks again to all that's left of you for taking the time to share some of the music and influences that's helped them grow as artists and as people.

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Header band image: Tennace Gallas / Instagram