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Although San Francisco-based band Deafheaven only formed in early 2010, it has stormed the musical world by force, in short order signing with Deathwish, Inc. and releasing an impressive, if sometimes imposing, debut album, Roads To Judah, in 2011. Songwriter and vocalist George Clarke and guitarist Kerry McCoy form the core of the band, which is rounded out by Nick Bassett on guitar, Derek Prine on bass, and newest member Korey on drums. George took a brief timeout from the band’s seemingly-endless touring schedule, possibly in the middle of a jaunt to Germany, to report on the latest developments of ...
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[caption id="attachment_37647" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Photo Credit: UNISON"][/caption] Salut Mélanie and Julien! Thanks so much for doing this interview with me during such an exciting time for you. Your magnificent self-titled debut album came out in your native France, and the rest of Europe, in September 2011 – and it will be released in the U.S. in April on Lentonia Records. You are originators of a musical style known as “Witch House”, which the electronic artist Pictureplane coined. What does this term mean? Melanie: Here is a video that our Internet friend Mario Zoots did in 2010 that explains the term very ...
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Hi Michael! It’s such a pleasure to be in touch with you and find out how you’re doing! Your new album, A Brief Crack Of Light, was just released on February 6th. Was there any last-minute pre-release craziness going on and is all okay now? I think we’re as prepared as you can be in this sort of situation. There are always a lot of things that come in at the last minute, so we just sorted through as much of it as possible. There were a lot of emails flying around before the album release! A Brief Crack Of Light is ...
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Hiya Dan! I’ve had the grand pleasure of hearing both of your band’s albums, the 2008 debut You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into and 2011’s Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You, and you definitely redefine and realign what is labeled ‘electronic rock’ these days! Your latest album is extremely aurally varied compared to your debut. What instruments and/or sound samples and/or styles did you incorporate on your new album? I think both albums are pretty varied, the first one had straight-out-80's synth-pop mixed in with purely electro dance music. The second album definitely dipped toes into multiple genres, ...
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[caption id="attachment_35912" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Photo Credit: Nic Shonfeld"][/caption] Hello James and Andy! It’s so wonderful to catch up with you between tours and before the release of your new album, No One Can Ever Know, in February 2012. I would think that you can relax for a bit now, but based on your tweets, it sounds like you’re staying busy! What is this about filming an acoustic session? Have you been gathering footage of your gigs to eventually release as a live DVD? That would be brill! James: No, no plans as of yet for anything like that. We were supposed to ...
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