Issue 84 / Dec 2017/Jan 2018
December 2017/January 2018 issue of Bido Lito! Featuring LO FIVE, TAYÁ, NICK POWER, MAC DEMARCO, LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2017 REVIEW and much more. Plus a special look at our need for space and independent venues, coinciding with a report into the health of Liverpool's music infrastructure.
December 2017/January 2018 issue of Bido Lito! Featuring LO FIVE, TAYÁ, NICK POWER, MAC DEMARCO, LIVERPOOL MUSIC WEEK 2017 REVIEW and much more. Plus a special look at our need for space and independent venues, coinciding with a report into the health of Liverpool's music infrastructure.
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EYESORE AND<br />
THE JINX<br />
Josh Miller, EYESORE AND THE<br />
JINX’s vocalist and bassist, on their<br />
“collection of maudlin odes to the<br />
world’s impending annihilation”.<br />
“I’d like to think we<br />
could have come<br />
from anywhere<br />
and we would still<br />
have made the<br />
same music”<br />
How did you get into music?<br />
I was raised by West Derby’s very own Von Trapp family where<br />
being a musician wasn’t a choice. As for the band, I started<br />
rehearsing with a short-lived boy band some years ago and Liam<br />
just started showing up and honestly just hasn’t left since. As<br />
for Eoghan, we were looking for a drummer who could play for<br />
longer than four bars without doing some ridiculous, Spinal Tap<br />
fill and he was the only one we could find.<br />
What’s the latest song/EP/album you have you - and what does<br />
it say about you?<br />
We haven’t released any music as yet and it says that we’re not<br />
very organised.<br />
Did you have any particular artists in mind as an influence<br />
when you started out? What about them do you think you’ve<br />
taken into your music?<br />
The Fall, The Birthday Party and The Gun Club have been<br />
mainstays of the Jinxy jukebox since we started. From them<br />
we’ve taken countless riffs, the odd bass line and probably a few<br />
lyrics here and there. So, cheers fellas – see you in court.<br />
Do you feel a responsibility to respond to current affairs or<br />
contemporary situations through your music?<br />
The current political climate being the shitshow that it is, I think<br />
it’s impossible to ignore. Taking into account the mutants that are<br />
running the show, I don’t think any of our music is political out of<br />
responsibility, it’s more a case of shooting fish in a barrel. When<br />
the world inevitably reverts back to less tiny-handed, lizard-inhuman-costume<br />
politicians, then our music may in turn become<br />
less political.<br />
How does where you are from affect your writing (if at all)?<br />
I don’t feel our music is particularly indebted to Liverpool past or<br />
present. I’d like to think we could have come from anywhere and<br />
we would still have made the same music and that’s definitely<br />
a good thing. I think the same thing can be said for a lot of the<br />
bands kicking around the city at the minute – and that’s probably<br />
why Liverpool’s music scene is as healthy as it is.<br />
soundcloud.com/eyesoreandthejinx<br />
Head to bidolito.co.uk for a longer version of this interview.<br />
HARLEE<br />
“Uplifting soulful pop with a<br />
sprinkle of teenage yearning.”<br />
Warrington-based HARLEE<br />
talks us through her musical life<br />
and taking inspiration from her<br />
experiences.<br />
“Music is an<br />
escape – a<br />
refuge from<br />
life’s anxieties<br />
and problems”<br />
What’s the latest song/EP/album you have you – and what does<br />
it say about you?<br />
I recently released my second single, Venom. The song is<br />
essentially about a promising friend who eventually revealed<br />
herself to be a fake. I think it speaks to my apprehensive<br />
approach to relationships.<br />
How does where you are from affect your writing (if at all)?<br />
I think my writing is affected both by life in Warrington, and on an<br />
even smaller scale, my day to day social world within Warrington.<br />
Though I’m proud of being from Warrington, I wouldn’t say it’s<br />
particularly glamorous or culturally enriching. So, without some<br />
incredibly inspiring landscape, I’m probably forced to write<br />
more about the people and experiences in my own little world –<br />
relationships, mates, things like that.<br />
Would you say there’s a distinction between yourself as a<br />
songwriter and as a musician?<br />
Well I think writing makes me a better musician. For one, singing<br />
about my own experiences I think makes the vocal performances<br />
more true and powerful. If I’m writing for myself, I try to keep<br />
my voice in mind, but, ultimately, I think I’m in search of the best<br />
composition.<br />
How do you see your career progressing from where you are<br />
now (in an ideal situation)?<br />
I definitely admire the careers of developing artists like Dua Lipa,<br />
Anne-Marie, and Jess Glynne – they have trajectories that I’d love<br />
to follow. Of course, I want to conquer the world but, importantly,<br />
I want people to hear what I have to say, and hopefully take<br />
something meaningful from it.<br />
Why is music important to you?<br />
Music is an escape – a refuge from life’s anxieties and problems. I<br />
think a lot of people feel that way and I’m no exception.<br />
harleemusic.com<br />
Venom is out now via 5Town Records.<br />
You can read an extended version of this interview at<br />
bidolito.co.uk<br />
SPOTLIGHT 33
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