** Plus ** The 1975 The Amity Affliction The Chats Ocean Grove Creeper Waxahatchee Silverstein Dream Nails + loads more
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Bury Tomorrow Code Orange Brian Fallon
All Time Low are back, but after nearly two decades together, what next?
APRIL 2020 Issue 53
HELLO. Generally, these Ed’s letters are pretty generic. Don’t worry, you’re not hurting my feelings thinking that. A quick intro to what’s in the issue - oooh look, it’s All Time Low, etc etc - and on we go. But this month feels very different. At the time of writing, we’re currently in a period of uncertainty due to the spread of coronavirus. Festivals and tours are being cancelled as countries shut borders and cancel mass gatherings. There’s an expectation some of the stuff covered in this very issue might actually never happen - but right now, we simply do not know for sure. There could be months ahead where our scene finds itself up against it, as live music struggles in the face of something altogether more serious. Support what you love, be kind to each other, and most importantly of all - stay safe.
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RIOT 4. PVRIS 6. SILVERSTEIN 8. OCEAN GROVE 10. BRIAN FALLON 14. THE 1975 16. GENDER ROLES 18. CREEPER 20. THE AMITY AFFLICTION ABOUT TO BREAK 24. DREAM NAILS FEATURES 26. ALL TIME LOW 40. BURY TOMORROW 44. THE CHATS 48. CODE ORANGE 52. WAXAHATCHEE REVIEWS 54. ALL TIME LOW 56. MILK TEETH TEENAGE KICKS 58. LIZZY FARRALL
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THIS MONTH IN ROCK
EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN ROCK
PVRIS
A new album, a new label and a refreshed focus, PVRIS’ leader is grasping possibility with both hands. PVRIS have announced their new album ‘Use Me’, and it’s coming on 1st May. Preceded by lead single ‘Dead Weight’, the record sees frontwoman Lynn Gunn “own[ing] her role as PVRIS’ leader and sole architect”. Lynn expands: “I allowed myself to support a narrative I thought I had to support of PVRIS being a band. I didn’t really have a role model for this. Coming from a ‘band culture,’ it’s about how the group is always greater than the sum of its parts, and you’re not supposed to take credit, even if you do everything. There’s no template or role model for really owning it as a woman. I wanted to make everyone else happy and uphold an image I thought we had to. “Growing up, I learned I don’t have to do that anymore. I’m finally allowing myself to take credit. I’ve got the full support and encouragement of my bandmates. PVRIS is a unit and very much a team, but the heart and soul of the vision and music always has sourced from me. I’m just saying it now. I fulfilled my own vision of what a role model should be.” P
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Aussie bunch Ocean Grove are back with their second album, ‘Flip Phone Fantasy’. p.8
It’s been seventeen years since The Amity Affliction burst onto the scene. Seven albums later they’ve been through the wringer. p.18
Brian Fallon is at a fork in the road as he releases his third solo LP. p.10
Photo: Sarah Louise Bennett.
Dream Wife have dropped their comeback single, ‘Sports!’. It’s an early teaser from the Londonbased trio’s second album ‘So When You Gonna...’, due 3rd July. “‘Sports!’ sits on multiple levels; of satire and celebration, of nonsense and common sense, of the body and the mind, of IRL and digital,” they explain.
Biffy Clyro have announced their new album, ‘A Celebration of Endings’. Due on 15th May, the news follows teaser-track ‘Instant History’, and new ‘un ‘End Of’. “This is a very forward-looking album from a personal perspective and a societal perspective,” explains frontman Simon Neil. Upset 5
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Words: Steven Loftin.
It’s been seventeen years since The Amity Affliction burst onto the scene. Seven albums later they’ve explored change and been through the wringer with it. Never ones to give up, they’re back for more with ‘Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them’, and they’re not going down without a fight. Hi Ahren, how are things going since the release of the album?
Oh, everything’s been received very well. I think it just hit ten million streams on Spotify. ‘Soak Me In Bleach’, we’re playing that every night, and it’s probably the biggest song so yeah we couldn’t be happier, honestly, very very stoked.
Do you still get that same excitement after so long? Oh yeah, definitely, it’s always fun for us. Writing and recording music is my favourite part of being in a band. Creating something from nothing and watching people enjoy it is always
a very rewarding part of the whole thing. Especially because our last album didn’t do too well in Europe and the UK - it did really well in America, so we were kind of like, ‘Alright, let’s try and do the best parts of ‘Misery’, and add some heavier stuff that we’ve never really done before’. And, you know, Bob’s your uncle; it’s a good mix of heavier songs, and everyone seems to like it.
How do you go about processing some people not engaging with an album? Well, it’s very odd. Australia
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What would All Time Low do? It’s a question the band held close during the recording of their eighth outing, ‘Wake Up, Sunshine’. They’ve thrived embracing the cavalier, carefree attitude that comes with youth, but after nearly two decades together, what next?
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LIVE, UNSHINE Words: Steven Loftin. Photos: Sarah Louise Bennett.
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TOMORR Words: Jack Press.
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We live in a society where subjects too taboo for the establishment’s prescription for the perfect normal life are brushed under old carpets and locked away in bedroom wardrobes. Depression and anxiety are part and parcel of modern-day life, yet mental health is still often not allowed to leave the lips of anyone struggling through their own ordeals. Music, perhaps more than any other artform, is prepped and primed to open its doors to the voiceless generation. In 2020, there’s one band flying the flag for British metal’s mental health brigade, and that’s Bury Tomorrow. “We’re very scared of being vulnerable, but there’s a lot of strength in that, not just from ourselves but strength from others supporting us through that vulnerability. It’s not something to be afraid of, it’s something we should relish in,” states frontman Dani Winter-Bates, currently in the midst of juggling his role not only as the frontman of one of British metal’s flagship bands on the cusp of releasing their sixth album, but his life away from music in the NHS as a culture
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BUSINESS Words: Jamie MacMillan. Photos: Luke Henry, Maclay Heriot.
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Words: Steven Loftin.
N G E Everything Code Orange do is for the reaction. A push and pull of channelling the rawness of life, while excavating the most brutal parts to contort it into something visceral. It’s for this reason precisely they’re one of the most exciting bands currently rearing their head in the alternative world. Nothing is as it seems, and will test your expectations.
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