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Brainlove Festival: Tall Stories

Luke Morgan Britton | Thursday 17 May, 2012 13:06

Close associates of the inner circle of Brainlove Records, Tall Stories are today’s featured band for this year’s festival – hoorah! Anyone who’s caught the London-based trio before will know what exciting antics to expect and won’t need much convincing to want more.

For newcomers, the group describe their live set-up as “a lot of energy and a lot of sarcasm”, and considering last time frontman Rob played the Brainlove Festival he drank a bottle of spirits before arrival, this time will surely equal these epic feats.

We had a quick word with the band before they head off to Liverpool Sound City, where they play tonight at Mello Mello.

Could you introduce a little about yourself first and foremost?
We are a three piece, north London based band who aim to make the biggest, catchiest racket we can possibly muster.

For people who haven’t seen you live before, what can they expect?
A lot of energy, and a lot of sarcasm.

Have you been to the Brainlove Festival prior to this year?
Yes actually, Rob played Brainlove fest last year as a drummer for the Ethical Debating Society.

And how was it?
It was great. I drank a bottle of Sailor Jerry in the car on the way there and they had a bubble machine.

Who are you excited about seeing live this time round?
Some of the bands that we met and played with at Tallinn Music Week, Estonia.

How do you find festivals in general? Do you prefer smaller venue shows?
We just prefer good shows! Festivals are great because none of the normal rules apply any more. You can embrace your inner lunatic.

Do you enjoy the prospect of people that necessarily aren’t that familiar with your music getting the chance to stumble upon you?
Yeah, that’s all we need really. A bunch of people in a room to rock out to.

Could you tell us a little bit about the track you chose to give away as a free download?
This was our first demo that we recorded and mixed entirely on our own, which was arduous to say the least! It has so far been played on XFM by John Kennedy and Huw Stephens on Radio 1.

What do your band have going on at the moment? Anything you’re working on or forthcoming releases in the works?
Our manager keeps bullying us into “generating content”. So we’re recording lots of stuff and making videos. That’s all progressing nicely. We’ve got quite a few gigs coming up, including a slot at Liverpool Sound City tonight.

Tickets & Lineup Info for Brainlove 2012 at: www.brainloverecords.com/festival.

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