Without a shadow of a doubt, I would have to say that the S/T release Josh talks about in this interview is probably the one record to be released this year, that I am really hanging out for. It is really rare that I band will come along and blow you away with a demo. But Legions have some how achieved this. At least on myself. For such a young group of people they are really quite incredible. Both in song writing and in maturity. I wouldn't go so far as to say that there is 'hype' surrounding this band, but there are definitely great expectations and they have in no way grown arrogant due to all this new attention. I'll stop sweating them now. Have a read.
Josh, vocals. I won’t lie- I’m not a huge DBD fan per se, I mean I am pretty psyched on a few tracks and I’m looking forward to checking them out. But I’m mostly looking forward to seeing Relentless play some new stuff, the couple of tracks I’ve heard are dope.
Lets get straight into it. You guys have a 7'' coming out on Arrest Records. How is that coming a long?
Pretty shockingly, haha. We’ve been recording it ourselves, and because of that we’ve been able to scrap tracks and re-record them over and over again. We’re all perfectionists so naturally, we keep delaying it. Sorry if we’ve kept anyone waiting!
How did that actually come about? Did Greg approach you or was it the other way around?
Greg showed some interest in us when we put our demo out, and when he started Arrest he approached us about putting a record out with him. We hadn’t really even considered what the next step for us was at that point, and seeing the things he’s put together since starting the label pointed us in that direction when the time came for us to start putting our own release together.
Are there any details you can give in regards to the EP? Date, title?
We don’t have a definite date yet, but the 7” is four tracks, self-titled, available on vinyl hopefully with digital download.
You put up a new track from that 7'' a while ago. How have people received it so far?
It’s been real good, I mean, this was the first track we did with our new guitarist Owen, and he wrote a majority of the riffs (I wrote most of the riffs on the demo). I think we’ve pretty much sorted out what we’re doing with sound now, and Owen had a big influence on that. We’ve had nothing but positive feedback about it, so we’re stoked.
From talking to friends, people on the internet, you guys are gaining quite a following. Is this surprising at all? People taking such a liking to you before your first release?
I’m pretty excited that people are getting into us, and hopefully that will only increase when we hit some other states this summer. I still sorta feel like people are judging us a little based on the fact we’re young kids, but it doesn’t bother me a whole lot.
You're all a pretty young bunch of guys. I was actually really surprised when I heard your demo and then the new song (which is rediculously good). How the hell are all you guys such good song writers at such a young age?
Ripping off riffs helps. Nah haha, I think we just have a good process of writing songs where we all have an input.
Speaking of song writing. How do you guys put together all these tracks together?
Rather than going ahead and trying to figure out a song in the middle of practice, we sit down together and put drum parts to riffs that any of us, but usually Owen, come up with at home. We think about ways to improve it and try out different things, and record a draft with midi drums and guitar software and shit, and I take a copy of that and write my lyrics over it.
I tried to book you guys down for a show a while ago and it sort of went no where due to school commitments. Eventually you guys played at Morgans house. When is everyone due out of school? And do you plan on maybe trying to tour on the back of the 7''?
Me and Elliott (drums) are the only ones left in school. Brandon (guitar) is at uni and Tiernan and Owen are working. Me and Elliott finish our exams in November, so we plan to tour as much as possible. At the moment, if all goes as planned, we should hopefully be doing an east coast tour off the back of our 7”.
These are just some quick ones to finish up on.
Who is a good up and coming band you guys have have stumbled across lately?
To be honest, there isn’t a whole lot of new bands around lately that have caught my attention. Warbrain are relatively new and their demo is fucking great, and they’re even better live. Helta Skelta from Perth are also an awesome band. I’ve heard good things about a band from Melbourne called Rainmaker. I’ve been listening to the Elegy demo a little, great stuff. Our friends Endless Heights, Phantoms, Relentless and Fixtures, while they aren’t necessarily new, are definitely my four favourite bands in Sydney.
What record is getting a regular listen on your ipod lately?
I don’t have an iPod but I’ve been listening to Africa – Toto on repeat a fair bit, the new Daylight record, new Bitter End, some Elliott Smith, Righteous Jams demo, and I predict I’ll be giving the Dead End Path 7” a thrashing this week.
What is one thing you hate about being in a band?
Arguing with dudes in the band sucks. Also, we don’t drive much so getting to shows that are a little out of our way is difficult. But there’s nothing I really ‘hate’ about being in a band, I don’t think I’d waste my time with it if there was something that really bothered me about it.
Thanks alot man!
Due to the fact that I have no idea when this record will be appearing, I am to say when to head over to the Arrest Records web store to grab it. But you should definitely keep an ear out, because I don't think this is a record that you will want to miss. It is also good to see that another up and coming band's record will pass through the hands of Greg Bower. This guy is probably doing more for Australian hardcore at the moment than anyone has done in a long time (Graham Nixon and Nigel Melder aside).
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