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Things are heading in the right direction now

Things are heading in the right direction now, with more and more kids coming out for shows and being exposed to music at their own backyard thanks to initiatives by organisations like *SCAPE – so hopefully in the near future independent music in Singapore will mature into a self-sustainable one.

1. Give us a short introduction about you.
We’re a band that makes uncool pop music in our bedrooms! We still do that right now, and it’s such an important part of our process and sensibilities. While our individual music tastes vary, some artists that all three of us love are bands like Frankie Cosmos, Kero Kero Bonito, and Crying.

2. What are your biggest accomplishments/happiest moments?
Our sold-out Japanese tour earlier this year in January would definitely be up there in one of our biggest achievements. We had the chance to share the stage with so many of our favourite bands in Japan, like For Tracy Hyde, Seventeen Years Old, and Berlin Wall, and Lucie, Too – but what was even more amazing was seeing people so far away enjoying and relating to our music. It was also incredibly illuminating seeing how passionate the bands and fans are there in their love for music, and we have so much to learn as part of a young music scene such as Singapore’s.

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3. What’s your aspirations for 2019?
Aside from sharing our music and connecting with more and more people around the world, we’re also working on some new songs for a new album – some of which you might have heard live at our last show at (Yet) Another Party by Middle Class Cigars at *SCAPE.

4. What’s the biggest challenge you have faced?
It’s difficult to pinpoint what the biggest challenge is, but Singapore’s size – both geographically and in terms of population – is definitely something we struggle with. Aside from a shortage of live music venues to play shows in, there just aren’t enough people into the arts or music to sustain a strong live indie music culture, where “going out to a show” is something that people of all ages do regularly.

Things are heading in the right direction now, with more and more kids coming out for shows and being exposed to music at their own backyard thanks to initiatives by organisations like *SCAPE – so hopefully in the near future independent music in Singapore will mature into a self-sustainable one.

5. What advice would you give yourself when you were just starting out?
Don’t make excuses for yourself and don’t be afraid to mess around or mess-up! That’s how we eventually figured things out – just playing around and trying to put what we imagine in our minds into sound, learning new things as we went along.

 

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