RGG February 2017 - p.15
wanted to create
,” says Taylor. “
As soon as you
hand that over to a corporation or whatever, you
end up being like every other band. If you do it
yourself – you’ll stand out
.”
The DIY approach is one that’s not going to
change since signing a record deal: “
Now that
we’ve got a label and stuff we’ll carry on doing
everything, they’ll just help us to do it,
” says
Taylor. “
We’ve kind of been allowed to do what
we want, which is amazing. I guess that’s how
we started so I think people respect that, and
we’re being allowed to carry on like that
.”
When asked about whether they’re worried
about retaining control in this way, Little laughs:
PLUS SUPPORT
FREAK
“
I don’t think they could stop us even if they
tried
.”
Their vision of the music they want to create is
equally as strong. Even though there’s a
backdrop of wall-of-sound, swirling shoegaze,
INHEAVEN have processed the genre through
their own pop-friendly filter. When asked to
describe their music the band suggests each
giving one word (good music pub quiz fact from
Little: “
This is how Bowling for Soup came up
with their name, by the way.
”) with which to
portray the INHEAVEN sound. The answer is
“dreamy noise punk pop” – which they all seem
pretty happy with. Taylor says: “
Most of our
favourite bands actually loved pop music – like
any music, you get good pop and you get shit
pop
.”
So far, they’re definitely producing some of the
former, but with only four tracks in the public
domain what can we expect from what’s to come
in 2017? “
There’s a lot of dreamy, shoe-gazy
mellow songs, and some brutal, angry ones too
,”
says Taylor. “
I really like the Smashing
Pumpkins so there’s a lot of that ying and yang
in our record. I think it’s important to have those
quiet as well as heavier moments.
”
This year they also want to play live as much as
possible. “
I like bands with high outputs, so we
want to put as much out as possible and just tour
the fuck out of it
,” says Taylor. “
But we won’t put
out anything unless we think it’s amazing. I want
people to fall in love with it, just like we’ve fallen
in love with it
.”
Catch InHeaven live at The Slade Rooms,
Wolverhampton on 9th Feb.
RGG have 5 pairs of tickets to give
away for this gig at The Slade Rooms,
Wolverhampton on 9th Feb. Just send an email
to the address below with ‘
Inheaven’
in the
subject title to be in with a chance of winning.
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