posted June 1, 2016 #
Really enjoying this
Nightblonde interview with frontman Ryan Breegle in which he explains a bit of background about the band and their intentional influences. This bit covers just about everything in perfect summation:
Lyrically, we are fascinated with 20th century authors who wrote about the future as they saw it, usually a warning for society to change its ways before the world destroys itself. And I don't know if anyone really listened. Writers like Ray Bradbury, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, many others - they foresaw things that have become reality for us today. Surveillance, genetic testing, reliance on technology, basic human rights being threatened, the list goes on. Looking at the future through the lens of the past is a big theme for us.
Musically, the songwriting of Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine; you could strip away the effects and you still have very well crafted songs. We love the hypnotic repetition of Neu!, which went on to be furthered by Stereolab. We are very moved by the harmonies of lots of 1960's groups, The Free Design, Mamas and The Papas, The Byrds, Crosby Stills, Nash and Young. I also love incorporating strange sounds into the songs, very Radiophonic Workshop or like the French band Air would always do. And we adore reverb and delay.
But design and image are also such an important part of what we do. It is important for us to have a uniform look on stage. Megan works very hard to have all our publicity threaded with a specific Orwellian voice. And Jill came up with the cover art for our debut record Numbers using dots and dashes from Morse code which ended up having a very striking Factory Records / Peter Saville look to it.
The debut album
Numbers will be available for streaming on June 3rd and their beautiful limited edition vinyl will start shipping the same day.
