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MW: The band used to have a guitarist MW: You toured the American West
and you played bass. How do you keep Coast in 2018. How did that go, and
a full sound live since you switched to would you go again? How did you go
guitar and there's no bass player? about planning the tour and what
venues to play?
LB: When recording I write and
perform all of the bass and guitar LB: It was amazing! A grueling thing to
sections. When performing live, I split do completely DIY but it is somewhere
my guitar signal to run it through we can't wait to go back to. We knew one
both bass and guitar amps. This allows person in L.A. who helped us book a
me to isolate the guitar and bass show, that was it. So, from there, we
sounds or play them both together. It's managed to somehow bag dates in San
a really fun way of still playing the Francisco, Las Vegas, San Jose, etc. We
bass parts live. got to play the legendary Viper Room
on The Sunset Strip and I still don't
MW: The band is amazing to catch think that has fully set in.
live. Maisie's stage persona is next level.
Has she had any training or guidance, MW: What do you think is the current
or does she just adopt a new state of the music industry?
personality when she gets on stage?
LB: It's an industry that is forever in
Maisie Manterfield: I really do just flux. It's never still and it's always
adopt a new personality when the first volatile. The only way to survive is to be
song kicks in and come out of the haze authentic and try to connect with like-
when the set finishes. I just let out all minded people.
the rage and see where it takes me.
MW: When recording songs, do you use
MW: Ross is a real powerhouse of a a producer or are they produced by the
drummer. He really knocks the band?
daylights out of those skins so he's
perfect for your band. How did he get LB: A mix…we have worked with a couple
to join you in the band? of great producers in the past, and then
we self-produced for a while like during
LB: Honestly, I'm not even sure I COVID with the Seance Season Mixtape.
remember. We knew we needed the We have recently been working with Neil
right kind of drummer with diverse Kennedy (Creeper, Boston Manor).
musical tastes to give the songs the
urgency and power they needed. I MW: Do you have any tours or new
think I just randomly searched on releases coming up?
Facebook for Sheffield drummers, and LB: We have a new single due out this
he got back to me first. The first time summer followed very quickly by a lot of
he played with us he just dropped into new music and tour dates to be
the first song straight away and we announced.
knew it was a great fit.
