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While your music explores quite a few
themes, you also inject elements of hope.
What motivates you to find these glimmers of NEW MUSIC
light within your dark soundscapes?
I think some of this comes from trying to take As pioneers in the post-punk
people on a journey through the lyrics and resurgence, how do you feel about
songwriting. I like to start from a dark place and Spectres; role and legacy within the
try to end up at something better or more genre? What message do you hope to
optimistic. I think this kind of journey is pretty leave behind with your music?
indicative of a lot of experiences in life and is a
meaningful one. As the only existing original member, I've
always strived to simply write the type of
How do you translate the intensity of your music I would like to hear. It's great if other
music to the stage and create an impactful people appreciate it, but I ultimately don’t
experience for your audiences? care about a legacy. I have said this many
times before, and I’ll say it again: if
I play a character on stage and try to come off someone finds one of our records 20 years
as angrier or more intense than I am in my from now and it has an impact on them, I
day-to-day life, and I hope that comes through think Spectres will have fulfilled its purpose.
in our performances. I think sometimes,
depending on my alcohol intake pre-show, this
can have various positive or negative effects
on the performance overall.
