This is my final article:
According to front man Jamie Ellis, this band seeps out from the mainstream pop-culture whilst still being fully attached. ‘Skies Of Until’ have hit back at the quirky, pointless indie lyrics about ‘dancing at discos’, and come up with some electrifying content to fulfil this nation of music-lovers. With them, their guitars.
The trio are here today to give us an insight of what they’re really up to right now, and their plans to conquer the world…
‘We just wanna play live, make our fans happy, and make sweet, sweet music’, states lead guitarist Richard Porteous. ‘With all of these mixed in, our world domination will be well underway!, Jamie, the vocalist, buts in whilst Tom Wilson chuckles in the background.
When we ask the boys of ‘Skies of Until’ about the events leading up to this interview, they all turn to look at each other in confirmation, and then their story is unleashed. ‘Yeah, we probably shouldn’t mention this, but that woman over there with the blonde hair said she’s only get us this interview if ‘the singer’ went on a date with her afterwards’ giggles Tom. Laughter infected the group as their producer, as it seemed, grew redder and redder.
‘We’ve just been playing gigs here and there, we love touring, that’s probably the main way we got our music out there’ Tom states bringing an answer back to the original question. ‘I think people love my face more than anything if I’m honest, we’ve got a huge majority of girls in our fan base, so it must be my looks’ Jamie jokes sarcastically, or was it sarcastic? Who knows with Jamie, as it seems Tom and Richard don’t know either. Eyes from Tom and Richard turn to him and Richard states ‘stop talking shit Jamie, just because you love yourself doesn’t mean everyone else does’. Jamie shrugs his shoulders and pretends to sweep his invisible long hair over his shoulder, giving us a cheeky smile and a wink.
The trio’s new single ‘Last Winter’ is a heart-felt but up tempo track, that the boys tell us was meant to be a filler track on the EP, but after popular demand from their fans, they’ve released it, matching it with an emotional yet eccentric music video. The video contains the usual beer, babes and beats, but with a twist, but I’ll leave you with that until you see video yourself, because I definitely highly recommend watching it.
Now being three boys in a band, this lot must get a lot of fan mail from girls; we ask them what the weirdest thing they’ve ever received was. Tom tells us that he once got a giant teddy stuffed with strawberry flavoured sweets, after saying that strawberry is his favourite flavour of anything once in an interview. Richard also says that he was once delivered a pair of ‘Vans’ shoes with his name engraved on the white edge of the shoes, in his size of course. ‘I was touched that someone actually went through the effort to give me these, I’ll keep them forever, but won’t where them out often in case they get wrecked’.
To create the gorgeous sounds that come from this band, we figured that they must have been inspired by someone pretty good? ‘I really love Jimmy Eat World and Green Day, I love pretty much every song these guys have ever made, and just think they’re superb’ says Jamie in ore. ‘Yeah me too, says Tom, but my favourite is a band called Train, I went to see them recently, and they’re definitely the best live band I’ve ever seen, and probably best I will see, they were so amazing’ Tom adds. Richard tells us that his inspiration came from older bands such as Pink Floyd, ‘my guitar is actually a guitar from Pink Floyd’s studio, my dad bought it for me last year, and I absolutely adore it’.
From just talking to these guys, everyone in the room can feel the cemented bond between the three of them, and this is definitely reflected through their music. Jamie overviews their situation, ‘With the three different backgrounds, mixing them up with some music, and ending up here within the same 2 years, that’s truly amazing.’
We definitely agree with you Jamie, and wish all three of you luck on your quest to conquer the world, just one step at a time.
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