Band name:
Senopia.
Where are you
from?
London, England.
Who is in your band?
There's Pia (vocals), Andrew
(bass/synths/guitars/backing vocals), Rich (guitar) and David (drums). We have
members from England, Austria and our singer's a Swedish-speaking Finn.
How
would you describe yourselves?
We're
a moody electro-rocking, glitch-loving, guitar-playing female-fronted band
Who
are your main influences musically?
Nine
Inch Nails, Bjork, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack, Jimi
Hendrix, Radiohead, and Nirvana are the foundations. There's also been a lot of
Grimes, Purity Ring, Chvrches and Jon Hopkins played at Senopia Towers lately.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
World domination
would be fun, but ultimately time consuming. But while we have no pretentions
on breaking into charts globally or selling out arenas, this whole process of
writing the best songs we can and getting them out to people on our own terms
and seeing that other people actually like it too is a great, rewarding thing
to do and we want to see how far we can take that. If that takes us to new,
exciting places, so be it.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Recording and releasing our debut album, Modern Squalor. It took a lot of blood,
sweat and tears and we're delighted to see it completed. It was out on February 24th.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
We've not had
too many humiliations. The band have all managed to avoid any 'trousers falling
down on stage' incidents. Though at our first ever gig, the power failed at the
venue two hours before we were due on stage, so instead of a soundcheck, we had
to spend the time diverting people to a new venue and figuring out how we
weren't going to fall off the tiny stage provided during the show. Nerves
shredded. The gig worked out pretty well in the end though.
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Modern Squalor,
the title track and first single from the album - I guess it's our mission
statement, sonically. Combining rock and a bit of thrashing about on the drums,
all set around synths and drum machines - and a good hooky chorus. It's not in
our nature, or what interests us, to just stick to one genre.
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
You can keep up
to date with us at http://www.facebook.com/senopia and http://www.twitter.com/senopia.
The album will be available at http://www.cdbaby.com/artist/Senopia and
the single is available there now.
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