Your name:
Kyle Turner.
Where are you
from?
Sydney,
Australia.
Name of band:
Without Wings.
Who else is in
the band?
Simon and Roger
on guitars, Moose on vocals and Shaun on drums
How would you
describe yourselves and your music?
Musically I would
say we are a progressive rock band that love to be loud and punchy but then
also melodic in a way that we will stay in your head forever. As a group of
guys we are all fun and energetic, always looking for ways to stir one another
up for a laugh and maintain our strong camaraderie.
Who are your
main influences musically?
The biggest two
are definitely Karnivool and The Butterfly Effect. Whenever we hear or talk
about their songs the conversations last for ages and often turn into Shaun
bringing up a video of them on YouTube mid rehearsal then realising 20 minutes
have passed by.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
To be honest
when we became a full line-up it was without any major goals or agendas.
Individually we each just wanted to have some fun playing and collaborating
with strangers, and seeing what sort of relationship and sound we would build
together. Once we knew we were clicking together and decided to hit the
recording studio, it became a bit more results focused. Even still the main
desire is to just play music with one another and have fun with it. It would be
nice to reinvigorate the prog rock scene in Oz and give a different taste and
feel to the genre, but so long as we are having fun and people are digging the
sound we don’t mind where it takes us.
What has been
the highlight of you career so far?
Definitely the
EP release. Whilst we have all been in other music scenes and bands, I myself
never had the chance to take it to a recording studio and experience the actual
printing of something with my name on it, so I’m very excited and happy to have
done it in a genre that I hadn’t participated in before. And also do it with
some great blokes.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
Having just
shared my excitement at being in a studio for the first time it’s probably also
something that caused the most stress, and at times made us experience each
other’s limits for the first time as well. Whilst it was an amazing process and
99% of it was incredibly fun, that 1% was enough to make us realise that next
time we hit the studio it will be with a different and more organised
approach.
If you had to
pick one song to represent your music what would it be and why?
Definitely Fire.
When describing the band we say loud and punchy but also soft and melodic. Well,
that describes Fire. It’s certainly the song that helped us find our sound and
direction for the future.
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we find
out about your music?
We are on most
social avenues of course, you can find us on Facebook, Spotify, iTunes and we also
have our official website withoutwings.com.au where
you can grab a copy of Catharsis.
