Your names:
Josh Callon,
Jake Callon, Marc Burn, Ryan Barnes.
Where are you
from?
Newcastle
Upon Tyne.
Name of band:
Hunting Game.
How would you describe yourselves?
We are a group
of ambitious musicians refusing to settle for the ordinary. Most music scenes
don't explore outside of their comfort zone. Our aim is to write an array of
songs that will appeal to a more wider audience but can also excite specific
music genres. Each one of us have prefered bands and genres to listen too that
have influenced the broadening sound of our music. I would describe our sound
as ambient, melodic, progressive and alternative. We are heavily influenced by
genres such as jazz, math rock, post hardcore punk and alternative rock music.
Who are your main influences musically?
We all agree
that certain bands have influenced our music but not intentionally. The music
we enjoy to listen to has obviously rubbed off on the sounds we enjoy to create
through music. Without specifying a certain selection of bands we try to sound
like, we believe that bands such as Deftones, This Town Needs Guns, Balance and Composure, Wot Gorilla and Biffy Clyro.
What do you hope to achieve in music?
International
recognition. We all feel that
without setting goals this big, we won't be able to achieve anything worthwhile
as we are committing a lot of time, money and effort into this bands success.
What has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Hearing our two-track demo back for the first time after it had been fully mixed and mastered.
It was a good feeling when we all agreed that the tracks sounded better than we
had even expected. This was also good motivation for getting album artwork and
working towards releasing the demo for everyone to hear.
And what's the
moment you want to forget?
I'd like to
forget a period of time for three to four months in which we didn't make much progress
with our set. At the time we were looking for a new bass player meaning
progress was slow and frustrating. Once we found a bass player, things
picked up and we sped up the process.
If you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what
would it be and why?
Sunskin... this
song represents most of the aspects of our playing sound and style. It contains
quiet, melodic, moody parts and is then followed by a heavy post punk
influenced chorus. The middle 8 shows the technical abilities of our musicians
with a mathy, fast paced break.
Where can we listen to it?
Where can we find out more about your music?
Anything else you'd like to say about your band/music that I forgot to
ask?
We are releasing
a two track demo entitled "La Caza" in the next week or so which have
the tracks you can listen to on soundlcoud. This will be available as a free
download on Bandcamp, Facebook and various other websites.
If you get a chance to see Hunting Game, don't waste it. Brilliant band.
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