As we climb are an up and coming band mainly from Cambridge. They supported Madina Lake and although unsigned at the moment, will be a band to look out for in the future. Drummer Ben 'TF' Taylor was kind enough to let me interview him.
As we climb are pretty new band to many people, how would you describe the sound, what makes you different to everyone else?I suppose most would call us Pop-Punk, we prefer the term Heavy Pop. The key to writing good songs is to have memorable melodies and "hooks". We like to fuse the "hookiness" of pop, with an edge of rock. I'd say one of the things that would set us aside from other bands would have to be the array of vocals used in each song.
What is the song you look forward to performing the most?At the moment, the song I look forward to playing the most is a new song called "Get It Together" which will be on our album, due in early 2011. From the batch of songs that people may have heard online, I'd probably say "Tell It To My Tombstone", as it's the song people seem to know the most, so they really get involved.
The band seems to have a lot of facial hair, is there a competition?Haha! What a great question! I shaved mine off recently and instantly realised the mistake that I had made. It's true, we do like a bit of facial hair, apart from James. We've tried to convince him that he looks killer with a beard, but he won't have it. When we went into the studio last year, we did actually have a facial hair growing contest, which is why some of us look so ropey in the video diaries!
Whats your favourite gig you've ever played?My favourite show would probably have to have been when we supported Madina Lake in Cardiff. The show itself was not necessarily better than other shows we'd played, it was more to do with the amount of good feedback we got from the kids. We made a lot of new fans that night, and that's what it's all about!
Who do you site as you biggest influence?We all have different influences, but collectively you could probably say bands like Simple Plan, Fastlane etc.
I saw your blog video in your tour bus, trying to annoy the driver, it was hillarious, but whats the funnuest things thats happened on tour?Believe it or not, we haven't gone on tour yet, we've only been together about a year and a half so far.. But we've had many road trips to different shows around the UK. It's hard to pick the funniest, it'd either be between.. When we were in the studio last year, we were sleeping in the van every night in a car park next to the studio. The police came by to check what we were up to and B-Ry freaked out and ran away because he thought we were in trouble. The second would probably be at a service station on the way to Wales when B-Ry turned to the side to let out an almighty burp and a pretty blonde walked straight into it!
Except for yourselves who do you expect to make it big in the future?That's a good question, there are some really great bands starting to emerge in our scene at the moment. I think Deaf Havana could go onto even bigger things and Futures seem to have what it takes too.
Cambridge is known globally for its Universities, not much else. Whats the best part about coming from there?Although the band is based in Cambridge, only Ben and James actually live there.. Me and B-Ry live about 30 mins away. I remember how the music scene used to be great in Cambridge, sadly it's not really anymore. So.. I guess the best thing about living there would be the fact that they have an Apple store!
Are you planning any releases soon?We are indeed, we're due to go into the studio on July 12th to record the second half of our debut Album. I think the plan is to release a couple of singles this year, before we release the album in the first quarter of 2011.
What are your plans/goals for as we climb?Well, as any band would say, we want to make it to the top! But in all seriousness, we just want people to get to hear the tunes, come to our shows, enjoy the music and most of all we want to carry on enjoying doing it. We're just like a family and we enjoy every minute of the band, we hope it continues for a long time.
Check them out: http://www.asweclimb.com/
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