GOTH PUNK GRUNGE ROCK AND ROLL BEAUTY…….
Grabbing the attention of Waks Records last year with their snarling and guttural yet highly melodic sound, Doe Face Lillian kick off proceedings at the first Vapour Trail of 2008 with what is sure to be an unforgettable show. With a sound that mixes spiralling guitars and deep distortion with electronic beats, theirs is a frenetic brand of rock’n’roll designed for the 21st century. As influenced by mind-bending pharmaceuticals as they are aural destruction, here are Doe Face Lillian……..
First of all, tell us how the band got together and an insight into the story so far.
David - played in other bands that all collapsed in unpleasent ways and had tried and failed with other people and then just meet rob in a club some saturday in sugust 06 when I was pretty fuckfaced on MDMA and yeah it works and the rest is history or whatever!Rob - Pretty much that... Chewing his face off and almost begging me to go over for a jam despite the fact I'd owned a bass for a week. What inspires your sound and style? Clearly what you might call the darker side of rock seems to be a big influence. David - I like big guitars that sound big and menacing and have a sort of swirl of beauty and ugliness I feel like creating a sound has been almost a subconscious thing there has been no real plan its more a sound that has evolved with lengthy jamming, we have tried to create something with dips and troughs like life but soundguys tend not to get it really "Too much Noise/feedback" or "the levels are wrong" seems to be a common cry from sliderman! Fuck that, I find it quite disgusting and patronising that the assumption is that their view is the only correct one !Turn up everything! A FUCKING LOT!Rob - There was no real plan, and it's quite strange how things turn out the way they do. I'd always intended on being in a straight up punk band!Although your sound is based around natural instrumentation, you do have the electronic element of the drums? Was this intended from the beginning, to combine the two elements?
David - Not really, just we couldn't find a drummer of any worth and it was a case of wait to find one or find a solution and this solution turned out really good! And in a really boring muso way the electro drums are perfect for the sort of wall of noise that is created using delay! And a laptop or Ipod is much smaller too!If I remember correctly, you seemed to be on the cusp of putting a single out not long ago, what is happening with that?
David - you clearly don't remember correctly but Waks records do want to work with us to release something in the future but they are kinda of busy at the moment with Hatcham Social !
In terms of the future, can you see your sound changing at all? I.e. building upon the electronic element, etc.
David - well the sound changes by its own accord experimentation leads to change! I can see things moving in extreme directions possible heavier ideas emerging and also pretty beauty soundscapes emerging too!Rob - Definitely heavier, but not in a silly snarly metal way. I might actually learn to play bass properly too! Finally, what's next for you?Rob - More writing, more gigging, see if we can't actually make something big of this. We're a bit lazy, so we've vowed to actually work at it now. We've vowed many things though...David - Think I might watch a bit of telly?
Grabbing the attention of Waks Records last year with their snarling and guttural yet highly melodic sound, Doe Face Lillian kick off proceedings at the first Vapour Trail of 2008 with what is sure to be an unforgettable show. With a sound that mixes spiralling guitars and deep distortion with electronic beats, theirs is a frenetic brand of rock’n’roll designed for the 21st century. As influenced by mind-bending pharmaceuticals as they are aural destruction, here are Doe Face Lillian……..
First of all, tell us how the band got together and an insight into the story so far.
David - played in other bands that all collapsed in unpleasent ways and had tried and failed with other people and then just meet rob in a club some saturday in sugust 06 when I was pretty fuckfaced on MDMA and yeah it works and the rest is history or whatever!Rob - Pretty much that... Chewing his face off and almost begging me to go over for a jam despite the fact I'd owned a bass for a week. What inspires your sound and style? Clearly what you might call the darker side of rock seems to be a big influence. David - I like big guitars that sound big and menacing and have a sort of swirl of beauty and ugliness I feel like creating a sound has been almost a subconscious thing there has been no real plan its more a sound that has evolved with lengthy jamming, we have tried to create something with dips and troughs like life but soundguys tend not to get it really "Too much Noise/feedback" or "the levels are wrong" seems to be a common cry from sliderman! Fuck that, I find it quite disgusting and patronising that the assumption is that their view is the only correct one !Turn up everything! A FUCKING LOT!Rob - There was no real plan, and it's quite strange how things turn out the way they do. I'd always intended on being in a straight up punk band!Although your sound is based around natural instrumentation, you do have the electronic element of the drums? Was this intended from the beginning, to combine the two elements?
David - Not really, just we couldn't find a drummer of any worth and it was a case of wait to find one or find a solution and this solution turned out really good! And in a really boring muso way the electro drums are perfect for the sort of wall of noise that is created using delay! And a laptop or Ipod is much smaller too!If I remember correctly, you seemed to be on the cusp of putting a single out not long ago, what is happening with that?
David - you clearly don't remember correctly but Waks records do want to work with us to release something in the future but they are kinda of busy at the moment with Hatcham Social !
In terms of the future, can you see your sound changing at all? I.e. building upon the electronic element, etc.
David - well the sound changes by its own accord experimentation leads to change! I can see things moving in extreme directions possible heavier ideas emerging and also pretty beauty soundscapes emerging too!Rob - Definitely heavier, but not in a silly snarly metal way. I might actually learn to play bass properly too! Finally, what's next for you?Rob - More writing, more gigging, see if we can't actually make something big of this. We're a bit lazy, so we've vowed to actually work at it now. We've vowed many things though...David - Think I might watch a bit of telly?
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