HOW to make a cracking new band. Take four musicians, each of them plodding along, playing music they’d rather not be playing, in other bands. Lock them in a room for three months with a bunch of old films and video from the 80’s, stir gently and allow to settle.
After washing them thoroughly, reposition them in a recording studio and let them play. Record a four-track EP, allowing them to choose which songs they want to be on the record. This part is critical: any interference here could leave the band bitter and unfit for human consumption.
Finally, release the EP, even though the lead song contains enough swear words and sexual innuendo to ensure no radio station in the country would be able to play it, even if they wanted to.
It’s a risky recipe, too risky for most record labels, but one that can sometimes give you something that the organised, sales-driven labels could never give. Something truly original.
“We were all pretty fed up with what we were doing so the four of us decided to go into a rehearsal studio to see if it worked. We went in with no real idea of what we wanted to sound like but, after two or three rehearsals, it felt like things were starting to work out. So we left the bands that we had been in and just went for it,” said Pockets.
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