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Something of an enigma on the local scene are Spokes. Only spotted playing the fierce angular rock music. Usually owls of the night. Yet responsible for frightening innocent fans of live music with bone-shreding sophistication.
Tell us Spokes, just a little bit about how such sonically testing music came to be: “We've been playing together for about three years now, we moved to Manchester two years ago and since then we've been gigging pretty heavily but the last few months have been spent recording our first full length album.”
Album talk eh, can we expect more of the same soothing experimentalism? ”It was never a conscious decision to be experimental actually, I wouldn't really choose to describe ourselves in that way. We rehearse in this old Victorian school building that's near Johnny's parents house and it's got a nice natural reverb and a really peaceful vibe. It just seemed natural to let the music speak for itself and not sing over the top for the sake of it. Recently though a lot of the songs have been written through recording and a handful of them just made more sense with vocals. We still don't have a full time front-person, just lots of group vocals and harmonies.“
What? Next you’ll be coming up with more violin arrangements!?
“We've been able to do more violin arrangements as well which has been a lot of fun.” Oh. “The album's going to be out in a few months so after that who knows, we're looking forward to touring again and hopefully playing a few more festivals. Recording has kept us away from doing shows for a while and we've really missed it, we're just one of those bands that just love to play live.”
Well there you have it kids. Hopefully by reading this you’ll be 59% more knowledgeable about who, what and why Spokes are. To be 72% more knowledgeable see the band play Deaf Institute on 15th Feb supporting Hot Club De Paris. TAGS: Spokes Words by: Richard Cheetham
Links:
Spokes - Myspace
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