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| Sam & Leo Relinqua Q. Does Relinqua have any recordings out or coming out? Can you tell us about the name, release, tour, expierience while recording it, etc? We have just recorded a two track Demo at Witzend Studios. The two songs were 'Living On the Upside' and 'Millionaire' which are available for download on our website or if you ask us at our shows. The recording was done over a few hours by Alan Dawson. He was a champ, very chatty and was completely obsessed with footy (the finals were on at the time of recording). It was very rewarding but a long day, and really we spent less time recording than we did sitting around watching Alan twiddle knobs and pushing buttons. Hopefully we can record an EP some time next year. I dont know what songs we're doing, but we've got a few new songs which are pretty cranking. Q. Can you tell us a little bit about the band and its history? Has the band changed since forming? We started jamming in late 2000. That was Sam, Leo and Kim sitting in our lounge room writing a few songs. It took ages to get a full band together, but John joined in late 2001, as well as a drummer for a few months, but he left. Then we went back to the lounge to write and contemplate things, before Ryan joined and kicked us into gigging action in late 2002. Q. What is the songwriting process for the band? Do you write the lyrics and music together or one first and then the other? Sam writes most the guitar riffs and makes a basic structure, Leo writes most of the keyboard parts and some guitar, but the songs always change when its brought to the rest of the band. These days the whole band is having more input into the writing process. Kim writes all the lyrics and vocal melodies, except one or 2 early songs which Leo wrote the lyrics for. Then we bring all our parts together and jam until we're all happy with it (and learnt the parts!) Q. When playing live shows, is it important to make every show a spectacle or does it just happen naturally. Do you feed off the crowd's reaction or do you try to create a reaction? We try to make it a bit interesting. Leo always has some funny rock antics going on. We try to concentrate on the music more than show, as we want the songs to sound as good as possible. The live show tends to come naturally, and as we get more experience it'll become bigger i guess. Q. Is there a story behind the name Relinqua? A week before we had our first gig at the Grosvenor we didn't have a name. Kim looked in a Latin dictionary and found 'relinquo', meaning relinquish. We liked that but thought the 'O' on the end was a pit poxy so we changed it to an 'A' to make 'Relinqua' Q. There is a lot of interest in Perth bands and Perth music at the moment, do you think there is a particular Perth sound and is it very different from bands from the Eastern States? I don't think there is a particular Perth sound, it is just that the bands that have been recognised nationally over the last few years seem to have that indie rock, triple J flavour. However, if you look around town there is plenty of different styles being played by bands. Q. What bands have had the greatest influence on you and who are your favourite bands at the moment both from Perth and from elsewhere? Well this is Leo and Sam doing the interview so we only really speak for ourselves. HIM, Opeth, Katatonia, Anathema, Entwine, generally goth rock/metal bands from europe have been the biggest influence on our style. Locally I'd say Civilised, Heathcliffe and Fourth Floor Collapse. We also really like Josivac and Kim likes Nathan Gaunt. Q. What is your favourite live music venue in Perth? Do you prefer small pub shows with a small audience or bigger shows with lots of people cheering you on? Our favourite venue to play at is the Rosemount, but we really miss the Grosvenor. We've only played small pub shows so far, but I'd love to play big rockstar shows too.. Q. Do you have any gigs coming up that you would like more people to come along to? Wednesday October 1st - Swan Basement Then we have a break as Sam goes overseas for a while and have two 'comeback' shows: Wednesday Nov 19th - Carlton Friday Nov 28th - Mojo's Interview by Justin For more information go to Relinqua's official website. |
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