So how are you guys enjoying 2011 so far?
JL: Its been great to see ourselves in the NME a bit. And to do that BBC Radio Maida Vale thing. We had a great time. And were really excited about the show at XOYO tonight.
How many bands to watch in 2011 lists did you make?
DW: We're on a couple but I find lists like that a bit misleading, to be honest.
JC: Theyre all very different.
DW: And you seem to be able to buy your way on 'em. Everyone that seems to have a massive record deals on there.
JL: We were on the NME one, thats the one that counts.
JC: Because they actually listen to the music.
Dan White, Miguel Demelo, Jim Cratchley, Johnny Lloyd
What do you think of hype lists like that when they come out, as music fans?
JL: Well thats what they are: hype. Like Dan said, most of the bands have got big deals. So its more of an industry hype. The bands that were into in Camden arent ever going to be on that list, cos they havent got deals.
Bands like?
JL: Bones, Turbogeist... Yeah, but were still happy to be a part of it.
Online, you guys are harder to research than I thought. You dont even have your own Wikipedia page. You know you dont exist unless youre on Wikipedia?
JL: We just keep it MySpace.
DW: We dont think its that important. We dont want to ram anything down anyones throat or try and sell what we do. We just want to do what we do and let people discover it if theyre into it.
JC: Someone asked me to Like our Facebook page the other day, which I didnt even know existed.
JL: We both found our Facebook page on the same day. I think Margherita (Visconti Urok Management) did it. Its banging man! Ha ha...
Have you listened to any of the other Tribes bands out there?
DW: Oh, theres a French, Quebecy metal band.
JC: And theres an Australian hardcore band.
JL: I dont know if thats, like, a cool thing to do, research your own band name?
DW: They have no relevance to us.
JL: We dont really care. Theres no other Tribes doing the music were doing. If theres a French metal band, thats fine, you know?
DW: We dont play French metal.
One online account I did find mentioned that you had one sound then re-emerged from your bedroom with a new demo and a whole new sound?
JL: Yeah. We went back and started more of a song writing basis than, like, a gang of us sort of jamming.
DW: We started Tribes and this is the methodology. Johnny writes songs, demos them in his bedroom and brings them to the band for us to expand on.
JL: We just jam em out. Its usually pretty instant.
Martin Zahringer
That van Ive seen you posing in front of, is that your actual tour van?
JL: It belongs to some friends of ours. We just got lent it for the last tour.
MD: Weve become quite attached to it.
DW: Shirley! Sharon?
MD: Sheila!
