Post by blade on Feb 23, 2011 11:27:54 GMT
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www.sleepwalkingmag.com/2009/06/28/sad-day-for-puppets-2/
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“Any time is a good time for guitars and feedback”. Our friend and editor Jamie Russel already introduced us to the dreamy world of “Sad Day For Puppets” on that review. For what is worth their new album reached 8/10 on the NME scale, so I tought it was really time for an interview. Here we are.
Mark Zonda: Sad Day For Puppets. How did it all begin?
Marcus Sandgren: Martin and I, have been friends and been playing together in various bands for the last 15years. Then about 8 years ago, Anna found us or we found her, we´re not sure, but either way, we started playing together as three piece with just acoustic guitars and her on vocals. We weren´t really what you would call the most active band around, we only did a handful of gigs, playing house parties and the smallest festivals known to man. Then about 2 years ago, while we sporadically working on what would later become the “Just Like A Ghost EP”, we got offered to open up for the “Moon Babies”, in a, for us, huge venue. So we realized that we had to get a proper band together, so Alex who was producing the The EP volunteered to play bass and Anna’s sister Annika - who was singing backup at the time – had a boyfriend, a drummer named Christoffer, who also joined in. We started rehearsing for that show and that was the first time that we were a “real” band. Annika and Christoffer would later leave the band, to focus on school, being replaced by the notorius Micke Back. But that´s pretty much the gist of it.
Mark Zonda: How many “Liz Phair” does it take to get to “Marbel Gods”?
Marcus Sandgren: It would roughly take 3 and half Liz Phair’s to get to Marble Gods? Don´t really know to tell you the truth, I haven´t really listened to her.
Mark Zonda: Why shoegaze can still win the heart of so many pop listeners? What does represent to you?
Marcus Sandgren: I don’t know. A good song is always a good song, regardless of what the music genre is called. We don’t think of it as shoegaze, we’re just trying to make the best songs we can but if that is how people can find our music then that’s fine. Martin and I have always been in to wall of sound guitars and bonded over bands like Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Neil Young and that is what has influenced our playing.
Mark Zonda: Listening to your songs I got impressed by the solid sound of the whole thing. Your band seems very tight and everything works peachy with not a sound out of place. Did it took a long time playing
together or it’s all a studio trick?
Marcus Sandgren: Thank you for the kind words. A lot of the sound on the record obviously has to be accredited to Alex, who did such a brilliant job producing the album but we have been playing together for a while and are starting to find out what works for us. But as far as playing live, it’s just this last year that we really got it together as a live band but that’s just thanks to that we’ve been playing and rehearsing more.
Mark Zonda: Will you ever play in Italy? What abot Steventon Truck Festival?
Marcus Sandgren: We would love to play in Italy! Hopefully as soon as possible. Truck festival is gonna be great. Lot of great bands to check out and it will be be nice to be back in the UK again.
www.sleepwalkingmag.com/2009/06/28/sad-day-for-puppets-2/
Text:
“Any time is a good time for guitars and feedback”. Our friend and editor Jamie Russel already introduced us to the dreamy world of “Sad Day For Puppets” on that review. For what is worth their new album reached 8/10 on the NME scale, so I tought it was really time for an interview. Here we are.
Mark Zonda: Sad Day For Puppets. How did it all begin?
Marcus Sandgren: Martin and I, have been friends and been playing together in various bands for the last 15years. Then about 8 years ago, Anna found us or we found her, we´re not sure, but either way, we started playing together as three piece with just acoustic guitars and her on vocals. We weren´t really what you would call the most active band around, we only did a handful of gigs, playing house parties and the smallest festivals known to man. Then about 2 years ago, while we sporadically working on what would later become the “Just Like A Ghost EP”, we got offered to open up for the “Moon Babies”, in a, for us, huge venue. So we realized that we had to get a proper band together, so Alex who was producing the The EP volunteered to play bass and Anna’s sister Annika - who was singing backup at the time – had a boyfriend, a drummer named Christoffer, who also joined in. We started rehearsing for that show and that was the first time that we were a “real” band. Annika and Christoffer would later leave the band, to focus on school, being replaced by the notorius Micke Back. But that´s pretty much the gist of it.
Mark Zonda: How many “Liz Phair” does it take to get to “Marbel Gods”?
Marcus Sandgren: It would roughly take 3 and half Liz Phair’s to get to Marble Gods? Don´t really know to tell you the truth, I haven´t really listened to her.
Mark Zonda: Why shoegaze can still win the heart of so many pop listeners? What does represent to you?
Marcus Sandgren: I don’t know. A good song is always a good song, regardless of what the music genre is called. We don’t think of it as shoegaze, we’re just trying to make the best songs we can but if that is how people can find our music then that’s fine. Martin and I have always been in to wall of sound guitars and bonded over bands like Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Neil Young and that is what has influenced our playing.
Mark Zonda: Listening to your songs I got impressed by the solid sound of the whole thing. Your band seems very tight and everything works peachy with not a sound out of place. Did it took a long time playing
together or it’s all a studio trick?
Marcus Sandgren: Thank you for the kind words. A lot of the sound on the record obviously has to be accredited to Alex, who did such a brilliant job producing the album but we have been playing together for a while and are starting to find out what works for us. But as far as playing live, it’s just this last year that we really got it together as a live band but that’s just thanks to that we’ve been playing and rehearsing more.
Mark Zonda: Will you ever play in Italy? What abot Steventon Truck Festival?
Marcus Sandgren: We would love to play in Italy! Hopefully as soon as possible. Truck festival is gonna be great. Lot of great bands to check out and it will be be nice to be back in the UK again.