We caught up with Reading four-piece Attention Thieves after their set at Hit The Deck Nottingham which saw them play the main stage in Rock City. They may have been one of the first band's on but they didn't disappoint. Dare we say it, they may just be out new favourite band.
To read the full interview and see what we thought of their live show click below...
Heya guys, we saw you on the main stage
in Rock City
ALL- Yeah, we loved it [high fives all around, literally]. It was fun.
A nice little pit going on down at the
front too, people were getting involved, guys and girls too.
ALEX [Green, vocals/guitar]- Yeah, we’re a unisex band,
JAMES [Harris, guitar]- We try [laughing].
RYAN [Davies, bass]- We really appreciated it though and it made us feel
welcome. Because it's so early you think that people are going to just turn up
and have a look, see what’s going on and not get involved.
ALEX- I can guarantee that I was more hungover than any of
them…
SIMON [Chambers, drums]- Well done [laughing]
ALEX- ...so if I can go up and do that then they definitely
can [laughing]. There was a point before the show where everyone was getting
pumped up and I was just like “mum, pick me up”, but it was a good hangover
cure.
And you're heading out on tour with Canterbury
SIMON- You know what, Hit The Deck is; it’s like the
McDonalds gherkin in the burger…
JAMES- The best bit.
ALEX- The bit in the middle that everyone wants.
Did you enjoy your run out with Enter Shikari?
ALL- YES!
JAMES- The best shows we’ve ever played. The Enter Shikari
fans are lunatics…
RYAN- Every night they all just want to go crazy, even for
the first band. By the end we had a wall of death, a pit and people on
shoulders.
ALEX- Everything you’d tell them to do, they’d just go for
it.
RYAN- Everything and everyone on that tour was amazing.
And are you looking forward to Canterbury…
ALEX- We just saw them for the first time yesterday and
they just have the full package. We’re really excited to tour with them.
You’ve been picked as a band to watch
out for…
JAMES- What? For Crimewatch? [laughing]
Does that add pressure at all?
RYAN- We do really appreciate that people recognise we’ve put
so much effort and time in. We toured all last year and really invested a lot
of energy into it. But we don’t feel like there’s any pressure or that we have to
rise to something because we’re already pushing ourselves so hard.
SIMON- We are literally our own worst critics.
You’ve been recording with John Mitchell (You Me At Six, Enter Shikari, Lower Than Atlantis) including the new single “Can’t See The Light”. How was that working with him?
JAMES- We’d
done the EP with him, so with an album it’s important to be comfortable and
feel like you can work with these people.
RYAN- They’ve recorded all our new
material, the stuff that’s not released yet ,and we felt that they’d invested a
lot. We put a lot into it and they returned it and we really enjoyed recording
with him and everyone there.
And the album, is that
due out this year?
SIMON- We’re still working a few things out
but we’ll release some new music definitely. We have an album’s worth of songs
and we’re really pleased with it all, it’s the best stuff we’ve ever done.
Everything we’ve done is pushing the boundaries of what we’ve done before, so
there’s heavier stuff, lighter stuff…
JAMES- A real mixed bag of everything.
And finally, what else
have you got planned?
[And when we get past the talk of family BBQs, dads putting
up sheds and helping out uncles in lambing season…]
SIMON- Touring the whole year really…
RYAN- The same thing we did last year
really, but just up our game and get tours with even bigger bands.
To read our full review of Hit The Deck Nottingham [including Attention Thieves] click HERE
