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Topic: Until SunrisePosted By: toroddfuglesteg
Subject: Until Sunrise
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 16:10
Until Sunrise is a new post rock band from USA who has just released their debut album. They have promoted this album through our forum too. I got in touch with them for their story.
Your biography has been covered in your ProgArchives profile so let's
bypass the biography details.
But why did you wanted to play this type of music instead of any other
form of music ?
This is the type of music that has been held up in us as
musicians and artists our whole lives, and with Until Sunrise, we are
finally letting it flow out of us. We never got together and decided "we
are going to write progressive post rock." All of the songs came to us so
naturally, and we never had a problem writing. This type of music seems to
express our message so naturally.
What is your musical background and were you involved in any other
bands before you started Until Sunrise ?
I have played classical piano for eleven years, and guitar for four.
Music is my life. Tanner has been playing bass for eight years, and Sam
has been playing drums for about four. Sam is also a classically trained
piano player, and both of us have won competitions on the state level. We
are all very musical people
Until Sunrise is the first band for all of us! Sam and I have been jamming
forever, and before I knew Tanner and David, they used to jam together as
well. In fact "Pink" is based off of a couple riffs Tanner and David wrote
two years ago. "Sunrise" is a song Sam and I have been toying with for
about three years.
Please give us your long or brief thoughts on your only album Until
Sunrise released earlier this year. How would you describe the music ?
It's profound, organic, and pure. Our friend Kenny from Time Columns
described it as "Universe Rock."(whatever that means haha) We attempt to
display a concept through the album without words. The full length is a
representation of all our musical influences combined and forged into
something new.
How is your writing and creative processes ?
Back in the spring, when we wrote all of our music on the full length,
it was extremely spontaneous. Nothing was ever planned, and we would even
do lots of writing in the studio. Sunset, Pink, Midnight, and Sunrise were
all written the first two weeks we were a band. We were so happy we could
get together a band that enjoyed this type of music so much, that our
drive to write and create spilled out of us very quickly. Some songs
contain riffs we have been toying with individually for years. "Nostalgic
Moment" is probably the most spontaneous song of all of them. We were just
chilling in my basement, when Tanner started to play a bass riff. Sam
walked over to the drums, and started to jam with it, and then I
improvised some keys. We played for about five minutes, and what came out
was "Nostalgic Moment."
We wrote "As the City Quietly Sleeps..." very quickly as well. We wanted
to take our influence from GY!BE and Russian Circles and combine them
somehow. One day, we gathered as a band and kept writing and writing. Then
we realized how ridiculously long it was, and how much we loved it.
You are currently working on an EP, according to your biography. How
is this work progressing and what can we expect from this EP ?
We wrote some material we really liked right before I left for
college. This one, as opposed to "Until Sunrise" is going to be darker,
and more emotional. We are going to be slightly more conventional post
rock with this next release, but we will definitely keep our defining
sound that will separate it from being "just another post rock album."
While i'm here at MTSU, i'm learning so much more about recording, and the
production quality on the new EP will sound more professional and less
lo-fi than the full length. Be excited!! We definitely are!
What is your other plans for this and next year ?
We have a couple gigs, as well as a live radio broadcast out of
Bethlehem PA set up this winter. We are going to be stuck in the studio
writing a recording most of December. Right after the release, I'm coming
back from winter break, but we are booking a USA tour for the summer.
Since this whole band thing is happening so quickly, and we're still so
young (Sam isn't even in high school yet) we don't know where Until
Sunrise will take us next year.
To wrap up this interview, is there anything you want to add to this
interview?
Simply enjoy and review ! We don't care about the profit, we just want
people to hear and download our music from http://rapidshare.comfiles426204488Remastered_Mp3s.zip - .
I want to give out a special thanks to Jody Beal (TheProgtologist) for
getting us here, and to Kenny Eaton of Time Columns for jump starting us
into the music scene. Time Columns is also in the http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5589 - :
Thank you to Joe for this interview.
Their PA profile is http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6003 - and their homepage is http://www.myspace.com/untilsunrisemd -
Replies: Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 16:51
Just so everyone knows, these videos are VERY early and we don't sound like this live anymore :)
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: November 02 2010 at 17:53
Looking forward to giving the album a listen!
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 13:05
Hope you enjoy it man! Don't be TOO harsh haha
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: November 06 2010 at 18:25
This just came up today, but Until Sunrise is also going to have a live release sometime in January, along with the EP. It's going to be a live performance from the WDIY 88.1 studio in Bethlehem PA.
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 22:22
Hey guys, the dates aren't set yet, but it looks like we're gonna tour with Quantum Fantay next summer during their USA tour.