Thursday, June 6th, The Underground Youth will be playing at Music Box, downtown
Lisbon. If I'm not mistaken it will be the fifth time I see them
live, and every single time has been different, and this is one of
the main reasons to attend this show.
It all started a bit more than ten years ago in Manchester, with Craig writing and recording all by himself, all from his mind, all from his body.
12 years have passed since then, Olya Dyer has been in the live band from the beginning, Max James plays bass and has done it for a few years now, Leonard Kaage plays guitar and along with Craig Dyer are now the four pieces of the puzzle from which came out Montage Images Of Lust & Fear that was actually the first record to be done from scratch with the whole band evolved in the creation process.
Heavily influenced by cinema and literature The Underground Youth have always given us a dark perspective, very close to reality, too close perhaps, but that dark look, that heavy and unusual way of sensing the world is actually what draws us to The Underground Youth.
One more curious fact to add; The Underground Youth was actually one of the starter points for Fuzz Club, that remains their label. Check out the Fuzz Club Session of The Underground Youth and get yourself dazzled with the amazing stuff they did.
So, for those who for any other reason didn't notice that The Underground Youth are in town here's a head's up with some extra info, to tease you a bit more.
It all started a bit more than ten years ago in Manchester, with Craig writing and recording all by himself, all from his mind, all from his body.
12 years have passed since then, Olya Dyer has been in the live band from the beginning, Max James plays bass and has done it for a few years now, Leonard Kaage plays guitar and along with Craig Dyer are now the four pieces of the puzzle from which came out Montage Images Of Lust & Fear that was actually the first record to be done from scratch with the whole band evolved in the creation process.
Heavily influenced by cinema and literature The Underground Youth have always given us a dark perspective, very close to reality, too close perhaps, but that dark look, that heavy and unusual way of sensing the world is actually what draws us to The Underground Youth.
One more curious fact to add; The Underground Youth was actually one of the starter points for Fuzz Club, that remains their label. Check out the Fuzz Club Session of The Underground Youth and get yourself dazzled with the amazing stuff they did.
So, for those who for any other reason didn't notice that The Underground Youth are in town here's a head's up with some extra info, to tease you a bit more.
The
Underground Youth during the show in Warsaw, Poland 2018.
Photo
by Itokyl
Songs
To Nowhere – You are The Underground Youth, because of a poem you transformed into a song that features Morally Barren, which I if
I’m not mistaken was your first release. Can you talk a bit about
that poem that later grew into a song?
Craig
Dyer - It was really my first attempt to write anything, a sort
of Bob Dylan influenced narrative that I later sang with a few
chords. That’s where everything started really. I didn’t put much
thought into naming the project The Underground Youth because I never
thought it would go anywhere, but here we are.
Songs To Nowhere – What’s behind the name of this latest álbum, Montage Images of Lust & Fear?
Craig
Dyer - In the same way the media assaults us with scene after
scene of sex and violence I wanted to create an album that delivered
the same song by song. So as an album it works as a montage in
itself.
Amerika - What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole Is This - 2017
Songs
To Nowhere – How did you choose the singles to be released, Last
Exit To Nowhere and I Can’t Resist?
Craig
Dyer - It’s always a hard decision, the track has to stand out
and also encapsulate in a way the sound of the whole album. I think
Last Exit To Nowhere does that. To be honest I didn’t even know I
Can’t Resist was a single.
Songs To Nowhere - You played Come Together in The Magical Mystery Psy-Out, A Tribute to The Beatles. How did that collaboration happened and why that song?
Craig
Dyer - The label who put the compilation together asked us to
take part and I thought it could be interesting to reinterpret a song
by The Beatles as it’s not a band I’d ever think of covering. It
was interesting, I guess it worked.
Songs To Nowhere – You began playing and composing and recording by yourself, the band came later when The Underground Youth began touring. Olya has been the drummer since the beginning and for some time other musicians played with you on tour. Since 2015, I think, The Underground Youth actually became a band. How was it to deal with these changes at the level of creation and development of the songs?
Craig
Dyer - This last record was the first time really that we’ve
gone into the studio as a band and wrote and arranged the songs
together. We recorded it live as well which gives the album the sound
of our live performance, it’s never been captured that way before
so I think it’s important we did that. As an artist it’s
important to change the way your approach writing and recording, I’ll
always continue to do that.
Fill The Void - Fill The Void - 2018
Songs
to Nowhere - How was it your first tour and how different are they
now?
Craig
Dyer - Hah, you learn from experience. If I could go back and
talk to myself all those years ago I’d have a lot of touring advice
to give.
Songs to Nowhere - You’re from Manchester, but are now based in Berlin, how’s the local music scene for you? Do you identify yourselves with it?
Craig
Dyer - There’s a really great scene in Berlin and it’s a
pleasure to be a part of it. It’s completely different to what we
left behind in Manchester, as a band I don’t think we ever felt at
home there.
Songs To Nowhere – Can you tell us a bit more about a couple of songs from Montage Images of Lust & Fear? I would like to suggest/request The Death of The Author and Blind II.
Craig
Dyer - The Death of the Author started life as my desire to make
an industrial sounding ballad, the lyrical story was inspired by a
few things, one of which was the Soviet film ‘The Needle’
starring Viktor Tsoi. Blind II was originally a part of the song
Blind I but we split the two tracks, we’ve been very influenced by
Suicide and their sound, that song was born out of that influence I
think.
Delirium - Delirium - 2016
Songs
to Nowhere - If you could time travel, were would you like to go see
a show or play?
Craig
Dyer - That’s tough, some original blues in the Deep South, New
York in the seventies, Berlin in the eighties… It would take a
while to pin down one exact moment in time.
Songs to Nowhere – Montage Images of Lust & Fear was out in March, but looking at your path, it’s very clear that it won’t be that long until you show up with new songs, do you already have anything new?
Craig
Dyer - I’ve been working on some lyrical ideas, we’ll start
the writing process when we return to Berlin for sure. I have the
strong urge to make a country record.
Songs to Nowhere - You’ve played in Portugal more than a couple of times, what’s your best recollection from Portugal?
Craig
Dyer - Oh the people in Portugal are great and we always have
amazing crowds there! It’s a pleasure to play, also obviously the
scenery, the food, the wine, we’re always treated very well there.
Songs
To Nowhere - What can we expect from this show in Lisbon?
Craig
Dyer - We always deliver the best performance we can, no matter
when and where… But mainly we play off the audience, so if they
give us a lot, they’ll receive it back.
Hope & Pray - Fuzz Club Sessions - 2017
Interview by Isabel Maria
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