When I began thinking about an interview with a band I always try to remember which song of theirs brought them to my attention and when. Because I obsessively deal with music it’s not that hard to have a specific memory attached to almost every band I like. I remember listening to some songs maybe around 2013/2014, made some research on my playlists and mixclouds and I think I found the song that made me listen to New Candys. Pretty sure it was Blackbeat, Anyway it doesn't really make a difference, I would end up catching them sooner or later as they are also with Fuzz Club and especially because they already played some of my favorite festivals, (is it wrong to have favorite festivals even if I've never been there? I really don't care!)
The truth is that more than 10 years have passed since their first steps in Venice, three lp's and two Ep's, at least that I'm aware of.
The way they sound the things that they're sound evokes in my memory is very vast and diverse, sometimes as dark as it can be, and others like light itself could hurt. New Candys assume they're ideas and present their inspiration; La Cicatrice Intérieure was a point of inspiration for the visuals of Bleeding Magenta, or that some of the inspiration of As Medicine came from "Maya Deren’s surrealistic films together with the Patent Medicines’ period, when drugs compounds were sold pretending to be medications with exclusive ingredients".
No excuses, check the videos and the links to discover more! New Candys are now touring europe, with The Warlocks and the Dandy Warhols, don't miss it!
Songs to Nowhere –
How did New Candys’ current lineup form?
Fernando: Dario and
I have been in the band since the beginning. Andrea recorded Bleeding
Magenta and put a lot of passion and ability into the creation of it,
so he naturally become a permanent member of the band soon after the
release of the record (because the original lineup couldn’t tour
anymore). When the band eventually needed a new bass player, we
thought about Alessandro since we were friends and shared very
similar taste and attitude towards making music and art in general.
STN –
What happened with the previous members of the band?
Fernando: I like to
think that Desire Lines by Deerhunter is the right answer to this
question.
STN –
Which is the song or album that you believe gave you more exposure
and why.
New Candys - We think our latest
album, Bleeding Magenta. Thanks to it we have been able to tour
Australia, North America two times and more of Europe of course.
Compared to the other records, in this album we have achieved the
sound that we initially had in mind.
New Candys - Blackbeat
STN -
Where do you get the inspiration for lyrics like "Excess"?
Fernando: For
Excess, they came from a personal experience of mine but most of the
lyrics could be inspired by images and dreams.
STN –
New Candys have been playing since 2008, what has changed in the last
11 years?
New Candys - It could sound
romantic, but we’ve become more aware of the importance and power
of music throughout the years, especially in the latest ones. Having
the chance of traveling a lot and connecting with people who
appreciate your music is really special and precious.
STN –
Who does your artwork?
Fernando: I take
care of the albums’ artwork.
STN –
Do you have any favorite songs that you perform during your shows?
New Candys - The new ones are always the funniest to play, in the latest tours we
played a couple of new songs we wrote together that will be featured
in the new album. Playing old songs that haven’t been played live
in awhile is fun too.
STN -
Are there songs you never played live?
New Candys - Yes, there are some:
Nibiru, Sermon, Lunar Day and The Outrogeous Wedding Part 2. We are
looking forward to playing some of them in future.
New Candys - Sun is Gone ('Till day returns)
STN –
Did you get some inspiration from oriental roots in songs like Salar
and Nibiru from Stars Reach the Abyss (2012) or Sermon (Bleeding
Magenta, 2017)?
New Candys - Not really, we have
always been listening to rock bands playing Indian inspired music,
but not original Indian music. We started to play the Sitar thanks to
Brian Jones, George Harrison and Anton Newcombe.
STN –
Could you tell us the story, if there’s any, behind The Outrogeous
Wedding I, II and III ?
Fernando: Those
three songs were kinda incomplete and I had this idea of creating a
medley directly in the studio, leaving space for improvisation. The
marriage of the three songs is forced, this is why the wedding is
outrageous - written Outrogeous because it’s the Outro of the
album. After watching “My Life Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn”,
where you can see that he films chronologically, I thought about
taking the same approach to music, and that’s how the medley has
been made. We had a lot of fun recording it!
New Candys - Bleeding Magenta
STN –
What about Bleeding Magenta (Reprise)? How did it happen?
New Candys -When we were
practicing the song, we ended up with two versions and couldn’t
pick one. They were both interesting for different reasons, so we
included them in the album. We also changed the key and speed to
diversify them more.
STN -
Where and how did you all learn to play?
New Candys - We’re all
self-taught, Dario had six months of drum lessons in the beginning.
STN - How did you buy your first gear?
Fernando: My father
bought me my first electric guitar and amp when I was 16 (I was able
to play with the headphones so I wasn’t bothering anybody).
Dario: My parents
bought me my first drum kit in 1998 from my drum teacher. The drum
kit I’m playing with now was my second kit that I bought in 2009.
Andrea: My parents
bought me my first acoustic guitar at 8 years old. I got my first
electric guitar when I was 16 with my own money. It was an Epiphone
335.
Alex: When I was 10
my family asked me if I wanted a guitar or a videogame for my
birthday or something like that. My first real guitar I bought with
my grandma’s help.
New Candys Live on KEXP
STN -
Can you tell us how was your first rehearsal?
Fernando: When the
band started we were missing a drummer, we tried a couple drummers
before Dario joined. I remember the first time we played all together
and thinking “Now we’re sounding right!”. Everything started
coming together sonically from there.
Dario: I remember
that before our first time playing together I was given a playlist of
various songs to listen to and I learned one of the songs to play
together. At the time, I didn’t really understand the type of music
we were playing but I knew I couldn’t have found a cooler band to
play with. Andrea: I was excited to play guitar again after several
years. I was really focused on trying to get the right sound, messing
with the pedals and playing at first an EKO Cygnus, then decided to
customize a Barracuda.
Alex: I had to learn
the bass parts before practicing with the rest of the band. I
remember we were in a rush because we had a gig coming up in a couple
days.
STN -
How was your first tour in Italy? And your first international tour?
New Candys - Italy is not really
fun to play, and we didn’t really “tour” it. We always played
shows during weekends, but all over the country. As an Italian band
singing in English there’s no point to tour Italy extensively in
our opinion, we prefer to put all our efforts to play abroad, it’s
much more exciting and satisfying. As an European band we consider
playing another continent an international tour. Therefore Australia
was our first, and there’s too much to write here regarding that
tour. The experience in the end was one of the best.
New Candys - Welcome to The Void Temple
STN -
How’s the local music scene for you?
New Candys - There is none.
STN -
How’s the interaction between bands?
New Candys - Also none.
STN -
What Italian bands most influenced you?
New Candys - Jennifer Gentle and
Verdena.
STN -
Could you do us a short resume for dummies of Italian music?
New Candys - Since we don’t
listen to Italian music, we lack the expertise to answer this
question.
STN -
How are the radio and press in Italy? I mean regarding the
underground scene…
New Candys - They don’t exist,
and if they exist they can fuck off because we haven’t noticed
them, and since we are one of the few Italian bands frequently
playing abroad, there must be something wrong in our country. I’ll
give you an example: after a show in Italy an Italian guy came to us
and said he discovered us on KEXP. We think it’s crazy that we need
an American radio to be discovered by Italian people.
STN -
How did you got acquainted with Fuzz Club?
New Candys - They wrote us to
feature our song “Metdown Corp.” on The Reverb Conspiracy Vol. 3,
then we sent them our second record and from there we started to
collaborate.
STN -
If you could time travel, where would you like to go see a show or
play?
Fernando: I recently
got into Nine Inch Nails. My friends Lorelle Meets The Obsolete told
me about one of NIN’s touring guitarists named Aaron North. He was
crazy and played around with feedback a lot, I would have liked to
see them in that period.
Dario: 100 Club Punk
Special, Oxford Street, London. September 20/21 1976.
Andrea: I would go
back and see a Nirvana/Melvins show in Tacoma, WA in 89’.
Alex: The Jesus And
Mary Chain back in the eighties when they were playing for 25 minutes
and then rioting. But also a show at the Andy Warhol’s Factory with
the Velvets.
STN –
Bleeding Magenta was out in 2017. Are you already working on
something new?
New Candys - Yes, we are shooting
for a 2020 release.
STN -
When can we expect a New Candys show in Portugal?
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