![Headline:PerksPreshowPrate
Interview
It’sbeena yearsince The Perkshave beentothe UK. Theyleftusaftera killerheadlinerfilledwith
fireworks,confetti andanawesome liveshow.Now they’re backandbiggerthanever. Sowe asked
themabouttheirfuture plans.
“We’re doinga lotthisyear bothin the UK and aroundthe world.We’re evengoingtoJapanfor the
firsttime afterthe UK legof the tour.” Can youtell usaboutthe tour?Is there anythingwe can
expecttosee fromyour live show?“Well,it’saco-headlinerwithAll Time Low.It’sanarenatour so
we hope to introduce some surprisestooursetthat we wouldn’thave onothertoursbecause the
venuesare smaller.I’ve alwayswantedthose giantblowupbeachballsthatgetpassedaroundthe
crowd [laughs].”There’sbeensome rumoursaboutanew albumbeingreleased,canyouconfirm
this?“Yeah,at the endof the year we’re gonnagointothe studiowithaproducerand hopefullywe
can release out3rd
full lengtharoundthistime nextyear.”Doyouhave a producerlinedupyet?
“Not yet,we have some ideasasto whowe want butnothingissetin stone yet”What’sthe writing
processlike withyourband?“we usuallyall worktogethertowrite asongand all give our ideasinto
each song,butsometimesone of uswill gooff andwrite a bitof a song andwe’ll all addto it.We
wanta producerforthisalbumto pushus out of our comfort zone.”Now we’ve heardaboutthe
future of your band,butwhat aboutthe past?What were some of yourmusic influences?“We like
all kindsof musicbut my maininfluence wouldhave tobe Blink182.” Didyoualwayswant to be ina
band?“yeah!I’ve alwaysenjoyedperformingforpeople.I’dalwaysauditionformusicals,Iwasin
the school band,and I’dbeeninabout3 awful coverbandsbefore Ijoinedthisband[laughs] butit
all workedoutfor the best.”what’sthe worstgig you have everplayed? “Ithinkthathas to be one
of outfirstgigsin 2009. Itwas so bad.We had no ideawhatwe were doingatall.We had about4
songsso half of the setwasjust coversongs.It wasalso ina bar and no one evenlikedus.And some
of the ampsbroke about midwaythroughthe setandfor some reasonwe carriedon.[laughs] it was
so bad.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/magazineinterview-150423075805-conversion-gate02/85/magazine-interview-first-draft-1-320.jpg)
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- 1. Headline:PerksPreshowPrate Interview It’sbeena yearsince The Perkshave beentothe UK. Theyleftusaftera killerheadlinerfilledwith fireworks,confetti andanawesome liveshow.Now they’re backandbiggerthanever. Sowe asked themabouttheirfuture plans. “We’re doinga lotthisyear bothin the UK and aroundthe world.We’re evengoingtoJapanfor the firsttime afterthe UK legof the tour.” Can youtell usaboutthe tour?Is there anythingwe can expecttosee fromyour live show?“Well,it’saco-headlinerwithAll Time Low.It’sanarenatour so we hope to introduce some surprisestooursetthat we wouldn’thave onothertoursbecause the venuesare smaller.I’ve alwayswantedthose giantblowupbeachballsthatgetpassedaroundthe crowd [laughs].”There’sbeensome rumoursaboutanew albumbeingreleased,canyouconfirm this?“Yeah,at the endof the year we’re gonnagointothe studiowithaproducerand hopefullywe can release out3rd full lengtharoundthistime nextyear.”Doyouhave a producerlinedupyet? “Not yet,we have some ideasasto whowe want butnothingissetin stone yet”What’sthe writing processlike withyourband?“we usuallyall worktogethertowrite asongand all give our ideasinto each song,butsometimesone of uswill gooff andwrite a bitof a song andwe’ll all addto it.We wanta producerforthisalbumto pushus out of our comfort zone.”Now we’ve heardaboutthe future of your band,butwhat aboutthe past?What were some of yourmusic influences?“We like all kindsof musicbut my maininfluence wouldhave tobe Blink182.” Didyoualwayswant to be ina band?“yeah!I’ve alwaysenjoyedperformingforpeople.I’dalwaysauditionformusicals,Iwasin the school band,and I’dbeeninabout3 awful coverbandsbefore Ijoinedthisband[laughs] butit all workedoutfor the best.”what’sthe worstgig you have everplayed? “Ithinkthathas to be one of outfirstgigsin 2009. Itwas so bad.We had no ideawhatwe were doingatall.We had about4 songsso half of the setwasjust coversongs.It wasalso ina bar and no one evenlikedus.And some of the ampsbroke about midwaythroughthe setandfor some reasonwe carriedon.[laughs] it was so bad.”