Intervals [Interview]

Welcome to 2016! With a new year stretching off into the distance, I talked to Intervals mastermind Aaron Marshall about the story behind The Shape Of Colour – a release crammed with instrumental guitar-driven excellence that ranks as one of my favourite albums of 2015…

You’ve really had to fight to make The Shape Of Colour a reality. Could you please explain the story behind Intervals’ latest evolutionary shift?

I’m not sure I would say it was a fight as much as it was a test of my will.

Essentially, Intervals began as sort of an accident. I had one song for whatever my next project would be (at the time) and a good friend of mine insisted to shoot a “play through” video of the tune. I had no real intention of releasing it, but he convinced me that I needed to put it on the Internet.

Without being too long-winded, everything sort of snowballed Read more…

Posted on 02 January 2016

Maxi Curnow: Car Crashes, Creativity, And A Life-Altering ‘Transition’ [Interview]

Maxi Curnow makes music with a strong, no-punches-pulled message. Blending everything from poppy hooks to tech-metallic intensity on his new track If We Make It, and accompanying said song with a powerfully unsettling video (viewable below), he’s already making an impact.

TMMP caught up with Maxi Curnow to discuss the video for If We Make It, and got a glimpse into the reality of life spent saving lives and staying creative…

Your new video for If We Make It is one of the most gut-wrenching videos I’ve seen in a while. Can you explain the story and message behind it?

Well, while working on and off duty I’ve been to traumatic RTCs (Road Traffic Collisions), which have really hit home how vulnerable we are despite the safety features that most cars boast.

You are still responsible for a one-tonne missile, going at 70 miles an hour, which is made of metal. Our bodies can’t compete with that! So even if a seatbelt stops us, on impact our organs will keep on going.

If they rupture, you will start bleeding internally and that’s not a quick fix, all while on the surface you may not even have a scratch.

More importantly, it’s not just ourselves that we are responsible for when driving. What if Read more…

Posted on 09 November 2015

The Manic Shine: Life Cycles, Creativity, And Low-Budget Fire Breathers [Interview]

In the UK, winter is a still, bleak, and boring time.

With Trial And Triumph, The Manic Shine have the solution. It’s an immense, dirty, and raucous blend of multiple classic and modern rock styles with an idiosyncratic twist, sure to get your blood warm and fizzy. Head here for a full review if you’re curious.

For this interview, TMMP caught up with The Manic Shine’s frontman Ozzie Rogers to talk Trial And Triumph, life cycles, creativity, and low-budget Scottish fire breathers…

Your new album Trial And Triumph is dropping soon. How’s it feel to have that on the horizon?

A huge whirlwind of excitement, terror and relief! As I’m sure most bands find with any album, so much work has gone in behind the scenes, personally and professionally, that the release really does feel like a description of how far the band has come in the last 2 years; trials and triumphs abound!

Its strange because every band lives this strange seasonal birth cycle, peaks and troughs alongside the album/material release, and if you’re a “lifer” like we are then it becomes Read more…

Posted on 30 October 2015