The Shape of things to come
On
the indie-folk bandwagon for a moment and a band to emerge from
out of Melbourne. Basic Shape have come together with a new album
Boat Without a Sail. To celebrate their accomplishment
three years in the making they are doing as most musos do and
taking their baby on tour.
Mickey Carney guitarist and vocalist from the band
took some time to explain the type of music Basic Shape is fond
of producing.
“We tend to gravitate towards making the music
that you sort of listen to and Gerry Eeman one of the main songwriters
in the band has had a Hank Williams country music diet and that
sense of blues is in a lot of that sort music, but that is counteracted
by tracks like Look after your mum’s health as upbeat cheeky
songs,” Mickey said.
The band from Northcott Melbourne, are based around
the Fairfield/ Essendon area and are very enthusiastic to take
their sound on an East Coast tour which stretches as far north
as Lismore and as far West as into Canberra.
Existing in some form for almost 11 years, the band
has undergone some structured evolution. Mickey impresses that
the evolution is indicative of being young men who at first hid
behind that mask of writing of superficial tales but when you
start writing things come out and if they feel real then that
is what the band focuses on.
“That
is a funny one really, the band has sort of evolved a while ago
we’d play unrecognisable silly songs, hoedown band came
to life but now we’re very different its a lot more from
the heart,” he said.
If you head along to their performance what can
you expect?
“The songs come across much more high-energy
live show better than we sound on the album,” he states.
I described their sound as channelling a little
Leonard Cohen, something Mickey is not adverse to hearing. Where
some of the tracks tend to err on the melancholic side Mickey
reaffirms the reasons behind this type of emotion being reflected.
“The new stuff is slightly different we were
being dishonest with ourselves and that’s just what has
been written.
“We’re not unhappy guys or anything
but when you do write, songs seem to be about emotional intensity
for us.”
Visit the band's site at www.myspace.com/basicshapemusic
for more information.
Ruth Bailey
