After establishing themselves with a wave of immersive delights these last few years, fast-rising outfit Seewolf recently cemented their dynamic legacy with the release of their hotly-tipped debut album 'A Bounce Of Grace'.
Featuring the previously shared gems 'Someday' and 'Run And Hide', this new seven-track collection perfectly elevates their vibrant indie-rock aesthetic of late. With such power and flair injected throughout, 'A Bounce Of Grace' cements the four-piece as one of the more enthralling names on the rise right now.
So with the new LP available to stream now, we sat down with them to find out more about their origins and what has been inspiring them most recently.
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What was the first instrument you fell in love with?
Guitar
What kind of music did you love when you were younger?
All kinds of stuff like The Who, The Doors and when I was adolescent I got more into punk music like: The Toy Dolls, Sex Pistols, Bad Religion.
What was the first album you remember owning?
Exile on Mainstreet. From the Stones.
What is the one song you wished you could have written yourself?
Bittersweet symphony by the Verve and All along the watchtower (Hendrix verse).
Do you have any habits or rituals you go through when trying to write new music?
Lots of noodling around with the guitar together with some background noise like a radio or tv.
Who are your favourite artists you have found yourself listening to at the moment?
Jungle, Wunderhorse, Yo la Tengo, Sharon van Etten, Jonathan Wilson, Brian Jonestown Masacre.
If you could open a show for anyone in the world, who would it be?
Oasis, Radiohead
What do you find is the most rewarding part about being a musician?
After a live show, people come to you for a chat and tell them you took them on a trip somewhere else. That they could forget the delusion of the day or week for a while.
And what is the most frustrating part?
I think the music industry has rapidly changed in the last couple of decades. I wished it would be more about the music and musicians and less about all the things around it like socials for example. It's really great that you can find any music online but musicians most of the time don’t get anything out of it financially speaking so it’s not easy to make a living out of being a musician any more. I think this contributes to the fact that a lot of musicians have to quit making music.
Nowadays everything is so fast and also with music. It's important to take your time to appreciate what you are experiencing instead of going from one thing to the next and to the next etc. So this is something that we are changing just to take the time for our songs. You can compare it with a painting. You brush one layer on the the next and then maby after a while put a little dot in the corner and so go on.. If you take a few steps back, you can see the whole picture and most of the time appreciate it even more.
So for us it's important that musicians are better financially supported so that they can do what they do and we think that for example socials can contribute to that. And it's also important that the world doesn’t spin too fast so people can stop for a moment, listen (see and feel) and enjoy all the beauty that is created.
And what is the best piece of advice you have received as a musician?
Stay true to yourself. Don't start making music for someone else, the moment you start making music for the needs of others I think your music will go downhill.
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Seewolf's debut album 'A Bounce Of Grace' is available to stream now. Check it out in the player below.