1.Growing Up

I actually grew up in Turkey and was there till I was ten. My family listened to very traditional Arabic music, which has had little to no influence on my music.

2. Inspirations

I have so many inspirations. When I was young I was a huge hard rock fan – my favourite band of all time is probably Black Sabbath. My infatuation with rock slowly faded, moving from more commercially friendly bands such as Foo Fighters through to indie rock/pop acts like Kaiser Chiefs, early Wombats and Arctic Monkeys. Now I listen to just about everything really and am pretty happy at how open my tastes are.

3.Your Band

We met in school. We are a pretty chill bunch of dudes; we tour a lot (six tours in two years) cause we love being on holiday and playing shows, really.

4. The Music You Make

Our first EP was very Vampire Weekend-esque alt-pop with touches of garage there, but it was very surfy. But we have moved to a more dance-based sound with our newer song taking inspiration from indie legends LCD [Soundsystem], and is a bit darker than we are used to. I think being such a young band we don’t want to nail ourselves into a corner and are always changing up what we do.

5. Music, Right Here, Right Now

The Australian alt scene is nuts. There are literally so many really great bands that deserve to be playing big rooms, but I guess that’s the reality. You need that right time and place thing to happen (and write a cracker of a tune, of course). We are happy to keep working hard and taking baby steps whilst improving our craft and having a great time!

Catch Chase City play the Moonshine Bar at Hotel Steyne on Saturday January 16.

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