Project Description

INTERIM

“ESCAPISM”

(Album Review)

Reviewer – Chloe Jover-Anderson

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Escapism is the debut album for now Sydney based 5-piece Interim.

Recorded at Airlock Studios (owned by Ian Haug – Powderfinger ) in Brisbane; Escapism has slowly been revealed via a series of well-received singles released monthly since January, and will now get its full release on the 8th of September, 2017.

Members; Alec Snow – Vocals, James Basnett – Guitar, Jock Houston – Bass, Vocals, Matt Hollonds – Drums, Vocals and Lachlan Becke – Guitar, have been working hard on distilling a sound that is uniquely their own. This album is the culmination of that journey.

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As Interim’s Jock Houston explains,

“This album, and releasing 12 tracks and video clips over 12 months, is the culmination of 50+ demos from years of living together and too many collaborations with creatives to count!”

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Coming into this album I was expecting nothing more than spectacular; and Interim don’t disappoint. Catchy alternative vibes linked with a tint of huskiness – somehow leaving a minor (but well perceived) link of grunge in the mix. While the collaboration of genres within the album seem a little mixed – from scuzzy grunge, through to stomping blues throwdowns and soul strip-mined emotive ballads, Interim have delivered an album containing varied shades and hue. While this variation may render other releases less focused, the material here is tied together by an over- arching theme. “The theme that carries across it all comes back to the relationship between desire and escapism, and that moment when desire doesn’t feel liberating anymore and becomes more of a vice,” Houston explains. “Everyone deals with it in some way, shape or form with relationships or substances and the album covers so many aspects of being in that place.”

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Escapism has been produced and recorded by the one and only Yanto Browning whose credits include The Belligerents, Art of Sleeping, The Jungle Giants, The Medics and Elko Fields to name but a few. According to lead guitarist Lachy Becke,

“Yanto is an actual ninja, and you wouldn’t pick it if you didn’t know but uh… just quietly… there you go. He’s a shithot blues guitarist, a weird ass experimental in the synthesised space and again, an amazingly decent, humble ninja.”

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Tracks such as ‘Sundays’ and ‘Scarlett’ leave a playful vibe to your ears – and isn’t that what you want? It’s amazing to see a band such as Interim find themselves in such a unique sound and deliver what is to be a charting success.

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“None of this would have been possible without both our fans who paid for the studio hire and our “Interim” family, a massive group of some 40+ actors, artists, videographers and other creatives that we as a band have become close friends with whilst living across Toowoomba, Brisbane and Sydney over the past 7 years. These people always seem to turn daunting projects on tiny budgets into amazing weekends away, they’re always keen to work with us and have helped us independently make a debut album release as ambitious as this.” – Houston

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To celebrate the release the 5-piece are hitting the road for a series of shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Toowoomba, Newcastle and Hervey Bay.

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INTERIM ESCAPISM

TOUR DATES

September 2 – Frankie’s Pizza w/ White Summer & WAAX (DJ Set), Sydney

September 8 – Ric’s Backyard Bigsound Final Night Party, Brisbane

September 9 – The Cube, Toowoomba

October 14 – Marcus’ Legacy Colour Run, Hervey Bay

October 20 – The Lass w/ Dave, Newcastle

December 16 – The Workers Club w/ White Summer, Melbourne

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For ticket info visit: HERE

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Interim’s Debut Album Escapism is Out September 8th via MGM

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AMNPLIFY – DB