Project Description
Interview with
OISIN KELLY
from
HORACE BONES
(11th May 2018)
Interviewer – Kelsey Hentschel
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“There was so much intensity in the room that the walls were sweating” – Kate Kingsmill / RRR / The Music
“It’s evil rock’n’roll gurgling up from hell ready to melt your face off with guitar distortion” – Dom Alessio / Triple J
“Vocalist Oisin led the push-pull dynamic; brandishing a mic stand as a weapon, pushing the tide of punters off stage” – The AU Review
“Swaggering with drunken zombie-rock bravado” – Rolling Stone
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Listen to SEX BEAST – here
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So, first of all, how did your career in music begin?
It began with this band I suppose. It’s been my first and only and most successful foray into the music industry.
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Was there a specific time or event that you could pin point when you decided that music was something that you wanted to make a career out of specifically with this band?
I dont think I’ve ever seriously considered making a career playing music. That’s not something I have in mind when I’m doing it, I just keep at it because it’s an enjoyable activity.
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So I’ve heard the band was created out of you being flatmates! Is that how the band was formed or should I get my facts straight? Haha
No, your facts are spot on. We have actually all lived in the same house together at one point or another, some of us still do. Share houses are a natural breeding ground for bands and shingles. Thankfully, we only share a love of music.
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You’ve just released the single ‘Sex Beast’, with a stream of singles being released can we expect an album anytime soon?
We are well on the way to writing our first album and once the Sex Beast tour is done and dusted, getting the album done will be our number one priority. Touring is a handy way of road testing new songs.
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You’re about to embark on the ‘Sex Beast’ tour! What can fans expect from these shows?
They can expect to see us give every last surge of energy, every last drop of sweat and every last shred of dignity left in our bodies, no matter what the night or place or time. They can also expect one of us to try and pedal them a t-shirt.
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Is there any particular show/s you’re really excited for?
The Melbourne show will be a belter, playing with our mates at our local can’t not be a good time. In saying that, playing new towns can be great fun if you get on with the other bands and the crowd gets involved.
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What’s your favourite song that you have ever created?
Sex Beast is the best we’ve released but I’m pretty excited about how some of the new tunes that we’re working on are sounding.
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What is something you would like to achieve career-wise?
I’m in a great band with my mates, writing songs that I’m proud of and some people come to our gigs to watch us. I’ve already achieved more than I thought I would. I have no goals but to write an album.
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How does the writing process go for a Horace Bones? How do you collect inspiration?
It never really works the same way twice. The conception of a song can be really messy because you’re just grabbing at things from thin air trying to make sense of them. It’s hard to recall where things came from because they have little significance until they’re part of something bigger.
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Do you take into consideration how you’re going to play your live show when recording? How so?
Not really. We wouldn’t compromise a song by leaving something out for fear we couldn’t replicate it live. Thankfully we don’t have elaborate tastes so it’s never been an issue. We just make songs that sound good and excite the four of us in the rehearsal room.
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What one song would you recommend someone listen to if it was their first time listening to?
Sex Beast I suppose because being the latest release, it’s the closest representation of what we are now.
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What are your goals for 2018?
To write an album of songs that i am proud of. then tour that album in places i’ve never been before to people i’ve never met.
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SEX BEAST
NATIONAL TOUR
Friday May 4th – Byron Bay Brewery, Byron Bay NSW
Saturday May 5th – The Imperial Hotel, Eumundi QLD
Sunday May 6th – Bloodhound, Brisbane QLD
Friday, May11th – The Eastern, Ballarat VIC
Saturday May 12th – The Westernport, San Remo VIC
Sunday May 13th – Baha, Rye VIC
Friday May 18th – Music Man, Bendigo VIC
Saturday May19th – Old Bar, Melbourne VIC
Saturday, May 26th – Brighton Up Bar, Sydney NSW
Sunday May 27th – Rad Bar, Wollongong NSW
Friday June 1st – The Loft. Warrnambool VIC
Saturday June 2nd – The Metro, Adelaide SA
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BIOGRAPHY
Australian-Gothic punks Horace Bones make intense, dark and frenzied music.
Inspired by the likes of The Birthday Party, The Drones and The Cramps, the four-piece ransack the shadows of the Australian landscape and psyche to produce a sound equally unique and gut wrenching.
Living under one roof on the outskirts of Melbourne, members Christian Fish (drums), Ryan Caswell (Guitar), Daniel Cockburn (Bass) and Oisin Kelly (Vocals) banded together following the demise of an old share house in 2016.
With nothing left to lose, they rapidly formed a direction and style of joyously belligerent noise, pierced with penetrating lyrics. Within a month they’d released debut single Tarantula to wide spread praise and horror amongst their hometown music press, a nod on Triple J host Dom Alessio’s top tracks of the month as well as community radio love across the country.
After releasing their debut EP and a string of singles to no less praise and horror, the band have been seen touring the country countless times in their trusty old tour van, “Jolene”.
After blistering sets at New Years on The Hill, Cherry Rock and Sydney Road Festival, it’s easy to see that the stage is where Horace Bones really makes their mark. The fact being all too apparent at their sold out launch at Melbourne’s The Tote for previous single, Stranger Danger.
Having successfully staked their claim as one of the most savage live bands in Melbourne, Horace Bones will now be taking their ravenous live show all across this big brown land this coming May on their ‘Sex Beast National Tour’.
The band will be taking in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, before heading into the studio to record their long awaited debut full length record, scheduled for release this coming September.
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AMNPLIFY – DB
Studying a Bachelor of Business, specialising in Music Industry! At just 24, Kelsey has years of experience across multiple sectors of the music industry, gaining valuable insight into this world! Kelsey joined the AMNplify team upon returning to Australia from her time living in London. While abroad, Kelsey collaborated with Sony Music UK, and an array of independent artists. Kelsey has been globetrotting since the age of ten, coming up on twenty-four countries, and counting! It’s been a struggle for us to keep her in one place! Kelsey has a vast passion for music. As she would say, “Music commands ever facet of personality”!
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