The line-up sees Audie Franks on guitar and vocals, Mitch Raschke, also on guitar; Max Priest on bass and Stephen Hopkins, on drums. They have been together about a year. 

The sound is a blend of 90’s grunge and modern alternative rock.

“It’s a bit of pop with mixed with the punk underground scene,” Raschke said.

The band says it has been influenced by the likes of the Foo Fighters, Balance and Composure, Basement and Regurgitator.

Raschke said it was the “guitar work” of the 90’s the band loved so much. 

“Especially the dirty sounds and the fact it didn’t sound perfected, it had that raw edge to it,” he said. 

Franks, who is the band’s chief songwriter,  said there was something in the vocals and lyrics of songs from that era.

“They are straight to the point, and they are raw,” he said.

“A lot of those bands, like Nirvana, they sing it like it is.”

The band has a big raw sound, and that was something they tried to capture when they went into Tommirock Studios, Newcastle, to record their debut EP. 

“When we went into the studio Audie and I agreed we were going to get the guitar sounding really raw and really crisp,” Raschke said. 

The band wanted to capture its live “essence” in the recording, Franks said. 

“We’re a fairly energetic band live,” Raschke said.

The three track EP is a concept project – the tracks all relate to each other.

“It’s about being down in the dumps and bringing yourself up from that,” said Franks, who was recently diagnosed with depression. 

“Everyone gets down, but there is always light at the end of the tunnel.”

Frank said he was writing lyrics that might help people feel better. 

“The concept is to try to help people,” Raschke said. 

Raschke said each song was distinct by tied back into the band’s sound.

The first single off the EP Is it too late was released with an accompanying music video, a couple of weeks ago. 

It will be launched in August, and the band decided during this interview it would be released on CD with a cardboard cover. It will also be available for digital download. 

Raschke said the band’s best rock’n’roll moment so far was supporting Basement at The Cambridge where the hometown crowd got behind the band.

“That was a good show, had about 360 people...which is easily the biggest crowd we have played to,” Raschke said. 

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