THROW me to the Wolves might be Newcastle’s youngest working rock’n’roll band. But despite their tender ages, they are oozing with talent.
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The five-piece formed two years ago after meeting at Rosie’s School of Rock.
“It was part of the program, we all came together and started this band,” guitarist and singer 15-year-old Adelaide Cowan said.
The line up sees Andrew Brassington, 15, on lead guitar; Georgia Gerzina,14, on bass; Anthea Dracoulis, 13, on drums; and Connor McLean 18, on guitar.
The band cite a broad array of influences, including indie and pop. They play original material with the odd cover.
Brassington writes the music, then flicks it to Cowan who writes the lyrics.
“She generally comes back with a lyrical masterpiece,” Brassington said.
Cowan said she likes to write songs that have a story.
“We like to have a couple of characters and then build on their story, whether we are chasing after them, watching what they have been doing, exploring their lives,” she said.
Brassington said unrequited love was a bit of a theme in the songs. A new single being recorded this week, Daisy Chains, deals with this subject matter. It is due to be released in August.
An earlier single The Elliot Effect, released in July 2015, is about Elliot Hammond, of Melbourne based band The Delta Riggs.
“Onstage he wears glasses and hats and he’s the stereo-typical, rock’n’roll, cool dude. He’s got that greasy, Brit-pop haircut,” Brassington said.
“We wrote a song about him, he thought that was pretty cool, and the ‘Elliot effect’ is the effect you have on someone when they are overwhelmed by how cool you are.”
Cowan said being in the band was like being in a family.
“Sometimes you have your fights, but at the end of the day it’s not something you hold on to,” she said.
“You may disagree on a little bit of a song.”
Brassington said the band hadn’t had an argument in a “whole month.”
The band recorded a five-track EP Silence in late 2014.
“It was really novice, we didn’t know what we were in for, we were experimenting,” Brassington said.
“But it is still a good representation of ‘young talent’”.
The band see The Elliot Effect as a turning point, after which they have developed a stronger sense of their own sound. This was followed by the single Lonely Hours in December 2015.
The band would like to eventually record a full length album and play out of town gigs.
“That’s in the big masteplan, for like in a year or two,” Brassington said.
