In Fiction

11.04.2008 | Cam | 0 Comments

Heavily touted Adelaide five piece In Fiction are poised for a big year.

With a recently completed debut record under their belts, guitarist Josh answered the following questions for us…

Interview w/ Josh (Guitars) of In Fiction

By Cameron Chambers 

For the record, your name and what you do for In Fiction? 

I’m Josh and I play guitar. 

If you had to describe In Fiction to someone who’d never heard you, what would you say? 

It changes all the time, but generally it’s something along the lines of fun, energetic rock. How do you feel about that? 

Can you give us a brief history of the band? 

Well, we started the band in early 2005 and once we played a whole heap of Adelaide shows, we started getting out on the road and met Boomtown Records and since then the road has been home… 

Were you guys in any other bands prior to In Fiction? 

We all played in local Adelaide bands previously and that is how most of us met each other. 

How long had the band been around before you started getting interest from labels? 

Boomtown actually displayed interest to release our first EP before we’d ever left Adelaide as a band and they hooked us up with our first interstate shows so they could check us out. 

A lot of bands make a big push to get signed early on. Was In Fiction started with any expectations of where it could all go or were you just looking to play some shows? 

When we had finished recording our first E.P, we didn’t actually think about labels or anything as none of us had been involved in that sort of stuff beforehand, so when we were approached it really opened up our eyes and we thought that we could actually do this for real. 

How did your relationship with Boomtown come about? 

Yeah, well as I said before, Jaddan at Boomtown approached us after recommendation from Josh in Behind Crimson Eyes and was interested in putting out our Four Letter Failure EP. 

Why is Boomtown the best fit for a band like In Fiction? 

Boomtown have a great range of bands and gave us a huge foot in the door to meet a whole heap of people and Boomtown have worked so hard to keep the ball rolling for In Fiction and its been a great ride so far. 

In the short time you guys have been together you’ve achieved a lot including well received releases and some huge tour opportunities. What have been some of the highlights, personally and as a band? 

Personal highlights would definitely have to be touring with some great bands around the country. 

The Kisschasy tour that we did late 2007 was really great for us and opened up a whole world of opportunity. As a band, we have come so far learning about each other and working together, and are about to release our debut album this year. We have gotten through some real rough periods and to come through them, we have really grown as people and as a band and I think it’s really exciting. 

In Fiction are gearing up to release your debut full length around May/June, can you tell us a bit about how you guys approached the record? What are the biggest differences between doing a full record and an EP? 

We approached the album just like we would with any other recording, we made sure we were prepared for anything it through at us. We had to write 20 – 25 songs and chose what 12 we thought would fit best together on the album. 

The amount of work that goes into an album compared to an EP is astounding. 

Did you have any set goals for the record? Were there any particular sounds or ideas that you were looking to achieve? 

Not really, we just wrote the songs we wanted to write, we didn’t set out to right a pop song, or a heavy song. We wrote what we felt and I think that’s exactly how it should be. We all worked hard to grow as musicians and I think we did great in achieving that. 

How would you compare the overall sound to your EP’s? Should we expect a stylistic change from you guys or is it a natural progression from your past work? 

I think each release has been an awesome growth process for us. We never want to just write the same song over and over, and I think the album has got some really great diversity on it.  

Some sounds on the album reflect previous EP songs but overall, I personally think our song writing is still continuing to grow nicely and hopefully keeps on going. 

Are we going to be seeing another video clip from you guys? 

Hell yeah, doing our last clip was so much fun putting it together. We are so amped to do more clips for the singles on the album. We have some awesome ideas floating around for video concepts. 

What tour plans have you got to promote the record’s release? 

We will be hitting up all around Australia on headline tours to promote the record and we are in the process of organising some more international supports etc… so everyone can expect us to come to a city near them in 2008. 

Any truth to the rumour that In Fiction have a “no drinking on tour” rule? 

Hahaha I think that statement got a bit out of control. Our first couple of tours were very hard and in order to keep our band above water, we decided to come together and put the bands interests first and foremost. Whether we drink or not, I don’t see it being a huge deal. Haha  

Who are some Australian bands that you’d like people to check out? 

Nazarite Vow from our hometown Adelaide, awesome up and coming heavy band, and also The Mission In Motion from Sydney are on a roll! 

Do you think beards are an integral part of rock n roll? 

Definitely, every band must have at least one beard. 

Any last words? 

We are hitting the road all through out the year kicking off in April, so check out our myspace for all tour dates etc.