Following the success of their debut album In Love, Birmingham-based ‘Peace’ have just finished biggest ever headline tour. We got to chat with drummer Dom to see what's next.
Did you expect the
amount of success you got from your debut album?
Well we didn’t really expect anything to be honest. We’ve
been so busy that we haven’t really had a chance a chance to look back at what
we’ve achieved, we’ve just sorta rolled with it.
Have you had any
rockstar-esque demands since you’ve signed to a major label?
When we first got signed we asked for a billboard to be put
up in Birmingham that had a picture of us on it and the message of just simply
‘what the fuck’ and we actually got it to our surprise. That’s the only thing
we’ve asked for really and we got it so maybe we should ask for more stuff? I
want to go as Spinal Tap as possible. Start complaining about the quality of
champagne and getting helicopters to gigs maybe?
If you had the chance
to support a band on an arena tour, who would it be?
Probably Arctic Monkeys. Maybe The
Black Keys. I don’t want to step into Muse-type territory really.
If you were to host a
money-no-object festival who’d headline?
Well it would be called “DOM’S MAGICAL MYSTERY WEEKEND” and would
have Arctic Monkeys on ‘cause who doesn’t love their new album. Elton John the
next day because he’s great and we missed him when we were at Bestival. We’d
then end with Groove Armada just to add some variety. I’d better start planning
then…
What advice do you have
for smaller bands trying to break it in the industry?
I don’t really feel like I’m in a space to give advice ‘cause
well, we didn’t exactly get lucky but we were very fortunate with how quick
everything fell into place. All I can say is that you need to play as much as
you can in as many places as you can. You can’t afford to be snobby; you just
need a good attitude whether you’re playing to 30 people or 3000 people.
What’s the plan for the
next few years?
More of the same I reckon. We’ll keep playing shows and we
will have a new record out early next year hopefully.
What can we expect from
the new album?
The majority of songs are already written and we’ve already
started to work on it. None of it is out there yet really so I could just say
anything about its sound at this moment in time. It’s um, very grimey, like
early Dizzee Rascal and mainly focusses on the struggles of east-London lads.
(that last bit might
be a lie.)
Nathan Simm
The
Dundee born writer moved around a lot as a child because of his dad’s job, but
this is something that he says had a positive impact on him: “it kind of feels
natural to me to walk into a room and just start talking to people, so going on
adventures isn’t very intimidating.” This is also a characteristic he says is
shared by his son: “I watch my kid now and he walks up to strangers and
immediately starts a conversation with them about something that smells of
mints.”
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