Feature Artist Interview: Cabins
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Recently, Musicadium were lucky enough to score an interview with Dan Brooks, vocalist and guitarist of Sydney quartet Cabins. With a handful of achievements already in 2010 including current ITunes Single of the Week for their awesome new track ‘Catcher In The Rye’, as well as a recently announced national tour with buddies the Mess Hall and Bridezilla, Cabins are a band not to be missed this year. Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/cabinsband
1. After a crazy 2009 you guys are being hailed as one of the biggest prospects in 2010. Are you feeling the pressure or enjoying the ride to success?
Wow. That’s quite amazing to hear. Now we are feeling a little nervous……
I guess 2009 was pretty crazy but crazy in the way that things started to happen quite fast. Before we knew it we were in the studio recording, touring a whole lot more and really finding our feet as a band. Its been great.
2. Is there a story behind the name “Cabins” or do you just really hate tents?
Aha we do like to camp but man when its cold of a night and hot in the morning in a tent, its not so good.
The name actually came from a song we had called the cabin; the song was about being content with the homes/places we were in at the time.
We really like the name, sometimes its tough to come up with something that defines you. We don’t think it really puts us in a category or genre as such which helps. It’s a neutral name.
3. Supporting Mess Hall around Oz in March must be a great feeling. Looking forward to touring? Any funny/scary/interesting tour stories you can share with us?
The Mess hall are an amazing band, not only on record but to watch live. We take great inspiration from bands like the Mess Hall and take pride in our live set. We have played with them a couple of times so going back on the road with them and our good friends Bridezilla for the entire tour will be great. Places like Perth, Hobart and Adelaide are a first for us which is pretty exciting. We will report back with the funny/scary/interesting after….
4. Your next mini album is due for release very soon. Can you give us avid admirers a peek of what to expect?
If you have seen us live we would say to expect an album that stays true to our live performance. This is an album that is us now, its a part of us and documents this time for Cabins. We feel really good about the record and were able to work with a great producer (Woody Annison) and some special guests on one of the tracks. It’s quite dark and we experimented a bit in studio so the outcome is a little different…
5. You have really interesting and almost maudlin melodic arrangement. Is this inspired by anyone in particular?
Yeah I guess you could say the songs are that way. The artists we admire like: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Walkmen, etc have that edge or side to them. We find that darker emotional maudlin side to music/songwriting interesting, gives us a lot more to sing about. Telling stories about the darker experiences we’ve had, tales of journeys and strange murders (those which are fictional of course).
6. Finally, what’s in store post- Mess Hall tour and album release? Surely a holiday is in order?
We are writing at the moment, so we are going to have a whole lot more music by the time the end of the year is up.
We enjoy writing music and playing shows so in a way a holiday is not needed. We have been sitting on these latest songs, eager to have them out, so to be able to put out this mini album is a big relief/accomplishment/drive to record more.
Plus, even if we really needed it, I think a holiday would be out the cards. 2010 will still be packed with more touring.
Maybe after that ……
Downoad Cabins’ ‘Catcher In The Rye’ for free as ITunes Single of the week here ![]()
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