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Emotionally driven band AIR DRAWN DAGGER have released their debut EP and have a debut album out this spring! Aside from that, they will be playing an album release show in celebration, along with playing a festival, and a ton of other things in alignment as the year progresses.... The band discusses their music, content creation, and further plans ahead.
1. Where did you get the idea for the band name, you planned it or came out just like that?
It’s from Shakespeares Macbeth and characterizes an emotional outburst, we felt it really best fit our music.
2. Why did you want to play this genre?
We’re all into both completely different and overlapping genres and since day one we decided there was no rules so we never really aimed for a specific genre we just write what feels right at the time.
3. Did you know each other before the band was formed?
No, I met Lewis when I messaged him thinking he was in another band but we decided to meet up and for a writing session anyway. The rest is history!
4. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?
We’re based in Sheffield, the scene is pretty good. Loads of great local bands currently, our friends in Displacer and S.T.A.T.I.C who are joining us at our huge home town show on April 5th. Mustard Mitt, Bait Britain, Period Drama. I could go on and on.
5. Who or what inspires you to write songs?
Everything and anything. One of the singles off our upcoming debut Castle was inspired by a painting, I get inspired by strange interactions with people, of course other music.
6. What are your songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)
I write about political themes, emotions. Anything that makes me rage I’ll write a song about.
7. Do you write your own songs? (Discuss the songwriting process in detail.)
Yes we do! I love songwriting. We don’t have a set process but a lot of our stuff starts with Lewis bringing me something on acoustic, I’ll put a melody and lyrics over it and Ross takes it and builds it out then we all bounce back and forth over different bits of the song. We also tend to write a huge amount of songs to hand pick a few.
8. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?
We’ve been releasing for a while but mostly recently our E.P. ‘Songs to Fight the Gods to’ came out in 2023. We’ve just announced our debut album ‘A Guide for Apparitions’ which is out April 4th which we’ve released 2 singles from ‘Castle’ and ‘Apparitions Feat Tobi Duncan of Trash Boat’.
9. Do you have any new music in the works?
Yes, our debut album’A Guide for Apparitions’ is out April 4th 2025.
10. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?
Our biggest ever headline show is April 5th it’s also our album release show. It’s at Corporation in Sheffield and it’s gonna be mega. We’re also playing Radar Fest this year and a ton more to announce.
11. What plans do you have for the future as a band?
We just want to keep creating. We love writing, we love touring, we love making music videos we just don’t want to stop.
12. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?
Our music is available everywhere! Fine us on Spotify and Apple Music. Head over to YouTube where we’re building worlds in our music videos and you can find our merch on band camp. We also have a Patreon where we post loads of exclusive stuff and have member events.
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