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a little dossier and you have to read up on all ooking back to a song on the first EP, as quickly with another of his trademark
the rules of things you can and can't do and L'Intra', one of its most popular singles laughs, probably the loudest one so far.
you can put out different versions as long as and a song which has quickly become a firm "Again, sometimes being in a band is full
there is 80 per cent of the original music on it favourite of the live set, 'Wake Up', Steve of peaks and troughs. Sometimes I get proper
and there is a price point. And while that all screams to his listeners two simple words green eyes and envious of what is going on
sounds boring and shit, I really enjoyed it. It which collectively form a most powerful mes- and wish we could take the band to another
was a lot of fun, figuring it all out and learning sage. ‘You're amazing!’ level and then, just a few days later, I'll have a
and we did all that ourselves, which I was really So, firstly, we ask him who he thinks is bit of clarity and realise we're a bloody good
proud of. amazing. "'Wake Up' is another song which is band and we have achieved a hell of a lot. We
"And, while I think this is a cliché, I do gen- written about someone I know and I have a now have two charted EPs in the same year
uinely think that this music is the best we have family friend whose dad has got dementia and and I think there are probably only a handful of
ever done and that's, again, not arrogance, I that is what the song is born from. And this idea bands who have achieved that, especially not
think it's more a coming of age between the that you wish this person would wake up and without any kind of backing or label; just three
three of us. ‘Goddard’ was my first proper writ- they are stuck in their own world. It has a lot of lads in a van, in a practise room, coming up
ing experience with Neal and we had a few ar- metaphorical imagery in the song about where with these mental ideas and then making it
guments over that because I was so used to they might be in their own head and being work. So, I suppose at this point, I do think we
getting my own way on everything and Neal away from their own mind. are pretty fucking awesome, but I try not to get
was sometimes like, ‘No Steve, that's shit, "So I wrote that with this particular friend in too big-headed about it and bring myself back
that's not going on the album!’ So there were mind, because she's a carer for her dad and down to earth and think about the next thing."
times that I was throwing my rattle out of the that was the thought. It was written from the Which is great news for the SKAM Mas-
pram. perspective of a loved one who is watching sive, as the next thing is bound to be exciting
"But this time, because we'd done it once someone and hoping they will remember them and it's a sure thing that if you check them out,
before and going into it again, I knew how it one day. I wanted to finish the song with those especially if you do so on the road, you'll likely
was going to work and me and Neal are a great words because it is aimed at all those people consider them amazing as well.
writing partnership. He brings a little bit of, who look after people who they care for and Visit www.skamuk.com for more info and
being younger than me, a more modern punch love even though they can see them slipping pick up ‘Intra’ and ‘Venous’, out now.
to the songs, and while I'm still stuck in the 80s away sometimes."
and 90s era of heavy metal, I bring all the We ask Steve if he ever sits back and con- Words By Michael Coventry

melody and lyrics,” he says with a chuckle. siders how amazing he and his bandmates
are. "No," is his instant reaction, following just Photos By Shona Cutt
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