Page 7 - Black Velvet Issue 85

BV85 pg06&07:BV85 pg07 13/06/2015 01:22 Page 2

BlackVelvetMagazine.Com - 7

brave

have to be brave? There seem to be more few takes to get it right. We kept laughing... with labels not wanting us because we are dif-
scary things happening – everything from oops! ferent, or because they’d have to put money into
crazy people taking people hostage and us but we know the right one will come along for
shooting them in Paris, to how more people BV: What does the ‘We Are The Brave’ EP tell us. We stay unsigned because we want a label
are getting cancer now. What are your listeners about the band - other than you’re who will believe in what we do, not how much
thoughts on being brave in the world as it is? brave!? money they can make out of us.
Danny: The world has always been a hostile Skarlett: To live life to the full, make every sec-
place, I think it’s just more obvious now with all ond count so you can look back in the future and BV: In ‘Cascade', on ‘We Are The Brave’, you
the media and social networking available. You know you’ve not wasted any time. It’s so impor- sing ‘one chance is all we have’. Do you
need to be brave and you need to live every day tant to make sure you do what you want in life think it’s important as a band to be careful
like it’s your last or what’s the point? It’s not the and to follow your dreams. Don’t let anyone tell about what you do because you only have
amount of time you’re given but what you do you otherwise, be strong, and follow the path one chance? How much thought goes into
with that time that counts! that’s right for you. Any negativity that comes everything you do?
your way, use it as encouragement to make Skarlett: Yeah, definitely. Your reputation and
BV: How long did it take you to work on and yourself stronger and tougher skinned. You only name can easily be destroyed so quickly. It
put together the ‘We Are The Brave’ EP and live once, be yourself! takes years to develop your name as a band in
what memories from the EP recording expe- the scene, but only seconds to get a bad name.
rience will you remember forever? BV: The first track on ‘We Are The Brave’ is We plan so much that goes on, even on the so-
Skarlett: We started writing as soon as we fin- ‘Divide Us’. Has anyone tried to divide you? cial media, what gets posted day to day to keep
ished preparing the ‘Tear Me Down’ album in And what obstacles have you come up the interest there. To an extent you should be
2013. We wrote a good 15 tracks and picked the against while in the band? daring, but I think you should plan what you do
strongest five which we thought stood out the Skarlett: Yeah. It’s a tough business the music tastefully and make every show, every song
most to put on one EP. We wanted a CD full of industry definitely, you’ve gotta have a tough recorded count!
pure gold, quality over quantity! We recorded all skin. There are plenty of haters who don’t be-
the tracks over a period of a few months and lieve in us, or believe we will get anywhere. I Well we think that if you haven’t seen Skar-
picked out the five we wanted on this EP. Stay- used to always read YouTube comments con- lett Riot live - or maybe even heard their music
ing in the studio with the guys, writing and stantly and read into the negativity on there. It’s - make a plan to do so right now.
preparing the EP was a great experience I won’t been difficult but you learn to toughen up and Visit Skarlett Riot on Facebook over at
forget. Getting the guys to chant sections in rise above it. These tracks off the ‘We Are The www.facebook.com/skarlettriotuk
‘Cascade’ was also a fun experience! We all Brave’ EP wouldn’t have come about if it wasn’t
stood round one microphone in a circle literally for those negative people, so we have them to Words By Shari Black Velvet
shouting the words at each other. It took a fair thank really, haha. We’ve had trouble in the past
SKARLETT RIOT