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a digital radio in their kitchen, I always used s well as having a great time on was one of the worst times ever getting to a
to listen to XFM or something, but I don’t Astage, Boy Jumps Ship have a great gig.” laughs Jonny R.
even own a digital radio anymore. So it’s relationship off stage. “We have great friend- “Whenever you turn up to a festival, I
tough for radio in that sense but it means ships,” Jonny R tells us. “We’ve all been mean usually advancing for festivals is
that people have so many more mediums to friends for years anyway before the band great,” JD says, “But there’s always that fes-
go and listen to music now instead.” started, just because we all played in other tival that has security on the gates and the
Now that there is a massive library of bands that were in the scene at the same security tend not to always know where cer-
music online, bands have to go the extra time and stuff, so we’ve always been really tain bands are going, so you’ll drive to the
mile to try and stand out from the crowd and good friends and then creatively. Creatively, festival for six, seven hours and you can fi-
make themselves heard. Boy Jumps Ship try being in a band we just learn how each other nally see where you need to be but you just
and stand out when they’re playing their live works,” He explains. “You can’t have egos need to know how to get there, so you ask
shows. “I think that when we play live, we try you know. If someone says your part sucks the first guy you see and 9 out of 10 times
and give, as cliché as it is to say “Oh, we al- then you’ve just got to take it on the chin and he’ll sort of stand there like, “I need to talk
ways give 110% blah blah blah”, we do, we go “Okay, that’s fine”. There’s no room for to my supervisor,” and whatnot. Getting in
try our best to have fun and enjoy ourselves egos in a band. It’s your job at the end of the and out of festivals can be a bit of a pain
and I think with the level of our band at the day so you can’t get too emotive about it. So when you don’t know where your tent is.”
minute, our job is to influence the energy in yeah, we’re good with things like that, and
the room from the stage as oppose to relying then once we’re out of the practice room ne of the last tracks on ‘Wake Up’ is
on people off the stage giving it back to us,” we’ll go and have a pint and have an ab- O‘The Best Is Yet To Come’, and we’re
JD says. “A lot of the shows on this tour that solute hoot because, you know, we’re great certain the best is yet to come for Boy
we’ve done, we’ve found that there have friends at the end of the day.” Jumps Ship, but what’s been their favourite
been more and more people who have come When you’re in a band you get to experi- memory so far? After contemplating for a
along to the shows who are becoming bigger ence all of the amazing, fun things that come while JD tells us, “Okay, I’d say, right now,
fans of our band and are travelling so far just with it, but you also have to experience the as it stands, the best thing that’s happened
to come and see us play for 45/50 minutes. I bad things, like getting lost on the way to a to me is releasing that album and playing our
mean, we’re not relying on needing a room gig. “We get lost on our way to gigs all the hometown show in Newcastle for the album
full of 500, 1000 people to have a good time, time!” laughs JD. “Jonny R is like a human release. It was something else. The place
you know, we just give it as much as we can sat nav though.” was absolutely bouncing and I was very
on stage and enjoy it as much as we can, no Jonny R agrees, “Yeah, I pride myself on humbled to be able to walk out in our home-
matter what the circumstances, no matter my geographical knowledge so I hate getting town and have that reaction that we got, so
how good or bad our day has gone that day. lost and when we do get lost it’s the worst. I’d say that moment for me, was up there.”
There’s always things with being in a band Oh my god, when we played Rome!” Jonny R agrees, “From now on, we’ll be
where certain days you wake up and some- JD looks like he’s just been hit with a looking to move on to album number two but
thing goes wrong, or something goes right, painful memory, “Aw, not Rome!” Boy I’d agree that hometown show, that was the
and it’s about putting all of that energy and Jumps Ship went on tour with Arcane Roots best.”
turning it into a positive force on stage, so a few years ago and played a show in Rome, Visit www.facebook.com/boyjumpsship-
yeah, I’d say that we just like to have a good “It was the worst. The sat nav had no idea music for more info.
time.” what was going on, the roads were all di-
verted. Just getting in and out of that city Words & Jonny & JK Photos By Carissa Thorne

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