Band Name: The Attic Sleepers
Where are you based and what area do you play in? We are based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Link to your website:
www.theatticsleepers.com (coming soon)
https://theatticsleepers.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theatticsleepers
How many years has your band been together/ have you been performing?
We’ve been together for a year and a half now. Unfortunately, we haven’t done any performances just yet, but we have a lot of live-shows planned around Copenhagen for the summer in 2012.
How old were you when you started playing?
I was 9 years old when I first started to play guitar. Singing wasn’t that cool back then so I first officially started singing when I started High School, aged 17. Matias started playing drums when he was like 14 years old or something like that. We started off playing together when we were 17 years old in a band called “Sjäel” but after 5 years it came to an end. Matias and I went travelling together and decided to form “The Attic Sleepers.”
What instruments do you play? What influenced your choices?
I play guitars and sing. I also play the xylophone and keys, but it’s not something that I call myself good at – yet. Matias plays the drums.
What instrument do you wish you played?
I wish I played the violin and I wish I played trumpets of any kind. Actually I wish I could play every instrument in the world!
What genre would you call your music? Have you always been into this genre?
We would call our music “dream pop” or “alternative/atmospheric pop.” I think I have always been into this genre. I’ve liked many things, such as dark black metal and I even had a period when I loved Goa trance. But I think I have always had a thing for atmospheric and ambient grounding music like Sigur Ros, Björk, Enya etc.
Describe your music:
Our music is atmospheric with layers of xylophone, chime, millions of acoustic guitar in one big pile of confusion; followed by harmonic and fragile vocal arrangements.
Do you think the internet has helped musicians or hindered them?
I believe that the internet is helping low-budget musicians, especially when it comes to finding other musicians to play with and also to get their music out on alternative indie websites. I think it’s a good thing that there are so many blogs around to write about your music.
Do you use social media? How do you promote yourself?
We are mostly promoting ourselves through facebook and twitter. But also pages like soundcloud and bandcamp (at bandcamp you can download the songs for free)
Do you enjoy other art forms?
I am mostly into music as an art. I like paintings as well when I need inspiration for lyrics and stuff. Also books and comics (oh yeah!)
Who are the musicians we should all be running out to listen to?
Well, right now I think Youth Lagoon and Active Child are some bands that are gonna grow big in the next few years. But also bands like the Antlers, Yeasayer, Radical Face etc.
Why is live music best?
I haven’t really thought about that. I guess it just reaches your heart in another way. I also like it when bands play their songs differently from the album when they play them live, so you get this so called “live-experience.”
What advice can you give to people just starting out?
Go out and play as many gigs as possible. Stay positive and just keep believing that you might be able to make it on the big scene one day. And then of course use the internet for promotion.
How much time do you spend on writing? Practicing? Performing?
I spend around 4 hours every day practicing on my own. We practice together as a band 12 hours a week.
Tell us some amusing stories from your band’s gigs or practices?
I don’t think it’s a good idea to EVER publish any of the stuff that goes on down in our practice basement 🙂 We like to get drunk; mostly at the end of a practice session. Sometimes things get out of hand and we (mostly our bass-player Simon) do some crazy stuff.
How do you hope to develop musically?
I hope to become better at playing keyboards and better at writing short songs for the radio.
Do you get involved with politics? Should art and politics mix?
No, and no I don’t think so.
How does a typical gig go? How long is a set?
At the moment we are looking for other bands to warm up for, so maybe around 30-40 minutes for a set.
What do you wish you had known earlier about the music industry?
That not everybody is trustworthy.
When is your next recording coming out?
Our debut album is coming out in July 2012.
Will you remember us when you are famous?
We will remember all of the websites that have helped us if we get famous – so yes, of course…
Finish this limerick: There once was a muso from…
Copenhagen, but it had no idea what a muso was, so it went and asked “what is a muso?” (…google translate didn’t even know!)
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