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March 5th, 2010 by Goblins
 This young Scottish band combines noisy soundscapes, driving melody and heartfelt lyrics into an intense live show, and possibly the best LP of last year. On March 30th, FatCat Records will release WWPJ’s new EP, The Last Place You’ll Look. As they start a US tour, we caught up with Mike from the band to chat about what they’re up to.
IP: Tell us about the new EP, and when album #2 will be released?
WWPJ: We did the new EP with our man Anders in December. We recorded most of it in his lovely flat in Glasgow, and a little of it in a nearby studio. It has three new songs and two reworkings of old songs. We were pretty set on what we wanted it to be and we’re very excited with how it’s turned out. We’ve slowly started writing things for album two, and are hoping to get it recorded before the end of the year, fingers crossed.
IP: How much new material will we hear on the upcoming spring tour?
WWPJ: We’ve been playing one brand new one, and one from the EP. The other ones from the EP are pretty hard to play live, as it has a bit more layers and other instruments and all that. We have a couple of other new songs that are just not quite ready yet.
IP: What was a favorite place you visited over the last tour?
WWPJ: The Bowery Ballroom in New York is our favorite. We don’t get to see many places, just venues in places, but in New York we’ve had a chance to properly hang out so it’s been great.
IP: Tell us about your best show you can remember playing?
WWPJ: There’s a few candidates: in Washington, DC in September/October when there was loads of people there cheering and singing when we totally didn’t expect it, the small room in the Paradiso in Amsterdam in September for the same reasons and our sell out headline show at the Bowery Ballroom. We still can’t believe that actually happened.
IP: How have your influences changed since the first album?
WWPJ: We very much want to make a record in a studio. We wrote songs on the first album so that we liked them when we played them in a rehearsal room. We want to make a record so we like it when we sit down and listen to it. We won’t really know what that means until we try it, I think.
IP: Where did you record the new album?
WWPJ: The old one was somewhere outside London in England in an old hop kiln, the new EP we did in our sound man’s flat, and the new one we’ve not decided yet!
Spring US Tour Dates:
Mar 5 8:00P Kilby Court (CHANGE OF VENUE) Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 6 8:00P Hi Dive (+16) Denver, CO
Mar 7 8:00P Jackpot Saloon (+18) Lawrence, KS
Mar 8 8:00P The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
Mar 9 8:00P Varsity Theatre (+18) Minneapolis, MN
Mar 11 8:00P Lincoln Hall (+18) Chicago, IL
Mar 12 8:00P Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
Mar 13 8:00P The Summit (+18) Columbus, OH
Mar 14 8:00P Radio Radio (+21) Indianapolis
Mar 15 8:00P The Old Rock House St. Louis, MO
Mar 17 3:45P SXSW – Fader Fort Austin, TX
Mar 17 11:00P SXSW – Parish Austin, TX
Mar 18 3:30P SXSW – Galaxy Room Austin, TX
Mar 18 5:00P SXSW – Yard Dog Gallery Austin, TX
Mar 19 1:00P SXSW – Mohawk Austin, TX
Mar 19 5:00P SXSW – Emo’s East Austin, TX
Posted in: Interviews, Music | Posted by: Goblins
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