You've just flown in after playing with Tera Melos in the States, how is the jetlag? You've had to settle into a new country as well.
Andrew Forsman (drums): I feel pretty good, I mean, the flight in really took it out of me - six hours sitting in one position - but I feel good now.
Tomas Erak (guitars/vocals): I feel better after yesterday now I kind of bailed it out, now I feel better.
Is your mindset a bit different going into a tour like this, as opposed to going into a U.S tour?
Andrew: Yeah. Definitely. We play different songs that people have or haven't heard yet. You've got to keep in mind that we haven't played here in about two years so we want to do good shows for people. Secondsmile were really great support when we last played here as well.
You've got a new album out, Manipulator. How was the recording and writing process and did it take long to write?
Andrew: Actually the first three or four songs to about six months. The last record we wrote in like a month or two.
Tomas: We wanted to make a really raw record. There was a lot of overdubbing and we wanted to record it as fast as possible. I think we actually got all the tracks done in like three weeks.
Do you think it sounds similar to the last album?
Tomas: I like it better.
Andrew: I think it sounds completely different than our last album.
Tomas: I like the sound a lot, I think it sounds more like our band than Doppelgänger did.
You sad the production was a lot rawer in production, how much did producer Matt Bayles influence your sound?
Andrew: He had ideas but he wasn't really overbearing or anything like that. We just did what we wanted to do, we didn't do any pre-production with him, so he was hearing the songs for the first time when we recorded them.
Tomas: Which was kind of cool I think because I think it shaped the songs in an interesting way, but if we do a record with him again, I'd like to do pre-production.
There's been a lot written about this, but what's the story with the split with The Number Twelve Looks Like You, what's happening with that?
Andrew: I would love to do a split with them, but I don't think their record label wanted them to do it, we're just going to wait and see what happens.
Are you looking forward to touring with Coheed & Cambria?
Tomas: No comment. I'm looking forward to the tour, but I'm not a fan of that band.
Andrew: I don't hate them.
Tomas: I'm interested to see Clutch, that will be pretty cool.
Which bands had you never really heard of when you'd toured with them but then thought: "Wow, this band's really amazing."
Both: RX Bandits.
Andrew: The last U.S tour we did with them they were incredible.
Are they the best band you've toured with then?
Both: No.
Andrew: I'd say Deftones.
Tomas: I like Tera Melos a lot.
Andrew: They're still kind of at a stage where they're not very well known yet.
Do you listen to any other instrumental bands at all?
Tomas: I like Russian Circles a lot.
Andrew: Hella. I think if it's good music it's good music.
Tomas: I like Godspeed.
65 Days Of Static are another band making waves over here. Are you fans?
Andrew: That band is awesome!
Tomas: Yeah, they're good, they were going to tour with The Cure but they pushed it back.
Can you shed a little light on your song titles?
Tomas: Some of them are jokes, some of them are just spur of the moment things. Most of the song titles have nothing to do with the song, a few of them are jokes from relatives.
What's the funniest thing you've heard said about your band?
Tomas: Oh, what was it? If you want to hear a band that does this music but good, listen to a Glassjaw record.
Andrew: We don't sound anything like Glassjaw.
Tomas: I love Glassjaw, though, don't get me wrong.Worship & Tribute is amazing.
Andrew: That's one of my favourite records.
Tomas: Well, we don't sound like Glassjaw at all, our sounds are completely different.
Do you read reviews of your own work a lot?
Tomas: You can't help but see reviews sometimes.
Andrew: I like reviews where they trash us because either they're wrong or it's a misconception.
Tomas: Or they just really don't like us and that's fine.
Andrew: It's just I love reading when people hate me!
By Alistair Hendrie
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