vulpynes
Vulpynes are our new favourite Irish punx, and they’re coming all the way over the sea to play for us at The Bird’s Nest on 18 Nov! In preparation, we asked them 10 questions …
1. Who would you most like to cover your songs?
Maeve-Molly : Patti Smith, so I can die happy
Kaz: Anybody covering our songs would be hugely flattering!
2. Choose: Madonna or Beyonce? 
Maeve-Molly: I’m going to say Madonna because she was a huge influence on my childhood. ‘The Immaculate Collection’ was one of the first albums I loved and I still think every track is dynamite.
Kaz: Madonna, because she got where she is by herself, whereas it seems Beyonce did whatever her Father told her to.
3. Choose one of your songs to be on a movie soundtrack. What kind of film is it?
Maeve-Molly: I can see our song ‘OCD’ really suiting an American Psycho remake.
Kaz: Hmm! Maybe our song ‘Can’t Sit Still’ … in some cool thriller or horror movie.

 

4. Choose: the 80s or the 90s? 

Maeve-Molly: The 90s all the way. Alice in Chains, Hole, L7, The Gits, Babes in Toyland, Nirvana and Soundgarden please!

Kaz: With Maeve on this one, the 90s were hugely influential to me wanting to play music, with pretty much the same bands mentioned!

5. Recommend a record and a book that you think our readers might not have heard of 

9780340733509Maeve-Molly: A book – It’s not exactly an underground classic but I highly recommend Eckhart Tolle‘s ‘The Power of Now’. I’ve read and re-read this book again and again for over 10 years and it always fixes my skewed perspective (i.e makes me feel like less of a psycho)
A record: The Gits ‘Frenching the Bully’. This album is amazing, a devastatingly underrated band who ended under tragic circumstances. Mia Zapata was an incredible lyricist, her story resonates why we should look after our fellow sisters.
Kaz: A book – ‘Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway’ by Susan Jeffers. This book really helped me when I was younger in every way possible,
A record – ‘The Holy Bible’ by Manic Street Preachers. This album saved me on a number of occasions. Lot’s of people have obviously heard it, but more should!!

6. One for the guitarists … bore us with the details of your set up!

Maeve-Molly: I recently got a VOX MV50 AC guitar head that I love, it’s tiny and packs a massive punch. It’s ideal for traveling because it fits in my pedal case and weighs the same as a bag of sugar! Earlier this year I got a Catalinbread SFT pedal that I now don’t think I can ever play a gig without. It really lifts the bottom end which is essential for Vulpynes because we don’t have a bassist and I’m the only guitarist… so gimme that OOMPH.

7. What’s the best thing about being in your band?

Maeve-Molly: It’s extremely therapeutic. No matter how tired I might be from life being shitty, playing and writing music always lifts me.

Kaz: The energy. I feed off it, even in rehearsals, and I feel like I’ve recharged myself 100% after playing.

8. What are your band goals?

Maeve-Molly: Tour the UK and Europe and anywhere else that will have us, stay determined, remain inspired and keep laughing like a nutter throughout this wonderful journey.

Kaz: Play to as many people who will listen to our madness! …and enjoy every second of it!

9. What’s the most important thing we need to know about your band right now?

Maeve- Molly: We are plotting our next release and have some very exciting announcements we’ll be sharing early 2018.

10. Give your top 5 contemporary bands 

Maeve-Molly: Deap Vally – they are 2 beautiful, talented women who are so inspiring. Every song is ridiculously catchy, they simply ROCK! Moonlandingz – We supported them early this year and they blew us away. They were so lovely too, definitely one of the most exciting bands to emerge this year. The Soap Girls – Another band we played with this year, you couldn’t meet two nicer ladies and I was singing their songs to myself for weeks after their gig. Check them out!
Kaz: I’m awful with up-to-date bands, I’m a sucker for playing the same stuff I’ve always loved, and still feel contemporary to me, so with that in mind, I’m just gonna name 5 bands I will always love and always play even when I’m 90 years old: Nine Inch Nails, Manic Street Preachers, Hole, Alice In Chains, Depeche Mode.
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