Kylda are one
of Belfast's most exciting up and coming young bands, with all members
currently under 18 they aren't letting this deter them in their pursuit of
shows. Born of the amazing and essential Volume Control program ran by the Oh Yeah
Centre, they've already played a number of Old Crows shows as well as
travelling as far as Derry. Something some bands twice their age haven't
accomplished. Driven by a passion and joy for creating music it's inspiring to
see.
They open proceedings
as GazeFest Belfast this Saturday hitting the stage at 2.30. Grab tickets at
the end of the interview.
Lets chat with Klyda.
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What bands posters did you have upon your bedroom wall and what was the first album you ever bought and why?
By some weird coincidence all of us had the Queen's Greatest Hits CD as
our first CD we ever bought. We have all always seen Queen as almost a gateway
into rock music, they really have something for everyone. Half the band are
metalheads or gravitate towards heavier music and we all started off with
queen. For posters, we all have too many to count, hmv has all our money.
Can you tell me what first inspired you
to make music, what made you pick up a guitar, write songs and start a band?
It all started with a bit of messing about, in a garage with our parents equipment which we didn't know how to use or play. We honestly didn't expect we'd get further than winning our school talent show. We are heavily inspired by our teenage experiences. songwriting has always been an integral part of our life and ever since we formed the band we could bring all of our built up ideas to life. The transition from purely covers to your own material and lyrics that matter to you was a real turning point in the history of the band.
Your live shows have a reputation of
being full of energy and a lot of crowd involvement, how important is the live
experience to you?
The live experience really defines us as a band. We've always had the idea of the best way to be memorable is by our stage presence, especially as we have no songs out. Crowd interaction has always been very important to us as we're not just here to play music we're here for a preformace. We also love to throw in a cover for crowd engagement as we have no music out as of yet its important to get people to sing along and enjoy the show. We've all been to gigs where the artists just get on stage and don't move, and the crowd mirror those actions, if we go crazy the crowd goes crazy.
Your band was born of the Volume
Control program, can you tell us how you came together and how important the
program is to young musicians?
Volume Control is the heart of NI all ages gigging. Being 14 and sneaking into bars just to see your favourite band is so dangerous, especially if there's mosh pits. Volume control and the oh yeah centre create such a safe space for people of all ages and let teenagers experience the live music scene along with the experience of playing gigs and things like mosh etiquette.
As a young up coming band is there anything you think that we can do to improve upon the resources we offer young musicians?
More all ages spaces! It is so difficult for bands our age to get out there and get gigging and venues do not support the idea of teenagers being there, even just an all ages open mic night means the world. We also need to forget the idea that just because we're kids means we don't know what we're doing. You don't suddenly become a rockstar the day you turn 18, teenagers are talented!
Can you tell us about your song writing process and lyrically what your approach is, where do you take inspiration from or how do you approach lyrics for the tracks.
We have one rule for ourselves when it comes to writing songs; music
first. Being able to feel the music you’re writing and jam with that for a
brief period is essential to know what the song is about and how you want
listeners to feel. Our lyrics are impulsive, the first good thing that comes
out of someone’s mouth ‘write that down!’.
One of our inspirations for lyrics is Phoebe Bridgers, we take influence
from her storytelling aspect in our songs along with the unique melodies of her
vocals. We also draw major inspirations from bands such as My Chemical Romance
and early Radiohead which adds a level of heaviness to our sound.
The scene both north and south seems to
be stronger than ever, is there anyone you’d want to shout out to?
Susie blue, absolute legend! She was out mentor throughout the elevate course in the oh yeah centre and she also got us our first gig opening for her in September of 2022 and it was valuable experience and a great night. Another great band from up north is Humanitas, they have a great message and need more recognition!
And finally in the vein of Rob Gordon.
What are your Top 5 favourite records.
There's a bit of a mix of tastes in the band but our favourite albums
are
Three cheers for sweet revenge by My Chemical Romance
The Bends by Radiohead
Punisher by Pheobe Bridgers
Live through this by Hole
This is Why by Paramore
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