How did you come to the attention of Nice Swan? This has been a project for us for a long time but its only possible now with how the industry has been over the last two years with Covid. Its was only a couple of weeks before we started gigging. Those songs we don’t play anymore but it then evolved into splint very quickly. We just started playing those songs but then it very quickly morphed from these ones I was doing on my own. I had met George (Davies on guitar) previously at a Working Men’s Club gig and we got on straight away and I showed him the tunes that I was working on after leaving Working Men’s Club and he was into it. I started doing some demos on my own with a mate at Islington Mills in Salford, probably around late 2019/early 2020. It’s been going since I left Working Men’s Club. So how long has splint existed in some form or another? Its the first of a whole host of stuff we want to show people that we have been putting the time in its just that nobody knows about it until now! Without blowing our own trumpet, we’ve got a good arsenal, we’ve had a lot of time to rehearse and practise and get a few gigs, and recording as well. Its quite a personal song, the themes of the lyrics it was all kind of around Covid time, it was of its moment but its nice its still being understood now which is great. Until it was released we weren’t sure, but it has rekindled our love for it definitely. Particularly at the start with that rapid fire opening, its a fresh and sharp sounding song which grabs the attention. I was just talking to George the other day, just hearing it on Spotify or hearing people talk about it’s nice because we’ve played it to death over the last two and its nice to have fresh ears on it. We only have choice now because we’ve got options but at the time, we put all our eggs into this song, and its been about two years now thinking about it, it’s been a really long process. We’re evolving into different things now but we didn’t want to not have this single out as it’s a song that means a lot to us. Its not leaps and bounds different but it’s definitely less angular 2020 post-punk kinda thing. Releasing it now is giving it its moment in the sun. We basically came to the decision that if we didn’t release this song now, we never would, and we all love the song. Giulia (Bonometti, vocals/bass) joined, Ellie (Rose-Elliot, drums) joined, and we got back in the studio and recorded 3 more songs that we were then really excited about recording. Then we had band changes and the sound has evolved. We wanted to release it then but nothing wasn’t going to come of it because of the pandemic and not being able to gig. We recorded this song about two years ago, before the pandemic had really hit hard. Where there a number of songs you could have chosen or was it obvious this would be the debut release? Ahead of the gig I spoke to Jake Bogacki (vocals/guitar) to learn more about how splint have got to this point, including a fascinating discussion on social media.įirst of all congratulations on the debut single ‘ Military Procedures‘. Splint have had a hectic week with the announcement they have signed to Nice Swan Records, the release of their debut single ‘ Military Procedures’ and a headline gig at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge.
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