{"id":21326,"date":"2014-05-07T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=21326"},"modified":"2014-05-07T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T00:54:40","slug":"declan-melia-of-british-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/05\/declan-melia-of-british-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Melia of British India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/British_India_smaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21313\" title=\"British_India_smaller\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/British_India_smaller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/British_India_smaller.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/British_India_smaller-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>\u201cI think they\u2019ll be cool shows, we\u2019re going to be playing songs that we don\u2019t usually play, like some of the fan favourites from the first two records and I think by then we\u2019ll probably have road tested some more of the new material as well. So they are for the fans of refined taste, if such a thing exists\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Press Release: One of Australia\u2019s most well respected and hardworking entities,\u00a0British India\u00a0are not unaccustomed to the draw of the darkness. Having toured relentlessly since inception in over ten years ago, the band have loaded in via the darkest alleyways of the country\u2019s dingiest pubs. They\u2019ve slaved through the night to produce some of the most well-recognised Aussie rock hooks of the past decade, and they\u2019ve endured chilly winters in their home town of Melbourne where the sun sets before the working day is done. They are the embodiment of the spirit of Coopers Dark Ale. Truly substantial with a legitimate claim to being totally independent.\u00a0 So it is with great pleasure that these four Melbourne school friends join forces with Coopers to present the\u00a0Coopers After Dark\u00a0tour.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their first show on their headline tour, we caught up with Declan of British India to fill us in on the tour, new music and their exclusive Coopers After Dark shows (did we mention you can win your way in <a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/04\/win-tickets-to-see-british-india-at-an-exclusive-coopers-after-dark-show\/\">HERE<\/a>?)<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re heading back out on the road for some headline shows, what can fans expect at these shows on this run?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think the old time fans can expect some new songs and the new fans can expect to hear the old stuff that they might not have heard before. The show is just kind of a punk rock show, it\u2019s a really visceral kind of pub show, it\u2019s not a huge lighting rig or those kind of things, it\u2019s all about just having a drink and a dance and just going crazy for an hour. We will be showcasing some new stuff from our fifth record that we just started recording so we\u2019re really excited about that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So no pyro or smoke machines I gather?<\/strong><br \/>\n*laughs* no there\u2019s very little Pink Floyd, think Ramones. I think the live show is the first thing that we really got right back in Melbourne when we first started playing we were playing these little pubs and we really just went on stage and went ballistic, and I really think this has been a hallmark of our shows and it\u2019s not something we ever plan on losing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re also involved with the Coopers After Dark shows coming up in the midst of the tour, tell us a bit about these exclusive gigs and what goes on at a British India private party?<\/strong><br \/>\nWell a lot of drinking obviously, it\u2019s sponsored by a beer company, so there\u2019s no secret that that goes on. I think they\u2019ll be cool shows, we\u2019re going to be playing songs that we don\u2019t usually play, like some of the fan favourites from the first two records and I think by then we\u2019ll probably have road tested some more of the new material as well. So they are for the fans of refined taste, if such a thing exists, but I think those shows are going to be great, be really intimate and do some things we wouldn\u2019t normally do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve been in the studio recording a new single, tell us a little bit about it and when can we expect to hear that?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think you should expect to hear, all things going to plan, which they never do because it\u2019s the music industry, you guys should expect to hear it in about September. We\u2019ve just recorded two of our favourite songs that we\u2019ve done recently but I don\u2019t think anything\u2019s got the word single next to it, maybe only in pencil and in brackets and very small writing, but we\u2019re really keen with this record to get it all recorded and a good package deal before we start putting singles out which we\u2019ve always been rushed before, but I think this time we were kind of in a creative peak after the \u2018Controller\u2019 record I think we were able to take a little more time which was good for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the same time though it\u2019s pretty quick as the album only came out last year\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah it is quick, but from in our camp we\u2019re a bit more relaxed and a bit more settled with it, I think we\u2019re really calling the shots a bit more, whereas in the past maybe we\u2019ve taken a while where suddenly we\u2019re hitting deadlines, but with this one we\u2019re a little ahead of the curve which is vastly different to \u2018Controller\u2019 and a huge relief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So can we maybe expect something a little different this time around?<\/strong><br \/>\nI don\u2019t know about that, like I think the most successful songs on \u2018Controller\u2019 like \u2018Plastic Souvenirs\u2019, \u2018Blinded\u2019, \u2018I Can Make You Love Me\u2019 of course, kind of more sophisticated, complex songs is what we\u2019re concentrating on. There\u2019s going to be plenty of rock and roll, it\u2019s going to be futuristic, but very, very raw. I mean our priority is when we go in to make a record, we\u2019re never sitting around saying let\u2019s expand our fanbase or let\u2019s get this played on a radio station, it\u2019s the furthest thing from our mind, we\u2019re make more focused on keeping the fans we\u2019re accumulated happy and I think we play to our strengths and I think the best thing about British India is our energy, and we definitely don\u2019t wanna start going up our own ass and doing things with acoustics and strings as it\u2019s not what we like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Back to touring, I saw you guys open for Fall Out Boy last year, how was that tour for you?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was just really bizarre, we\u2019ve never done anything like that before, just support major international acts is something had been missing from our CV for like forever, so it was kind of strange to do it at this point in our career because we didn\u2019t need to do it, but it was eye opening and they were lovely chaps and very accommodating. I think it was good for us because we\u2019d also done that Day On The Green festival earlier this year which was to maybe an older audience and Fall Out Boy was to a younger audience and then we do our own shows which is to our audience in the middle, so it was kind of covering all bases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds like you\u2019ve got the whole spectrum covered there\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\n*laughs* Yeah I think so, I don\u2019t want to give the impression that we\u2019re sitting in a board room planning this out, it\u2019s just a happy accident that it happened this way and it\u2019s been a really good time since the \u2018Controller\u2019 record came out, like I said before, it was a real creative peak and everyone\u2019s really in the same headspace and really enjoying it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It seems like it never stops for you guys either, almost constantly out playing shows since last October, what is it about playing live that you enjoy so much?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think playing live in the modern kind of era of music, especially in the music we make, it\u2019s becoming the lost part of the pie, back in the day it was all that you had. We get asked the question why do we play so often and why do we play to so many rural places, and I think that question should be turned onto other bands as to why don\u2019t they play more and I think the idea of releasing a record and then taking two months off and playing Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne is just really far from what we thrive on, and we like playing live and we like the touring as well, and the partying and meeting people and all that that goes with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a stand out moment you\u2019ve experienced with the band thus far?<\/strong><br \/>\nOh there\u2019s been a couple of moments, there\u2019s definitely things like Falls Festival and Splendour In The Grass and you\u2019re looking around and there\u2019s all these people and you\u2019re just like you know holy hell look at this, this is insane. But I also remember playing some house parties, back when we were celebrating our first record coming out back in 2008 or so, I remember we were playing these tiny parties and just loving it, it was really relaxed and we were with our friends and I think that as well is still something that really stands out in my mind really. And of course we got to be on Neighbours which is a huge career highlight and will always be something close to my heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As a band for ten years now what do you see as the biggest change or evolution that\u2019s taken place within the band?<\/strong><br \/>\nGee I don\u2019t know, I think I learned to song somewhere along the way, so that was pretty important for me because until then I\u2019d just been shouting my head off. There\u2019s been no real kind of finger click moment where it all clicked into place, I think it\u2019s all been so gradual, but I think the moment was the first record, when you have a record that people like and you can tour off it really changes everything, as up until then we were just kind of going between Melbourne and Sydney and just watching the crowds be small, then once we hit the airwaves there was a big change and we thought holy shit we can do this for a career, and that seems like a couple of months ago but it\u2019s nearly eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve obviously done a lot in your time together, but is there anything that you really want to do that you haven\u2019t yet had the chance to?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019d like to do more international stuff is always on our mind, but our trepidation is that we don\u2019t want to be one of those bands that forsakes Australia for the sake of overseas, as I think Australia is always going to be our bread and butter. I think that\u2019s still something though that needs to be explored, as we\u2019re really proud of the music we make and we think everyone should hear it. I think even here our music should get played more than it does, not in a bitter way, I listen to the radio and there\u2019s not a lot of stuff I like and I\u2019d like to hear more genuine music and certainly like the stuff out that we play. I\u2019m not going to say my life is a completed checklist, there\u2019s still a lot of stuff we want to do, we\u2019d really like to make a classic album that\u2019s really strong from start to finish, which I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve done yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lastly, the year is well underway now, so let\u2019s predict the rest of it, so if you can finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2014 British India will\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nHave released their best record yet. That\u2019s really quite a serious answer and it\u2019s what our headspace is now, we\u2019re really aiming for that. Apart from that we\u2019re going to get really drunk, meet beautiful models and marry them and drive around in Cadillacs\u2026<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Essential information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>From: <\/strong>Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0 Declan Melia \u2013 lead vocals, Will Drummond\u00a0 \u2013 bass, backing vocals, Nic Wilson\u00a0 \u2013 lead guitar, Matt O&#8217;Gorman\u00a0 \u2013 drums<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest Release:<\/strong> Controller (Out Now \u2013 Liberation Records)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishindia.com.au\/\">http:\/\/www.britishindia.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Catch British India on tour at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thurs 8<sup>th<\/sup> May \u2013 Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave VIC<br \/>\nFriday 9<sup>th<\/sup> May \u2013 The Capitol Saloon, Wonthaggi VIC<br \/>\nSat 10<sup>th<\/sup> May \u2013 The Pelly Bar, Frankston VIC<br \/>\nThurs 15<sup>th<\/sup> May \u2013 The Prince of Wales, Bunbury WA<br \/>\nFri 16<sup>th<\/sup> May \u2013 Judds Pub, Kalgoorlie WA<br \/>\nSat 17<sup>th<\/sup> May \u2013 Freemasons Hotel, Geraldton WA<br \/>\nFri 23<sup>rd<\/sup> May \u2013 Kings Beach Tavern, Caloundra QLD<br \/>\nThurs 12<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 Newtown Social Club, Sydney NSW<br \/>\nFri 13<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 Tattersalls Hotel, Penrith NSW<br \/>\nSat 14<sup>th<\/sup> June \u2013 Collectors Tavern, Parramatta NSW<\/p>\n<p>Tickets via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Oztix.com.au\">Oztix.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>COOPERS AFTER DARK PRESENTS BRITISH INDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wed 21st May \u2013 The Factory, Sydney NSW<br \/>\nThurs 22nd May \u2013 Crow Bar, Brisbane QLD<br \/>\nWed 28th May \u2013 Transit Bar, Canberra ACT<br \/>\nThurs 29th May \u2013 The Curtin, Melbourne VIC<br \/>\nWed 4th June \u2013 Fowlers Live, Adelaide SA<br \/>\nThurs 5th June \u2013 Ya Ya\u2019s, Perth WA<\/p>\n<p>Invite only \u2013 more details <a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/04\/british-india-join-forces-with-coopers-dark-ale-to-celebrate-the-night\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ll be cool shows, we\u2019re going to be playing songs that we don\u2019t usually play, like some of the fan favourites from the first two records and I think by then we\u2019ll probably have road tested some more of the new material as well. 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