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Liam Young from The Novocaines

 

Hometown?

Perth, Western Australia

 

What are you up to at the moment? 
We’re about to release our new single Freedom Please on 7” vinyl & are writing/recording more new songs to put out this year.

 

Plans for the future?

We want to continue releasing our new material on vinyl. We’re also in the planning stages for a pretty mega overseas tour towards the end of the year.

 

Whats your biggest achievement to date?

We got accepted to play SXSW in 2011, which took us from Austin to Los Angeles over a couple of weeks. We played some great showcases with some really awesome bands & just generally had an amazing time roaming the states.

 

What are your Influences?

Musically, we take a lot of influence from heavy bands of different decades. Particularly bands like Fucked Up, Pulled Apart By Horses, Trash Talk & so on.

 

What can punters expect at one of your shows?

We like to keep things fast-paced, so we have a pretty high-energy set of fast riffs & groovy breaks.

 

What's the weirdest experience you've had as an artist?

I don’t like to be called an artist, but the weirdest experience was turning 18 & supporting Them Crooked Vultures in Perth at Challenge Stadium. Getting drunk with JPJ, Homme & Grohl is hard to top.

 

What is your dream support slot?

There’s too many. We’d just love to play more shows with Australian bands from the east coast, like Violent Soho, DZ Deathrays & Redcoats etc. All those guys are killing it.