By: Lidia Vila 

When searching your Myspace site, I noticed there was another version in Japanese characters. Who, amongst you, is the Japanophile?
We have slowly but surely started a small fan base out of central Japan.  Day after day we get pummeled by fan mail, mostly love letters to Karen Less and Robin Graves, but in a way, we are all Japanophiles.

Friendly Rich is clearly a beloved son of Brampton, he’s featured on your song “Quote Unquote”. How did this come about?
As the bastard sons of Brampton, we felt it only natural to team up with the ring leader of creation himself. We admire his vocal range and willingness to collaborate.  Our people got a hold of his people and the rest was history.

You’ve played the Brampton Indie Festival. How important is it to you to support your hometown? What does it mean to you?
This is our first time playing the BIAF. It’s amazing to see the diversity in Brampton’s music scene.  There are a few really great bands here, and we all support each other in one way or another.

Would the Hormoans consider collaborating with a goth group, say, Lye? Seems you both have a lot in common, sound-wise.
We love doing collaborations with different styles of music and people, especially goths.  It’s important to us to constantly grow as a band and collaboration is often the key to redefining yourself.  It’s strange that you hear the comparison, as we’ve been compared to so many different genres - from early punk to new age surf.

How would you define your style? Do you consider yourself a grunge revival band?
Our musical path began with risky punk and cutting edge grunge and has now mutated into a neo-surf core which is a mix of crust, ocean water and rubble.  Revival band?  No, but perhaps nostalgic. We like to set ourselves apart from the rest by creating new genres like neo-surf core.

How did you get signed to the record label you’re with (Something Something Records)?
Something Something Records is a branch of Panda City Productions, which was started in early 2006 and is entirely independently owned and operated.  They are selective of who they work with and are releasing our first full-length EP in early 2008.

Your schedule shows you’re doing a lot of festivals, (Thrash Crust Fest, Grunge Festival, For the Kids Festival). Between playing, are you working on a new album? What other plans do you have?
Unfortunately the festivals we were slated to play disbanded on account of lack of funding.  The problem is that there are little to no sponsorship happening within the independent community.  There are so many more promoters who want to do these festivals, but are not 100% committed to doing the work that is required to pull it off.

We are working on a new album that is in contrast to the first one, but not a complete departure.  The new material is strong; the arrangements of vocals, bass, guitar and drums have matured.  We are excited for 2008, so watch for the changes and try to keep up.

http://www.myspace.com/hormoans 

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at 10:41 pm.