Frightened Rabbit Competitors

I OH YOU: I couldn't help but feeling that your music exists somewhere between a bedroom and a dark, smoky nightclub at 4am. How do you see your music falling into the overall spectrum? SOHN: I think the music which I've always loved has been headphone music. First and foremost, I think that the music I create now and into the future will definitely be geared that way because what I get out of music personally is in an introspective nature, not the extroverted side of things. I've never really been one for going to clubs or enjoying music in a big communal way. There's an element to the album where the extrovert elements are much more sparse and so the impact can be more dramatic. I OH YOU: It was surprising to hear that you played at Berlin nightclub Berghain recently. Is it an organic thing for you to be playing shows like that especially given that you haven't been experiencing music in that setting whilst growing up? SOHN: It's funny because the live show lends itself surprisingly well to those settings I think. Initially when I was putting the live show together I was really worried about whether it would work or not. In terms of vocals, I don't think that I demand much attention and the same goes with the larger elements of the music due to the space which we spoke about. I thought people would just be talking throughout what I was doing but it doesn't work that way. The live show is a big wash of sound and that's quite overhwelming. It's got a more club-ready type of Sigur Rós type of vibe to it which has a lot of power but in a very different way to how club music has power. There's nothing in the relentlessness of the rhythm, but it has power in the relentlessness of that wall of sound. I OH YOU: There are plenty of live videos that show you playing with a full band. Did those initial ideas and insecurities lead you to enlist more people to create something which you could tour? SOHN: I knew the two guys that I wanted to be on stage with and basically we started just experimenting. We got to the ...

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