Hey there. Who are we speaking to and what do you do in Dead End?
Hi I’m Tom, I sing and play guitar.
What have you learned from playing in the Melbourne music scene?
We’re relatively new but we’ve all played in different bands that didn’t work out over the past few years. We’ve come to appreciate the value of organisation and doing shit yourself.
Is there is a fine line between getting yourself out there and playing as many gigs as you can, against choosing your gigs carefully?
At the beginning we were saying yes to everything. We all live together so getting ready for a gig is no stress, and that’s led to us getting approached to play shows more often. It feels good to be in a position where we have to turn down gigs because we’re already booked.
You’ve indicated that you want to keep writing punk tracks that manage to reflect your love for more complicated music. Is there any difficulty in doing this with what’s typically a ‘hard and fast’ medium?
Not at all, it’s exactly why this style appeals to us. We want to express that short, sharp, no bullshit attitude of punk in our music, but also cram as much content as we can into our usually short songs. We’re all total music nerds with a real interest in theory and composition, so we try to get that across in our own music.
