What motivated you guys to leave Flyying Colours and start Castilles?
Flyying Colours had run its race with Sam and I and Castilles formed a few years after that. Sam and I kind of travel together as a rhythm section package and Jules won us for third place in a raffle.
Tell us about the new single ‘Habits’. What’s the story behind it?
Jules brought it into the studio half baked, it was a swing tune. We rewrote it over a month or two and honed it live. It’s a song about owning your emotions, knowing happiness is but one part of the package, and trying to find enjoyment in all hues.
Your sound has been described as a melding of psych, grunge and post-punk. Is this an accurate description of your music?
Having Jules and myself write for the band leads us into some genre-bending situations, so you could say yes. We never wanted to just pick a style and stick to it. If the track’s killer, it’s going out whether it’s country or post-punk. We all have very individual styles in the way we play, and together it’s a cohesive sound that we can throw multiple genres at and get something like ‘Castilles’ out the back end.
Are there any bands or musicians that stand out as particular influences for you guys?
Not particularly, everyone’s got their own vibe that changes the outcome. I’d say Britpop/ Madchester, Jules is a Stones man, Sam locked himself in a wardrobe on microdots once listening to The Mars Volta at full volume. That’ll change a man forever.
Are you guys working on any more music we should keep an eye out for?
We’re in the studio next week kicking off a new batch. It’s a revolving door situation we have going on now. There are still options from the ‘Habits’ session we did with Woody. Worth keeping an eye out, it’s probable another will surface by the end of the year.
