1. What Do You Look For in a Band?
We love bands who play like it matters to them. That means more than genre or scene. Getting to make art with people you love in front of people that connect to it in some way is an absolute privilege and there’s no quicker way to kill your band’s appeal than to get on a stage and act like you don’t acknowledge that.
2. Keeping Busy
We’ve just released our first single The Nicest Faces (available from mascosoundsystem.bandcamp.com). That single came out of some recording sessions that we did with another couple of artists on Wombat State Records. That’s been our main focus for the last little while. Now we’re looking forward to playing some shows and getting out of the studio for a while.
3. Best Gig Ever
Our first show ever at the Kwingy 3000 festival. It’s a great little festival our friends organise and it was amazing. A tiny little hall in the middle of the bush filled with some of the best bands in Melbourne and some of the greatest people on earth. Pretty hard to top.
4. Current Playlist
D’Angelo, The Modern Lovers, Big Star, Velvet Underground, Fat Freddy’s Drop, MF Doom, Flying Lotus, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltzin.
5. Your Ultimate Rider
We’re pretty easy to please. I mean really, how hard is it to get a hold of a few slabs, a rack of nangs, balloons and a copy of Purple Rain on laser disc.
MASCO SOUND SYSTEM play every Monday in September at The Workers Club, with Tall Shores (7th), Scurvylicious (14th), Peter Lubulwa (21st), and Sugar Teeth (28th).
