Post-rock, ambient, noise, apocalyptic and minimalist are more titles that drone themselves to mind after listening to the 2011 record, Tunnel Blanket. “In a sense, we are a part of all those things. Although, I’m not sure you’ll ever find a band out there that prefers to be in the post-rock bucket. It doesn’t really bother me too much because they’re just silly names when it comes down to it.” Whilst Galindo prefers a description of cinematic and at times, happy, he admits that Tunnel Blanket is an obvious tragic record that is strongly thematic on death. “We were all surrounded by a lot of death at the time we wrote that record. It was the perfect outlet for us and it was our way of grieving and getting through it. It’s difficult at times to play those songs live because I think we have a very close emotional attachment with that album. It was definitely the best form of therapy we could have had at the time, for all of us.”
Countless shows within their home of the America’s, scores of Contiki-worthy trails across Europe and even three frozen excursions to the vast land of Russia proves the worldly status of TWDY. “Russia is a very intense place. The crowds are unlike any crowds anywhere else. They’re just nuts for the music and they’re your biggest fans you’ll ever see.” March 2013 marks a new continent on the TWDY map with their first Australian tour. The agenda on our shores is a real banal banger. “We’ve been wanting to get out to Australia for a long time so we’re excited it’s finally happening. It probably sounds a little cliché, but if time permits, I would really like to get onto the beaches and I also happen to love kangaroos. So if you know of any boxing kangaroos, I would like to either box one or at least see one box!” We’re very lucky to have these optimistic gentlemen down under as past attempts to get here were denied by management. “We left our management company a little while ago but the work load hasn’t increased all that much.” With record labels and booking agents throwing in some extra hands with the transition to a self-managed band, Galindo explains, “this is definitely a better move for us financially, and we also have the freedom to make the decisions we want to make without being influenced any one way or the other. In the past, we’ve had opportunities to go to Australia and Asia but our management would always pass on it, so it’s nice to be able to say that we’re going to go, and we’re going to make it work.”
The doom and gloom of a TWDY show is certain for intensity. Audience members will really see them give there most at a new show. “We try and make everything in one movement live. We intend on hosting a hypnotic and intense experience, the most we can. We’re working on a new set at the moment and we should have it together in time for Australia, we’ll see how we go.”
BY MATTHEW MARASCO
