{"id":140719,"date":"2024-03-09T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.live4ever.uk.com\/?p=140719"},"modified":"2024-03-09T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T12:27:17","slug":"chalk-artist-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.live4ever.uk.com\/chalk-artist-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Chalk: Artist Of The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chalk by Aaron Cunningham<\/p><\/div>\n

WHO?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I\u2019m Luke and I play drums in Chalk<\/a>. Ross is our vocalist and works on the productions for the band behind the scenes, and Ben is our guitarist and synth whiz.<\/p>\n

WHERE?<\/span><\/h3>\n

We\u2019re from all over the island: I\u2019m from Belfast, Ross is from Lurgan and Ben grew up in Monaghan, so we\u2019re all bringing slightly varied Irish influences to the table I suppose.<\/p>\n

WHEN?<\/span><\/h3>\n

We all started writing together shortly after we met at University, we were around 22\/23 years old. The music was totally different then – plenty of art rocky stuff. Heavily Parquet Courts inspired I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n

WHY?<\/span><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s a million bands, artists and filmmakers I could name here that have deeply influenced Chalk and helped us form the sound we\u2019re working on now, from Nine Inch Nails and The Prodigy to New Order and Mica Levi. However, honestly, Gilla Band was a big common footing for us. Movie-wise, we\u2019ve all bonded over the likes of Wim Wenders, Jonathan Glazer, Chris Nolan and David Lynch over the years, and that\u2019s definitely translated into our music<\/p>\n

HOW?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Gilla Band also ties into the story of how the band formed: Ben and I knew each other first – we\u2019d met during the first or second week of University and we\u2019d established fairly quickly that we were interested in forming a band. I knew he played guitar and he knew I was big into my drumming.<\/p>\n

At first we\u2019d set our sights on playing covers like Courtney Barnett – History Eraser, loads of indie tunes really. Soon after though we realised that Ross, who was on our course but we weren\u2019t yet close with, had a Gilla Band poster in his room. I think we were pretty set from that day on who we were going to ask to be our third member.<\/p>\n

PAST?<\/span><\/h3>\n

We\u2019ve all worked pretty standard hospitality or retail jobs in the past to get by, like we all have to, but we\u2019ve also all dabbled in film; working freelance, Ben the most so. He\u2019s worked as a Script Supervisor across a variety of projects; Ross in the camera department and myself as an AD. It can be rewarding but honestly I think all of our hearts lie more with music.<\/p>\n

PRESENT?<\/span><\/h3>\n

We all struggle with putting Chalk’s sound into words, I think it\u2019s an awkward question for lots of people but peers or listeners have often used words like industrial, gothic, noisy, punk, rock. \u2018Bargain Rock\u2019 was a funny one a while ago. Whatever you take from it is what we\u2019re after really. These are all words that have crossed our minds when writing the tunes.<\/p>\n

FUTURE?<\/span><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s so exciting for us to share Chalk music with new audiences all over the world. We can\u2019t wait for festival season too – we hope to see you at a show soon – come say hi to us if you\u2019re gonna be there!<\/p>\n

DID YOU KNOW?<\/span><\/h3>\n

I managed to sneak a trombone performance into Chalk’s debut single \u2018Them\u2019. I played trombone as a kid and Chris Ryan, our wonderful producer, thought it\u2019d be great to get it in. See if you can spot it if you listen back with headphones!<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S NEXT?<\/span><\/h3>\n

We\u2019ve plenty of new material that we\u2019re going to develop this year, and for now we\u2019re enjoying having another body of work out with \u2018Conditions II\u2019. Of course the live side is always at the forefront of our minds, and we\u2019re off to Texas for SXSW and embarking on our second UK tour this month.<\/p>\n

CONNECT:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>, Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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