56 .............................. Friday, May 8, 2015 1SM

DIALECTSWHO: Conor Anderson (guitar),Steven Gillies (guitar), Ali Walker(bass), Jonathan Gormley(drums)WHERE:GlasgowFOR FANS OF: Mogwai, And So IWatch You From Afar,MaybeshewillJIM SAYS: Glasgow post-rockersDialects unleash their debut EPLTKLTL (Let The Kids Light TheseLanterns) on Monday.

Instrumental rock isn’t alwaysmy cup of tea, but these guysdeliver big style.

I’m drawn to the subtle vocalsthat appear on the track GoodLuck Felix, but I love the atmo-spheric textures of the whole EP.

Conor said: “The group vocalrefrain towards the end of GoodLuck Felix was the only point inany of these songs that we felt itbenefited from vocals. It’s allabout serving the song.

“If we feel a track needs some-thing more, whether it’s vocals oradditional instrumentation, thenwe’d consider our options.

“For us, the challenge is toengage people without vocal orlyrical hooks. Layering guitar mel-odies/harmonies, striving to cre-ate weirder and more interestingguitar and bass tones, is crucialfor us.

“The last few years have seen areal boom in the type of music weplay. With festivals like Arctan-gent, Strangeforms, Handmadeand 2000 Trees, instrumentalbands have been given an excel-lent platform to play their music toa much wider audience.”

Dialects formed a couple ofyears ago after a Christmas party

turned sour. Conor added: “Itwasn’t so much that the party wasbad, more the uninvited companythat appeared.

“Myself, Steve and Jonathanwere totally bored, so headeddown to their practice space andstarted jamming some ideas I’dbeen working on. That jamevolved into Spectacular Super-novae, the final track on LTKLTL.

“A few months later Ali moved inwith Steve and he joined the bandsoon after. We spent a few monthswriting and rehearsing, thenstarted playing live in Glasgow.”

I wondered if there was somesort of concept behind the EP.Conor said: “LTKLTL is a collec-tion of five songs that tells thestory of a couple from a Utopianworld. They travel through a portalto our dimension and begin tochange it for the better.

“When they arrive here they’rekids again, so get to live a wholeother lifetime together.”

Sometimes you don’t needwords to express a mood. The lis-tener can ultimately create theirown concept.

I suppose it’s like listening to amovie score without actually see-ing the film.

Dialects are currently on a UKtour to promote the EP. They’vealready played Bristol and Man-chester, as well as last night’s offi-cial launch at Nice N Sleazy inGlasgow. Tonight they are inLeeds, and then back in Scotlandtomorrow for a date at Drouthy’s inDundee. Sunday they appear atHenry’s Cellar Bar in Edinburgh.MORE: facebook.com/Dialect-sUKlJim presents Drivetime on XFMScotland, Monday to Friday4-7pm. xfm.co.uk jimgellatly.com

Something for the WeekendSomething 2

By JIMGELLATLY

NEWMUSIC

Tube or Soundcloud. Any bandthat I’ve met who’ve signed asingle deal are always dubiousabout whether it was the bestmove because the label is tryingto capitalise on you way tooquickly.

“You need to go round thecountry and play shows, andbuild a fan base.

“We took the long road buteverything is better for it.

“It’s the classic rock saying,you’ve go to do your two yearsbefore getting signed — and wedid that.”

Now the guys are hitting theroad to get the buzz around thealbum bubbling.

On theirUK tour, theyswagger intoGlasgow’sKing Tut’son Sundaynight.

Most ofthe showsare sold outalready — aworld awayfrom whenthe guysstarted.

Laurie said: “We’ve soldout eight of the tendates. We’ll play morenew songs but not thewhole album.

“You don’t want to playlots of new songs to aroom.

“You get spoilt when peo-ple learn your older songs, sowe like playing them.

“We’ve played King Tut’s threeor four times before and it’s onlyever been a quarter full.

“So for us to announce a tourand be selling it out is justcrazy. We didn’t ever expectthat.

“Turning up and know-ing your tour is prettymuch all sold out is anincredible feeling.

“Whereas when westarted, maybe 12 peoplewould be there eachnight.

“It’s non-stop chaos atthe moment.

“I just can’t wait foreveryone to hear thealbum now.”l Pre-order the album and hearfirst single Cheer Up London nowat youareallslaves.com

Slaves reckon thekey to their uniquesound is their atten-tion to detail.

But the Kent lads — gui-tarist Laurie Vincent anddrummer Isaac Holman —have been put through themill in their bid to get thesound just right.

They couldn’t work out whythey sounded so good live, butcouldn’t replicate it in therecording studio, so they strippedit all back and started from thebeginning.

Laurie, 22, explained: “It waseven down to the weight ofstrings I use, they’re differentfrom when I started.

“All the fine bits — even theplectrums I use. I use reallyheavy plectrums.

“I was using the thin ones, soI’d never get the sound out thatI wanted to get in the studio.

“Before, I just played guitar,now I understand how it allworks around it.

“And Isaac is the same on hisdrums.”

After finally nailing it, the boyscranked out debut album AreYou Satisfied? which is due outon June 1.

Laurie said: “We have takenthree years to build up to thispoint, so we have got to experi-ment with our sound and ourstyle.

“The ideas we’re putting outnow are exactly how we wantthem to be.

“The first music we madewasn’t as developed.

‘Invest in timeand equipment’

“The first time we recorded itwas hard. Everyone would alwayssay, ‘You sound much better livethan you do on your recordings’so our goal was to sound betterin recording.

“We’ve been able to invest inequipment and time to practise.

“This is the first body of musicthat sounds as good as wewanted it to.

“It was a stressful process butit was only three weeks in thestudio.”

There has been plenty said andwritten about Slaves but theyhave sidesteppedall the hype intheir determ-ination to geteverything right.

Laurie admit-ted: “Ours hasbeen an oldschool build-up.

“We came upthrough thepunk scene.

“We didn’tblow up on You-

Weekend

BANGING rock duoSlaves reckon the

We took long roadbut are better for it

ONE2

WATC

HBy

CHR

ISSW

EENEY

ONES2SEE

ONES2HEAR

MATINEE have taken the bestof British indie and put their ownItalian spin on it.The likes of Carl Barat, Franz Ferdi-

nand and Belle & Sebastian are allfans.Now the band are over here and

giving it a real go — showing whatthey’ve got to offer.

And they’ll line up at SneakyPete’s in Edinburgh on July 30and Glasgow’s Stereo the fol-lowing night. Get all the info

at facebook.com/thema-tineeband

WORCESTER’S finest Peacedeserve tons more respect thanthey get.The band knock out sophisticated,

melodic rock ’n roll.New single Gen Strange is a corker

— a definite indie disco party trackthat hits all the right notes.

The video also features a cheekycameo from Stoke City footballerPeter Crouch as a rival gangmember.

Check it out now at face-book.com/peaceforever-

ever

CAPTIVEAUDIENCE . . .Slaves aim tobang out thenew songs ontheir UK tour

UK tour, theyswagger intoGlasgow’sKing Tut’son Sundaynight.

the showsare sold outalready — aworld awayfrom whenthe guysstarted.

the