Devon quintet, made up of Ryan, Chris, Matt, Kevin and Neil, have been hitting stages and releasing EPs since 2012. Now gaining a sustainable amount of momentum, I managed to get an interview with talented drummer, Kevin Marshall.
Devon doesn't exactly scream out the words pop-punk, but you'd be surprised at the amount of heavier influenced bands that hide in the nooks of Devon’s countryside. “Its quite sparse, you don’t come across many other pop-punk bands, however there are heavier bands to come out of the area. I Divide, Idiom and The Computers are the main ones. Also Black Foxxes, another band from Exeter who are pretty much in the same position as us”.
Speaking of being in a certain position, it must be tough for a new band to gain a solid platform to start on. “Of course its tough, it can take its toll emotionally and physically. You really have to put in money and effort and it becomes a brutal struggle unless you really make it in the industry.” For a lot of bands making it in the industry is a mere pipe-dream, however for Your Last Day the effort is starting to pay off.
“It was always a happy-go-lucky kind of thing, we had to play some really shit gigs and do a lot of self promotion on social media before we got anywhere. You go through shit before it gets better”.
After all the self promotion, gigging and releasing free EPs this must have brought a significant amount of attention to Your Last Day. “Yeah, we bagged ourselves some recording time with Todd Campbell in Wales, where we recorded the single ‘Ship Wreck’. Its a big stepping stone going from DIY recordings to doing it in a real studio”. Does this mean we get to see some new material coming from You Last Day soon, “We’ve got a lot of exciting stuff happening in 2015, the release of ‘Ship Wreck’ on January the 16th and a live lounge-like session with BBC Devon on valentines day, sickeningly cute right?” Looks as if 2015 has got some big things lined up for this Devon five some, maybe a UK tour to treat us lovesick pop punkers.
