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Zetra: “We can have fun with this, but it’s never a joke. It’s not silly. We’re not f*cking about”

Zetra: “We can have fun with this, but it’s never a joke. It’s not silly. We’re not f*cking about”

Zetra have built their own mysterious galaxy for themselves. One of corpsepainted rock stars, dark, gothic synths, mystery, intrigue and otherworldly suggestion. Everyone from Ville Valo to Creeper are already under their spell. But who are they? As they prepare to unveil their debut album, we tracked them down and found them in civvies. Even so happily exposed, they remain shadowy masters of their universe. Welcome to the world of Zetra…

Kid Bookie: “I’m challenging the status quo by prodding and making people think. This is the place to practise rebellion and influence change”

Kid Bookie: “I’m challenging the status quo by prodding and making people think. This is the place to practise rebellion and influence change”

Born and raised surrounded by gangs and drug dealers in South London, it’s been a hard-fought battle for Kid Bookie to break free from the underbelly and make it on his own terms. Ahead of his new album Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead, we go back to his old haunts to learn just what it took to survive and how these experiences inform his music today…

Twin Atlantic: “The theme was, ‘Let’s make an album with the most amount of purpose we possibly can’”

Twin Atlantic: “The theme was, ‘Let’s make an album with the most amount of purpose we possibly can’”

On their newly-released seventh LP Meltdown, Scottish rock favourites Twin Atlantic are on the form of their lives. As singer/guitarist Sam McTrusty reveals, it’s not only been achieved through an entire career of putting the work in – but with one eye on an uncertain future for the music industry: “If this is our last-ever album,” he considers, “it gives us quite an insane self-satisfaction…”

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