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Hello!
Welcome to the Indietracks blog, where we'll be interviewing lots of
the bands, giving away free songs and keeping you up to the date on all
the latest news in the run-up to the festival. Can you believe it's
still 15 weeks away? We wish the summer would hurry up!
First
up is Zipper, who played a fantastic set at London Popfest recently.
The pop punk trio from Madrid, who have released singles on WeePOP! and
Cloudberry, are sure to get everyone at Indietracks shimmying along to
their special brand of sunshine pop. Bassist and singer Maria tells us
about the band's plans for the year and an unusual restuarant gig!
Hello Maria! Tell us a little bit about the band...
Oscar
plays the drums and sometimes sings. David plays the guitar and sings
backing voices. And me, Maria (Maria del Mar) play the bass guitar and
sing the main voice. When we rehearse, Oscar loves eating "kikos"
(fried corns), David drinks beer and I always tell my new illness of
the day. We never argue and when someone plays something wrongly, we
smile at each other, but never shout.
Tell us about an unusual place you've played a gig in the past
We
played once in a convention of "Ford Capri" cars. We were invited to
play at the end of the race, in a restaurant, for lunch!! When we
arrived with all the equipment, the waiters didn't know anything about
us playing there, but they allowed us to play in the garden (it was
like a terrace). The guests started to complain about our noise, so
they decided to close the windows and finally we were playing alone for
ourselves on the grass with trees behind us, while 200 people were
eating inside the restaurant. At least, we got our steak at the end...
Sounds
interesting - I'm sure you'll be getting a much better reception at
Indietracks! Do you have any exciting plans for the rest of the year?
Do
you mean anything more exiting than playing at the Indietracks? We've
booked Wembley for 2015 (it was harder than booking the Spanish church
"Los Jeronimos" for a wedding....)
What attracted you to play at Indietracks?
Last
year was the first time that we heard about the Indietracks and we
found it very charming, with the steam-train and the lots of great,
although sometimes unknown, bands that played there. We wanted to be
part of it. We had the chance to play at the London Popfest and we
loved the atmosphere, which we think must be similar or even better at
Indietracks.
Thanks Maria! We'll look forward
to seeing you at the festival - I'm sure your audience will be much
bigger than the restaurant gig!
Zipper have very kindly given us a free song, A Good Man - which you can download below. Enjoy!