SLAVES // INTERVIEW

I got to steal Laurie from the Slaves for a couple minutes out of his busy schedule to talk Festivals, the new single and laundry!

Currently on your UK tour, excited?

Yeah its so much fun, I really enjoyed playing Leeds and the NME awards tour is so much fun.

Do you have a favourite city to play in?

Glasgow, I love it. But I love playing anywhere.

Touring must get tiring, do you have routines or habits to keep you going?

I always try to have a banana before going on stage and some beers, 2 maximum.

You’ve announced recently many UK festivals such as Bestival and Reading and Leeds, any outside the UK?

We are doing 2 festivals so far out of the UK which are in Japan and Germany.

What would be your dream festival to headline?

Glastonbury for sure, it’s the king of all festivals.

What do you think of the Foo Fighters headlining Glasto?

They’re good. There’s a lack of headline worthy bands at the moment.

Who would you say are headline worthy currently?

Fleetwood Mac, Arctic Monkeys and you have to give Metallica their due. Oh and Blur.

How was BBC Radio 6 which you played recently?

Great, we love radio 6 and its great to be a part of a radio show which champions independent music. Radio is such an important thing.

The single ‘Feed the Mantaray’ was named Zane Lowes hottest record last week, hows the reception been since the release?

Zane low is one of the best DJs so it was great, the reception has been really good.

Album coming out in June, would you say your style has changed since your EP in 2012?

It’s naturally evolved, I wouldn’t say the style has changed but now it has been recorded with the best studio equipment.

What do you like to do in your free time?

Laundry! I have to do laundry! Catch up with house chores. I like to do art and go to the cinema also.

To end the interview I thought we’d do a few classic ‘Would you rather’ questions!

Would you rather hear any conversation or be able to take back everything you say?

Definitely hear any conversations!

Would you rather headline Glastonbury then never play a crowd again or never headline a festival and to continue to play?

Definitely never headline a festival, I always want to be able to keep playing as long as people enjoy. If I headlined a festival you’d get a taste for it and then you wouldn’t be able to do it again!