NO AIR: inter v ju

8. Tell me a little bit about the new album?

The last album is pretty different, now it has more space, there are more layers, it has different styles, but still is very homogenic as a whole, at least that’s my perception of it. I personally think the whole album is made down to the very last detail. The funny thing is that the first version of the album’s title was “Half-past life” which would represent the fact of us being kind of old enough. The average age of the members is around 30 and from the way we see things, it feels like we are half-past life. The album was supposed to concentrate on routines, it would talk about someone who is alive and over 30, with this, it would question the fact of being a slave of the routine but still having passion or will to get out of it. At the end, we needed a shorter name for the album and the song “Square” fitted perfectly. You are pretty much in a square with the same everyday lifestyle, but somehow you try to get out of it and this is the moment caught in this album. It’s actually pretty philosophical but at the same time simple to read. On one hand, it’s the daily routine you hate, but you also kind of need and are used to, the comfort zone you know, and on the other hand the possibility to go out but not wanting to do so. “Square” is the moment of questioning back and forth. This is why I like this album; it seems pretty simple but in its nature it’s quite complex.

9. How’s it like to be a musician in a small country like Slovenia?

It’s pathetic, you need a lot of will. It’s really hard to find your audience, plus the audience you find is small, so it’s really difficult to be just a musician. I remember my father, who is a composer known all over the world, talking about being a

Slovenian. He always said if you are a Slovenian, you already have less options. It’s quite a creative nation, overall, there are lots of good musicians, especially in the last 5-10 years, who bring something fresh, some kind of new waves with amazing quality.

10. Do you plan to have gigs outside of Slovenia?

Yeah, we plan to, but it’s still a bit early as we have to go all over Slovenia first with the new album. In 2023, we will probably target Ljubljana much more, then rest of Slovenia. The plan is to play at couple of festivals in summer, in the meantime trying to get some gigs over the border. Right now, also we have fans in Croatia, probably some in Austria, but we should go to ex Yugoslavian countries for concerts.