THE FAIM
MEWITHOUTYOU
SWEARIN’
TOM MORELLO
STAND ATLANTIC
HELLIONS
LAURA JANE GRACE
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November 2018 upsetmagazine.com
B ASEMENT YOU ME AT SIX THE FEVER 333 BEARTOOTH
To Holy Hell and back
NOVEMBER 2018 Issue 38
HELLO.
Architects haven’t had it easy. While much will be written about the tragic circumstances that frame their new album, though, it isn’t the reason they deserve the attention they’re about to receive on a wider scale than ever before. In ‘Holy Hell’, they’ve delivered a record which is capable of crossing divides. With a scene around them emboldened to hold the band up and make sure they get exactly what they’re due, they’re about to get the mainstream love they deserve. We’re delighted to welcome them to the cover of Upset as they embark on a new chapter that could change everything.
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RIOT 4. I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME 8. ATREYU 9. MAYDAY PARADE 10. BEARTOOTH 12. THE FAIM 14. SWEARIN’ 17. SONGS THAT SAVED MY LIFE 18. TOM MORELLO 22. THE FEVER 333 26. YOU ME AT SIX 27. CLOUD NOTHINGS ABOUT TO BREAK 28. CHASE ATLANTIC FEATURES 30. ARCHITECTS 38. MEWITHOUTYOU 42. BASEMENT 46. LAURA JANE GRACE 50. HELLIONS 54. STAND ATLANTIC REVIEWS 58. ARCHITECTS 60. BASEMENT 61. BEARINGS 62. DRUG CHURCH 65. HANDS LIKE HOUSES 66. TWENTY ONE PILOTS 68. BIFFY CLYRO 69. PALE WAVES TEENAGE KICKS 70. SHVPES
Riot_ EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN ROCK
THE FAIM
THIS MONTH IN ROCK
With a new EP here, and a worldwide audience thanks to a certain brand of fizzy pop, we go inside The Faim’s latest release. p.12
SWEARIN’
Swearin’ have been gone for so bloody long, but after five years away, the group are back with a new album. Allison Crutchfield and Kyle Bilbridge fill us in on the goss. p.14
TOM MORELLO
Tom Morello is flexing his solo muscles with an album that’s both challenging, and - with a string of unexpected collabs - a whole lot of fun. p.18
D’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
DON’T CALL IT A THROWBACK For a while, DALLON WEEKES - he of Panic! ‘fame’ - and RYAN SEAMAN denied their new project existed, but with a new EP and another trip to the UK on the horizon, they can’t deny their existence anymore meet I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. Words: Ali Shutler.
“W
e live in a world where everywhere you look, there are people saying ‘follow me here’, ‘subscribe to this’, ‘check this out’,” starts Dallon Weekes.
Hype and hyperbole are in abundance, which is why I Don’t Know How But They Found Me wanted to do things differently. “Our initial approach when we started was to play in secret, and deny that we were even a band. We denied that this band existed at all. Fans, when they started finding out about what we were doing, would ask us and we’d say ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’. “They would send us pictures of us playing shows, and we’d reply, ‘No. Handsome dudes, but that could be anyone’. “There was something about that that people gravitated to. They weren’t being sold something. They had to go out and find it. That’s a romantic idea that doesn’t exist as much anymore.” There’s romance and discovery throughout IDKhow. Their music is a glorious clump of theatrics, emo, glam, sincerity and glittering pop.
Their story is one of deliberate adventure and unexpected excitement. A decade ago, Ryan Seaman and Dallon played together in The Brokbeks. They reconnected properly when Dallon, “started making a record on my own in between Panic! At The Disco tours,” he explains. “I would bring Ryan in to play drums. We realised how much we missed playing music together. We missed hanging out together, so we’d book a show in secret and have a fun night playing these songs on our own, and it just snowballed. Who ever really knows why people grab onto something, but it caught fire on its own, and eventually it made sense to do it full time.” “It started out as a fun side project just for us to be creative,” says Ryan. “There was no pressure, no machine.” Now the band are signed to Fearless Records. There’s an EP on the horizon, (‘Extended Play’ is out 9th November), a monthlong US tour with Waterparks and a support slot with Deaf Havana at Brixton Academy. They’re already a long way from
“WE DENIED THAT THIS BAND EXISTED AT ALL” DALLON WEEKES
pretending the band doesn’t even exist. “The further in we get, the more fun it becomes,” Ryan adds. “It hasn’t stopped. Sure, it was pretty thrilling initially when we were doing it in secret, and we would deny it. That lasted for about seven months.” It’s “the next step,” starts Dallon, always the storyteller. “When we got started, we wanted to do it in a way that was honest and didn’t take advantage of the fans of the bands we were in at the time.” While you don’t have to look particularly hard to see the similarities between Panic! and IDKhow (reckless disregard for genre, a devilish blend of past and present and a love for all things that glitter), they’re still a world apart. “We try to be respectful of where we came from,” continues Upset 5