You may recognise Sam Little from the Street Spotter section in The Horror Issue but he is more commonly known for playing bass and vocals in The Gospel Youth. We caught up with Sam ahead of their opening set at Hevy Festival this summer to talk about festivals, their latest EP and his favourite horror films.
So, are you nervous about being the first band of the weekend?
For all the festivals we’ve been to you always remember the first band on, so I guess we’ve got that to our advantage. At least we get to relax for the rest of the festival and have a beer!
Can we expect anything special for the opening set?
We’ve got a 25 minute set I think so we’ve got 4 songs we are playing from our latest EP ‘Empires‘ and were going to play ‘Kids‘ as well. We were going to sneak in an RnB cover but we haven’t had time unfortunately.
Your latest EP ‘Empires’ came out recently, how has it been received?
It’s actually been really good. It is so early into starting this band that we really didn’t expect anything. It’s always amazing to have nice things said about the stuff we are creating. It is weird because we’re not expecting it but everything has been really good.
After the success of ‘Empires’ is there an album in the works?
We’ve literally just starting writing the album, we were toying around with a couple of ideas. We’ve been thinking about maybe a line up jig around just so we can write the best album for us. I personally have a lot of things to write about and I want this album to be my heart and soul. I don’t want it just to be about girls and how much I hate work. I want it to be a little piece of me.
What about the rest of the year, any tour plans?
After festival season we have a tour with Verses and then a tour with Bad Ideas. Hopefully we will get to play as much as we can for the rest of the year.
In line with The Horror issue, what is your favourite horror film?
I think it would be one of the terrible ones like Sharknado or Sharktopus, stuff like that. Although you can’t compare them with classics like Nightmare on Elm Street. I think one of the best horrors I have seen recently was Kevin Smith’s Tusk. Seeing Justin Long as a walrus is the worst thing but it is just so good.
Sam’s Jekyll and Hyde were done by Ben Doran at the River City Collective. You can check out the rest of the Street Spots in The Horror Issue here.