Fresh Blood > MinionTV

Name: MinionTV

Origin: Liverpool, UK

Genre: Instrumental, Post-Rock

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/miniontv

::MP3::

☩"Yardsticks"

by MinionTV (self-released, 2010)

[free download from the band's bandcamp]

[Exclusive Q&A with Stephen Johnston from the band after the jump]

::Q&A::

1. How would you describe your sound in a few words?

I think the nicest thing that has been said is that we sound like "the musical equivalent of cresting waves and seagulls" so I'll go with that.

2. Name 3 bands without whom you wouldn't exist.

Tough one but I'll name artists who inspire us at the moment : Radiohead, Brian Eno, M83.

3. If you'd have the chance to work with any film director, who would that be?

Michel Gondry. Everything he does seems to have a foreign nostalgic hold on me. Eternal Sunshine was such a beautiful film.

4. Tell us a bit about the making of these songs.

The album took about 5 months to record (from November 2009 to March this year.) We produced it ourselves with Justin and Sion mixing it. I'm extremely proud we managed to do it; it's a very intimate piece of work which we managed to squeeze in all of our emotional highs and lows.

5. Do you still buy CDs/vinyl/tape?

I tend to buy vinyl more than CDs these days just because it feels a bit more precious. It's great getting a digital download of the album which often comes with vinyl.