MP3: Shiloh - The ship
I didn't actually get a chance to talk to Shiloh while at Hultsfred, but I did conduct a short interview with them before I left for Sweden for this week's entry in our ongoing Göteborg Spotlight Series. Read on...
How long have you lived in Gbg? What brought you there and why do you stick around?
Myself and Markus Tiljander (guitar) have lived here for nearly two years now. Jesper (drums) and Staffan (bass) have lived here their whole lives. Me and Markus wanted to get a fresh start somewhere and we ended up in Gbg. We moved from Karlstad, Värmland to find some new interesting people to make music with. Personally, I found Gbg a quite mellow and easy living city. The summertime is great but the winters sucks, the rain just keeps pouring down. But you got to have black to have white, Yin & Yang etc.
What makes Gbg such an artist-friendly city?
Is it? No but actually Gbg is a cool city with loads of great bands/artists.
I think that since there is a great tradition of good music and fascinating artists, people are always hungry for
new good music. It is interesting that the music buisness just goes worse and worse, but still people are making more
music than ever and some of it are really good too. But there isn't any "one for all - all for one" feeling here, it becomes
what you make of it, but so far most people we've meet have been extremely friendly.
If you could change 1 thing about Gbg, what would it be?
Nothing really, the weather during wintertime maybe, but that is a hard nut to crack.
Shiloh's sound isn't immediately comparable to Gbg bands of yore - how do you fit in the current local indie scene? Is it hard finding acceptance?
We just want to make music that we like and are satisfied with ourselves. If others like it we become very happy. But we don't seek any acceptance, who will accept us? Promoters, bands, ordinary people? We just want to do our thing and if others like it we get very happy as said before.
Since you moved to Gbg from elsewhere, how would you say the city has influenced or changed you? Is it reflected in your music?
I would say that the city has influenced us for sure. Personally I have met loads of cool people with great taste in music and life that I really wasn't aware of before. It's a great thing to move somewhere, then you leave the shit behind you and open your eyes more.
Of course it has influenced the writing and feeling of the music.
Finally, got a song you want to share? Tell me about it.
The name of the song is "The ship". It is a song that we wrote about two years ago, we still like it a lot. It is quite dreamy and saga-like with powerful contrasts.
Shiloh - The ship