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Dredg11/25/2023 ![]() Squeezy’s producer) and to me that is what the record sounds like. It’s not just a Dredg record, it’s us with Dan The Automator (note: Daniel M. To us, this is a collaborative effort you know. That is why we have been a band for so long. But in a way, our last record came out and then it left so i’m glad that there is some reaction whether we are making people happy or not. Or there are even people who wrote to me telling me it sucks and then they wrote back a month later to say that actually they like it now! I have heard anything that you can imagine about it. People have also written to say that they love the new album and that we are always evolving or changing and that they accept that which is cool. Other people will say that they didn’t like any of our old music but that they love this record. I have had people write to me saying that they have always been a long time fan and now they don’t want to be one anymore. It’s funny because it has been very mixed. I would rather be a shitty band on record and an awesome band live (laughs).Īctually, how do you feel about both the audience and the media’s response to your last album Chuckles And Mr. Regardless of the opinions about the record, I think that people are still enjoying themselves during the live performances and that means more to us. For us, as musicians, everything was positive and the morale was up. So I was very pleased about the energy in the room and people having a good time. But it was honestly one of the better tours that we have had in years. We weren’t sure what to expect since there were mixed reviews about the record. But fuck them because we always done it ourselves and we still are doing it so it’s fine. Perhaps that in the US we are not considered as cool because we are from there (laughs). It’s because we get more press and a little bit more exposure over here, which is nice to have. It is different over there because we are more of an underground kind of band and then we are super mainstream in Europe. It always depends on where we are, but I think that in major cities and in what are considered “global cities”, we tend to do well. Sometimes we play shows for 200 people and other times we play for 1200 people. The United States is obviously very big and we do well in major markets. We come to Europe about twice a year on average.Ĭan you tell us about the fame Dredg has in Europe and in the US? Here in France, it’s a bit hard to consider how famous you really are… Actually we were supposed to play in Paris this time but it fell through. But obviously, if we were given the chance to play France then we would definitely do it. That is the business side that I don’t deal with. It is most likely due to routing and booking agents. Gavin Hayes (vocals): We play in Europe a lot but we don’t have the opportunity to play in France that often. Radio Metal: Dredg are an American band but you don’t play in Europe a lot. Or there are even people who wrote to me telling me it sucks and then they wrote back a month later to say that actually they like it now! » (About the new album) « I have had people write to me saying that they have always been a long time fan and now they don’t want to be one anymore. The singer may have to spend a little more time answering his emails than usual, though… Squeezy won’t have the success the previous Dredg records had, but Gavin Hayes and his bandmates couldn’t care less. So it’s nothing new to us really! ».ĭuring the ten-minutes long conversation we had at the Greenfield Festival, the singer appeared consistent with his music: sincere and genuine. Squeezy that « Most of our records had really bad reviews when they came out. During our interview, he says laughing about Chuckles And Mr. Gavin Hayes (singer) takes all these with a smile, and confesses that he grew used to it. This record actually got very mixed reviews from both the journalists and the fans. Squeezy, the band chose to innovate and go out on a limb that may, this time, leave some fans behind. A record in which the band emphasize on electronic sounds, and which melodies are very different from the ones from the masterpiece The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion, a concept album out in 2009 that made a deep impression after the great Catch Without Arms (2005). Squeezy, the fifth album of the American band, out since the 25th of April. This artistic freedom can be fully measured in Chuckles And Mr. Dredg is an alternative rock band who considers music as a large range of possibilities.
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