Interview With Within Rust

Why hello again music lovers hope you all had a great weekend. So Friday if you were out in Delta and caught the Fighting For Ithaca show, you may be familiar with who ive got lined up this week. This week I have a band who formed March 1st 2012 and in less than 2 years have made quite a name for themselves on the local scene. April 21st 2013 saw the release of their EP "Born". Within Rust consists of Nolen Scott (Vocals), Matt Gage (Guitar), Lewis Scott (Drums), John Waldock(Bass). So lets get to this weeks interview

ITS - So how did you guys form as a band, and how did you come up with the name of the band?

Nolen - "We formed as a result of Matt (guitar) and I meeting a long time ago at R & R Music’s annual rock school numero uno. Or was it the second one? I don’t know but it was a long time ago and we’ve been in ‘bands’ for a really long time, playing all sorts of instruments. We started the earliest incarnation of Within Rust in late 2011, and that’s when Lewis joined the crew. John was imported from Cloverdale this last August. The origin story for the name is really boring so I’ll just say what the name means to me. It’s the sensation of being a part of something that is deteriorating, something that is dying or maybe sterile. It just makes sense because a lot of our music is a reaction against everything going on around us."

ITS - What were some of your highlights from 2013?

Nolen - "Definitely releasing “Born”, finding John, and the couple times we went out to Port Alberni. We also played a rad show with Sharks! On Fire! in November and now that they’ve announced they’re coming to an end I really feel honored that we got to be a small part of that. They’ve been around since forever and its sad to see them go."

ITS - If you weren't playing music, what would your dream jobs be?

Nolen - "Well we all currently have terrible day jobs, but if Within Rust wasn’t our dream job then...

Myself: Fighter Pilot, or something in Intel. Defense is exciting to me, if I can’t do music.  If I can do music? Lyricist/Co-writer for other people.

Matt: The owner of an amplifier company, that also does pedals and electronics and everything.

Lewis: If I wasn't a musician, I'd probably be a singer. POW. rekt. Shots fired... But no for real, Computer Programing/ Game Design.

John: GM of a Hockey team."

ITS - So it's been a couple years since you released an ep, is there possibly one in the works for 2014? 

Nolen - "It’s actually barely been one year since we released “Born” last April. Watch Me was released as an advance single in late 2012. There’s actually no plans for an EP but there are singles in the works with a final goal of maybe an album at the end of the year. We want to focus on touring as well if we can do so without ending up on the streets."

ITS - So being the "veterans" on the Vancouver all ages scene, how do you describe the music scene in Vancouver right now?

Nolen - "We are by no means ‘veterans’ but we’ve been around long enough to feel like we understand that mindset, and in the short time we’ve been here we’ve covered a lot of ground. I feel like the Vancouver music scene is at a turning point. A lot of bands are kinda hanging up the towel for better or for worse and a lot of new bands are getting more ambitious and aren’t holding back. A lot of the young bands that were making noise in the past couple years are becoming adults right now as well (ourselves included), and the ‘potential bubble’ is about to burst into something real. That said a lot of the older bands are getting to the point where there could be a major spotlight on them in the next year or two and that alone would seriously change the scene in this city. From what I’ve seen there’s no shortage of AWESOME bands in this city and it breaks my heart to see a lot of awesome bands get little to no ‘mainstream’ exposure, but I think that’s going to change this year as bands from the different scenes put aside their differences and become a force to be reckoned with. A lot of great releases are slated for 2014 and I’m excited."

ITS - So before you guys play a gig, do you have any rituals that get you pumped for your show?

Nolen - "Dooooooooughnuts! Oh and a good ol’ fashion circle jerk."

ITS - Final question. What other plans are in the works for WR for 2014

Nolen - "As I mentioned before, touring and out of town gigs is a big one. We’ve got a music video in the works for our upcoming single. As far as touring goes it’ll be early summer and it looks like we’ll get as far east as Saskatchewan. We wanted to get out to Ontario and Montreal but we’re rookies as far as touring goes and we simply don’t have the funds especially with the amount of recording we have planned. Perhaps we can revisit that in the near future. We’re also going to take a proper run at radio play and learn the in and outs to make that happen."


Thanks again Nolen for taking the time and doing this. I'm sure the fans are excited with what's to come from Within Rust. if you guys want to follow Within Rust on Social Media here you go.


https://www.facebook.com/officialwithinrust

https://twitter.com/WithinRust

@WithinRust
@NolenScott -Nolen
@TheShoeGaze -Matt
@John_Bones -John
@Static_Frost -Lewis
http://withinrust.tumblr.com


if you want to hear what Within Rust is all about check out their song "Watch Me" here


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymzxEov0DJM


and if you like what you hear you can get their EP here


http://withinrust.bandcamp.com