Artist of the Month: Vlads
Our October Artist of the Month is Vlads - a band we stumbled across back in
January and instantly fell in love with. Their catchy tunes grabbed our
attention straight away, and after digging a little deeper, we discovered they
were playing in Canberra the very next week. Naturally, we had to go and check
them out.
We walked away seriously impressed. Not only was their performance top-notch,
but their stage presence, crowd engagement, and overall showmanship were
outstanding. The lads are genuinely lovable larrikins who clearly love what
they do, and that energy shines through every time they step on stage. They're
also an incredibly humble bunch, always making time for their fans and taking
the opportunity to connect with the people supporting their music.
With their upcoming headline tour, Finding Foreverland, kicking off this
month, we thought Vlads would be the perfect band to get to know away
from the stage. We asked the boys(Kai , Callum, Edin & Matt) a few questions about their music & journey.
Check out the blog for the full interview, and if you haven't already add Vlads
to your playlist, make sure you grab tickets to the Finding Foreverland
tour. Trust us, you won't be disappointed!
🎤 Band Origins &
Identity
• Band beginnings — Tell us a bit about how you became a
band.
(Kai) I rallied the boys after
dropping out of my first year of uni I got Callum from another band and trapped
him to play with me but he said I have to get a lead guitarist and bassist too.
• Band name story — How did your band name come about? What
Other names were floated?
(Kai) Had a couple float around
including ‘cloud giants’ and ‘suma coast’ to name a couple ahaha but nah was a
solo project at first so just thought I’d stick a bit of my last name on to it
• Influences — What bands or artists have influenced your
sound?
(Kai)personally I love sticky, rum
jungle, tezza’s (The Terry’s), SKEGSS even Elvis and Dean Martin. Honestly have
a bit of a rogue mix with a lot of house music too but definitely love cross
breeding genres personally
🎶 Life as Musicians
• Day jobs — Do any of you have day jobs, or is music the
full‑time gig? If so, how do you juggle both?
(Edin)Music is definitely not the
full time gig just yet but hopefully soon! kai and matt are support workers,
Cal is a council worker and Larry is a sparky
• Hardest part — In today’s world, what do you find hardest
about being a band?
(Edin)Trying to find the time to get
it all together quickly. The emotions and meaning behind songs and projects are
often grounded in a space and time and with juggling life and the music
sometimes its a long process from writing to releasing.
• Inspiration — You Boys are pumping out Banger after banger
with what appears to be ease — where do you find inspiration?
(Edin)We definitely find a lot of
inspiration in our day to day lives but with our new project we decided to kind
of build a world and place ourselves inside forever land and asked ourselves
what does it sound like, look like and feel like. I think it challenged us to
write about our experiences but through a lens which was fun and something new.
• Social media — You’ve built a great social media presence.
How did you find it in the early days when you were starting out? Who is the
lucky one who runs it?
(Edin)The social media is jointly
ran by us all (except matt he’s banned) but yeah obviously we were super lucky
for it to blow up the way it did and so stoked that people cared about us and
our music.
🎵 Performing & Shows
• Favourite place — Where is your favourite place to play?
(Matt) Sydney all the way. Every
time we have played there the crowds are insane and we speak to so many people
after that had travelled an hour, some even 2 or more to come see us play which
blows my mind. A bunch of legends came to our 18+ show on Friday night
and then came to the AA show on Saturday the next night. Can't wait to catch up
with them x
• Dream venue — What venue or festival is your ultimate goal
to play at?
(Matt) Playing Riverstage in
Brisbane would be hectic. We have all been to see plenty of great Australian
and International acts there and the vibe there is unmatched.
• Favourite part of performing — What specific part of
performing is your favourite?
(Matt) My personal favourite part is
when things happen that don't go to plan. For example fans requesting songs
that aren't in the set or one of my favourite moments is when a fan at our last
Sydney show wanted to play guitar for Cherry Lipstick and Kai his guitar to the
guy and they killed it!
• Superstitions — Do you have any superstitions before a
performance?
(Matt) We always do a band group
'G-UP' where we and whoever is around get in a huddle, give each other some
back slaps, hype up for the show and reinforce to each other that it could be
our last show playing together so we need to play like it will be the last
time. You never know what life is going to throw at you and we are incredibly
grateful and lucky to play the shows we get to and have such a passionate and
loving fanbase.
• Is there a Vlads trademark you do at every Show?
(Matt) Our trademark is around the
halfway point in the set getting a fan up to have a shoey showdown with Suubi
and watching him get beat every time puts a smile on my face :)
• Favourite artist
Elton John
• Favourite Australian artist
Dope Lemon
• Favourite Football Teams
Queensland Origin
• Favourite album
Waiting to Spill – The Backseat
Lovers
• Favourite old‑school song
Have You Ever Seen The Rain –
Creedance Clearwater Revival
• Favourite post‑gig meal
GYG Burrito
💡 Fun Extras
• Useless talent or weird skill — What is the most useless
talent or weirdest hidden skill in the group?
(Kai)Callum is actually a full time
influencer with his prado and has a massive following go follow him
@callumsprado
• Did you know? — A fun fact about your band that people
might not know.
(Kai)That all of us sing in at least
one song Matt in our unreleased song the fountain and cal in fiyah
• Weirdest Gift a fan has given you?
(Kai)I got a custom made blow up
doll made of me from some absolute legends and got passed around after the show
never to be seen again
• Kai, how often do you get compared to being Musics version
of Bailey Smith?
(Kai)Too often bro but everyone
calls me the temu version 😂😂
Big Thanks to Kai, Edin, Callum & Matt for allowing Band Together to ask these Questions.
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