Mercury White

Mercury White are doing good things with a new song out. This is what they had to say.

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1. What was the inspiration behind the new song?

Basically stepping away from the general routine of day to day life most of us find ourselves in. Whether it be work or relationships once a pattern is formed its hard to break. I found myself getting comfortable with whats familiar and the song is my intention to break away into the place i really want to be in.

2. What inspires you when writing music?

Who knows….. sounds cliche but i literally have phrases or sentences pop into my head when a peace of music inspires me. I generally just write the song around what ever popped into my head first…. most of the time i don’t realise what its about until after I’ve sat and listened to what I’ve written about.

3. What buzz do you get from playing live?

Best legal drug in the world! can’t explain it….. puts me into another world, one where i can act different and be someone i don’t showcase day to day.

4. Do you have any thing you do before you play live?

not really… a few beers and just hang with the band is the usually routine.

5. Is an album in the works?

Yep! been writing a lot and have got some great new material. This is the first time the whole band is writing so getting a very broad array of sounds and styles… should be a very interesting album should we be able to fund it!

6. What inspires you when writing music?

sex, aliens and whiplash

7. What can people expect from your show?

lots of energy and no laptop illusions… everything you hear is being played by actually musicians. Live music is all we have left with the takeover of digital music so we pride ourselves on making it GRAND!

8. If you could collaborate with any one who would it be?

Hans Zimmer would make my mind explode! Also Thom Yorke is a hero of mine.

9. If you could have anybody in a video clip who would it be?

Ricky Gervais…. and it would be a video of him just laughing! A music video of outakes feat Ricky Gervais!

10. What does the rest of 2014 have in store for you?

A Small tour and hopefully more writing towards an album next year….. Generating some exposure outside of melbourne is a goal for 2014.