Band of The Month: The Mathletics Team

Well, new year new band of the month.

Let's hear it for The Mathletics Team!

BA: Atomic Warrior" is an awesome track can you let us in on the story behind it?

TMT: The song is based on the classic 2000AD, ABC warriors. The formation of that unit on mars and it's trials through their career as giant robot mercenaries. We thought it was a cool concept and it evolved from there.

BA:You have such a pretty unique sound - was that a conscious decision? how did you come up with it?

TMT: The Bands sound evolved through the use of the phrase "wouldn't it be cool if we had a....." and we just added from there till the sound felt full and complete.

BA:What is your writing process?

TMT: The General writes the basic structure of the songs and then brings them into the band and we all work on them together to add little touches of our own individual styles and sounds. Lyrically speaking The General finds a subject be it in comics, films, cartoons or pulp fiction that interests him and trys to find the story within a story. Those are the tales we attempt to tell.

BA:What do you find most difficult about being an unsigned act?

TMT: As a nine piece I'd say the most difficult thing is finding venues with enough room and equipment to fit us all in to play.

BA: What is your top tip for other acts?

TMT: We say preparation is the key to a good live performance. Practice seriously and often both as an individual and a band.

BA: What is your fantasy band line up (Vocals, guitar, Bass and Drums)

TMT: We're very lucky to already have our fantasy line up

BA: Tell us an amusing Band Story!

TMT:Back in December we played at a a couple of friends of ours' joint birthday party. They asked us to play some covers in our set just for kicks and we agreed already having thought up some cool stuff to do. We ended up playing that old Village People classic "macho man" as our joke song of the evening and as we began the tune one of the party goers leapt in front of the stage and began stripping off in a wild dance in time to the music. By the end of the song the guy was standing there in a sparkly thong flexing at anyone that came close.
We played macho man twice that night.

BA:Proudest moment so far in The Mathletics Team?

TMT: Apart from being band assists band of the month it would probably be playing the old fruitmarket in Glasgow last may as it was a pretty big venue and we had only been a band for about four months by then.

BA: What are your views on Band Assist?

TMT: Band assist has been a great resource for us as it's got lots of good advice and the news letters always give us something to think about.

BA:Whats next for you?

TMT: In February we go into the studio to record our second EP which will include remasters of the current EP and three new songs that we currently only play live. We're appearing on the opening episode of trinity force records' TFTV show online on January 28th which will be streamed live as well as launching our own website which guaranteed to be full of flash animation madness. We're recording some promo videos for an as yet undecided single and getting some super cool merch.