Codes In The Clouds

Tell us, where are you from?

We’re all from Kent in England.

Can you tell us how the band was formed?

We formed out of the remnants of an old band and added rob and jack on guitar and drums. We all know each from around and about anyway.

For someone who hasn’t heard the band how would you describe your sound?

Instrumental post rock. We’re a pretty pure form of post rock. We try and let people who hear it draw their own meanings and moods from it. Each song should be different and unique to every person who hears it.

What are some of the influences on the band?

Mono, Explosions in the Sky, Oceansize, Hope of the States. We’re influenced by a lot of small parts in loads of different songs. We’re into different types of stuff.

How are most of the songs written?

One person has the basic idea and then we all add our own parts to it. That’s pretty much how we write everything. We try and let it evolve naturally.

Is there an album in the works because we simply want more?

Cheers. Yeah, we have a rough plan for an album. We know how we want it to come out and we have an album title pretty much sorted. It’s a slow process though because of money and stuff.

Any other bands out there the people should be listening to?

FROM THE SKY, they’re amazing! Rival Consoles and The British Expeditionary Force are both on Erased Tapes and are really cool. There’s some really good stuff on the label that we’re all into.

What hopes or goals do you have for the band in the short/long run?

Short term we want the single to do well enough to merit an album. Long term we want to see how the sound changes and want to just keep on writing new stuff and hope people will still want to hear it. Thanks

By John Siwicki