Fangclub: "It’s fucking crazy!"

Fangclub's frontman, Steven King, like the music he and his bandmates create, doesn't beat around the bush. "As far as making a statement, we don't really care," he exclaims. They're here to do what they do and enjoy every minute of it. Since springing seemingly out of nowhere last year, they've been moving fast with two well-received EPs and support slots the likes of Twin Atlantic. How the Irish trio got here, all the way from their small hometown, Rush, is still a bit of a blur. They were just three guys who found each other at school, bonded over their mutual love of The Offspring and NOFX, and set about making whatever noise felt right to them. "We just want to write and record the songs that we like and have it loud as fuck because we like it loud, that's it!" That's an integral part of Fangclub's sound: it's a raw, vicious take on bands like their teen heroes, and with further comparisons to both Nirvana and early-years Green Day. Their debut album, finally making an appearance after being finished for over two years, is a planned continuation of everything you've heard from them before. "We wanted to tease out the album from the first EP," Steven explains. "That was always a conscious decision to see what songs people gravitate towards." People have certainly gravitated towards Fangclub, and Steven's finding a new awareness in his writing that can only come from amassing new fans. "We were talking about this the other day. The more honest you put things, you could put it as clearly as possible, but people will still read into [it]. They'll still want it to be something. It's whatever they have in their head."