The Yada Yada Yadas: "Hopefully by the end of the year we’ll have the EP out"

Fuzz-pop trio The Yada Yada Yadas’ second single ‘Woke Up Strange’ is all angular guitars and lo-fi, hook-filled vocals, showing off the band's love for the likes of Dinosaur Jr and Pavement. They've just dropped a new one, too - 'Seven Years'.

Hey Mark, how did you lot meet and decide to form a band, then?
Me and Harley, the guitarist, have played in bands together for a while, and a little over a year ago we decided it was time to start something fresh. This is the first time I’ve ever fronted a band, I’ve always been sat behind the drums in the past, so in turn, I saw The Yada Yada Yadas as a chance to live out my own creative vision, and take control for once. There was a very clear Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, Weezer blueprint laid out from the very beginning.
We’d seen Liam playing bass with other bands in the past, so we decided to poach him, and Stephen the drummer responded to an online ad.

Did you grow up in a musical household, when did you first realise you wanted to be a musician?
I didn’t grow up in a particularly musical household, but my family were (and still are) very supportive of my musical endeavours. I first started playing drums around the age of 9, but it was around 15 when I began playing guitar that my interest in music picked up. Myself and Harley went to school together, and at that time indie had hit the mainstream, so the guitar was a very popular instrument. There’s a video hidden deep within YouTube of us playing Ozzy covers really badly around that time!