With a new year, comes the weight of expectation on a new batch of artists, thrust into the spotlight and expected to set the agenda for the twelve months ahead. That's what The Hype List is about - a series of interviews, profiles and more highlighting who we think will be making a noise in 2019.
Whenyoung are one of the buzziest bands around right now, the Irish trio’s infectious indie is ridiculously catchy, and it’s easy to see why they’re in for a massive 2019. We caught up with guitarist Niall Burns as the trio were heading for Amsterdam to play a big old show with The Vaccines.
How does it feel to have your first EP finally out?
Yeah, good. We’ve been so busy, and we recorded it a few months ago, so we haven’t really thought about it, but we’re excited to get a body of work out there. We’ve just been releasing singles so far, but it’s kinda good to get it out of our heads.
When the band first started, did you ever think it would actually get to this point?
Yes and no, we’ve always had a belief in the songs we were writing, we always really liked them, but we were playing to no people for a while, you know? Things in the last year really kicked off and picked up, so I think we always did have a belief but the way it’s gone recently has been crazy!
Going into 2019, what’s the number one thing you want to do?
Get our album out! We’re on tour with The Vaccines at the moment, and then we do a little Irish tour and then get back in November. We go straight into recording our album which we’re really excited about. All the last minute preparations of songs and artwork is happening at the moment, and then that will be out March or April, a springtime release. We’re excited to get that out there, and we’re really excited about the songs. Half of it we’ve probably never played before live, we’re just super excited to get it out there.
That sounds great. If money wasn’t an object and you could do any one thing next year apart from the album, what would it be and why?
Does it have to be with the band?! I can think of lots of things… I’m looking for back up! Andrew would go to the moon, but me and Aoife would be too scared to go. Me and Aoife would headline Glastonbury. Andrew would be on the moon, and we’d just get a drum machine and headline Glastonbury, which we might do in the future anyway!
