“The whole point is that now we’re having a discussion about politics in an interview,” explains VANT’s Mattie. “If I’d just written about my ex-girlfriend, we’d just be talking about how heartbroken I was and what’s the point of that? It doesn’t change anyone’s life. It’s very self-indulgent.” The band have been causing ripples since the release of ‘Parasite’ early last year and their impact has been growing every since. “The only reason we can get on stage and not feel like a complete and utter joke, is that we deliver something that we feel is important. When people leave, they’ll have had a great time but they might also have a realisation about something that maybe they hadn’t looked at before. It might impassion them in some to go down a path that might change something for the better. We could have the next left wing prime minister in our audience for all we know and that’s why you do it. You try and make a difference in some way. That’s what fuels us, drives us as a band and it’s the reason we’ll never give up.”
It’s taken a while for people to properly get their heads around the band’s “mature-punk.” Their desire to start a conversation, rather than simply burn down the establishment, has come into focus with every release and with a debut album on the horizon, VANT are set to crystallise.
