Pushing Forwards With JOE BUTCHER & JACK CUMES From WOLF & CHAIN

Interview by Kris Peters
Fresh off the road from a tour with Tapestry and AM/PM, Adelaide
emo alt-rock five-piece Wolf & Chain find themselves already
consumed by producing more content so that the current wave of hype
the band has generated does not go to waste.
The band needn't worry too much, because after the success of their
catchy and infectious recent single Not Giving Up it is highly
unlikely anyone will be forgetting their name in the foreseeable
future.
Pulling from sounds found in the 2000s with My Chemical Romance,
Panic! At The Disco and 30 Seconds To Mars, Not Giving Up is a
quirky and fun slab of music, driven by typically personal subject
matter that has become one of Wolf & Chain's trademarks.
HEAVY sat down for a chat with vocalist Jack Cumes and guitarist
Joe Butcher to find out what the next steps of this exciting young
band will be.
We start by asking how the recently completed run of dates with
Tapestry went.
"Super cool," Cumes replied. "A bunch of people came out to see us,
which is always great. Tapestry, those guys are super amazing live,
so it was amazing just to see them and learn off them as
well.
Melbourne felt like a big step up from when we usually play. I
think Melbourne can be a bit hit-and-miss for us. We've only played
there a few times, but this last show we played, we had a great
time. There was heaps of people, and it was a good wrap-up to the
end of the tour as well."
The tour was essentially to help promote the new single Not Giving
Up, with Cumes happily relaying the new track was positively
received live..
"It went down well," he smiled. "We always have a good time playing
it, and we worked really hard on that song. It was a bit of a
process getting it to where it was, so I think whenever we play it
live we feel pretty good. We're happy that it's had this
journey."
In the full interview, Wolf & Chain discussed the visual and
conceptual inspiration behind their music, using werewolves as a
metaphor and drawing inspiration from horror movies for their music
video.
They hinted at a larger project on the horizon and expressed a
desire to push themselves to create something different for their
next work. The band also emphasized the importance of working with
different collaborators and expressed confidence in their progress
towards finding their distinct sound.

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