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We’ve recently featured Brother Goose<\/a> and their latest single, ‘Lone Ranger’. Now we’ve had the chance to chat to frontman Calum Lintott and found out what makes them tick…be prepared for a few surprises!<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0Give us the potted Brother Goose story. Who are you, how long have you been a band, what’s the meaning behind the name and so on?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0We formed in early 2013 after finishing college in Southampton,\u00a0England. After posting an Ad on social media about my interest to find\u00a0a drummer to jam with, one of my classmates at the time Joseph Ramsey\u00a0sent me a shitty video he’d filmed on his blackberry. Trust me, it was\u00a0diabolical… First thing I did was laugh, for 15 minutes or so. I\u00a0mean, I didn’t even realise he knew how to play the drums and in truth\u00a0just how cool the Dude was… But the ‘audition video’ if you want to\u00a0call it that, was just a mess of hair and distorted out of time drum\u00a0noise, but I kind of fell in love with him. We’re now best friends and\u00a0BG would never be the same without him. It’s a true bromance.\u00a0Originally it was just Ramsey, and me, Calum singer\/ guitarist. We\u00a0used to spend hours upon hours after college lost in all kinds of\u00a0unusual melodies in our college\u2019s rehearsal rooms and regularly got\u00a0complained about because of noise and perhaps the unfair amount we\u00a0used to utilize the facility. But our motive was, you snooze, you lose\u00a0and we’ll create music, and we did, lots of it.<\/p>\n After 3 or 4 months of\u00a0a kind of constant barrage of bad playing mixed with very rough\u00a0amateur songwriting we decided it was time to step it up a notch and\u00a0Ramsey and I went on a search for someone who could play bass and\u00a0someone who could play keys, it didn’t take us long to find\u00a0Christopher Barlow, and Joss Harvey. Chris we found through a friend\u00a0who recommended him to us and Joss we always knew had played bass and\u00a0seemed a natural fit at the time… So that was the original line up\u00a0of the band, since then things have shifted about slightly.<\/p>\n We know\u00a0have a new guitarist in the wonderful Joshua Betteridge, he kind of\u00a0brings the sparkle or fairy dust to the Brother Goose noise. We also\u00a0have a different bassist, Luke Rigden. Luke is also our producer and\u00a0has featured as producer on all of our current works, he’s bloody good\u00a0as well… So somehow Ramsey and I have managed over the past few\u00a0years to create kind of our own little dream team if you will,\u00a0everyone has their place and everyone has their own musical\u00a0beginnings, it’s these things meticulously entwined that creates the\u00a0sound of the Goose.<\/p>\n The name Brother Goose was inspired by a friend of the band, from\u00a0another Southampton born band, Delays. The keys\/synth player Aaron,\u00a0had always called us Brother Goose, not sure why, he’s a mysterious\u00a0person, but it kind of stuck. So here we are in the present day,\u00a0Brother Goose. Too late to change it now… \u00a0Anyway, we kind of love\u00a0it. Oh and by the way in a past life we were all geese, had our own\u00a0little gaggle and everything…<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0What sort of music do you play, for those of our readers who may not\u00a0be familiar with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0We like to call it ‘indie disco rock ‘n’ roll’. It’s guitar driven,\u00a0melodic, feel good music, with wondrous hooks that will make you feel\u00a0majestic and transport you to a fizzy synthtastic world of wonder.<\/p>\n And who doesn’t want that?<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0Talk us through “Lone Ranger”. What’s the meaning behind it, how did\u00a0it come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0The real message behind the track is, who needs love… When you have\u00a0music! It’s basically about falling in love with guitars, writing\u00a0songs and playing in our band. If you’re feeling heartbroken or down in\u00a0the dumps or alone, have a listen to BG we’ll cheer ya’ll up!<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0Who or what inspires you the most, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0It really depends how I am feeling on any chosen day as to what\u00a0inspires me at that exact moment, It could be the hustle and bustle of\u00a0the city or a bird singing in a tree, it’s very in the moment and very\u00a0different every day. It’s a good way to be, especially if you’re a\u00a0creative type. Take inspiration from everything and everyone, then\u00a0your creations won’t ever stop and will always be new, different and\u00a0personal. Live in the now!<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0What’s been your career highlight so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0One of the best things we’ve ever done as a band was be asked to write\u00a0the official song for the FA Vase final last summer. \u00a0It was insane,\u00a0insane in the membrane in fact…<\/p>\n I cried on the day. A lot, overwhelmed doesn’t cut it. The song,\u00a0‘Brothers In Arms’ was played loads on national and regional tele and\u00a0radio in the run up to the game and at the stadium multiple times on\u00a0the day of the final including when Sholing FC lifted the trophy. Was\u00a0great.<\/p>\n EP: \u00a02014 was a big year for you – what’s ahead for you in what’s left of 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0We’ve obviously just released our new single, ‘Lone Ranger’ but we are\u00a0writing writing writing constantly at the moment. We’re playing at\u00a0Independence Festival<\/a> in November, but don’t have many live dates\u00a0booked up as of yet… this will change soon as we’re looking to tour\u00a0towards the end of 2015! But at the moment, we\u2019re writing music like\u00a0mad men, and it’s some of the best stuff we’ve ever written, we’ll get\u00a0in the studio over the next couple of months and slowly things will\u00a0start to appear!<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0Favourite venue and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0THE JOINERS! Simply the best sound in the country… hands down. Not\u00a0only that but the owners, the people that go, the vibe, everything.\u00a0Wish we could live there…It’s a haven for bands like ours.<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0You’ve recently had a lineup change. How’s it going now?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0We’re stronger than ever. Luke Rigden our new bassist was our producer\u00a0on everything we’ve created up until now and when we asked him to jump\u00a0on the bass and give us some of them low tones he couldn’t resist.\u00a0He’s a cool dude.<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0What advice do you have for those just starting out in the music industry?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0As Shia Lebouf would say, ‘ just do it’. Don’t sit around and make\u00a0excuses, the music biz is a hard game, very hard and full of a lot of\u00a0people that will make you want to give up, but if you really love it\u00a0and you’re doing it for the right reasons, you never will. The big\u00a0thing is to just create, make something, then next time make it\u00a0better, there’s no better feeling in the world than writing a tune then hearing people sing back the words you wrote. It gives us the\u00a0‘Brother Goosebumps’ every time.<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0Who’s your dream collaboration, if any, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0Jedward would be top of the list. But if they don’t want us then I’d\u00a0probably have to say Thin Lizzy, because then we’d look and feel super\u00a0cool forever or someone more current like James Bay or Amber Run, who\u00a0both make our heads fuzzy with the tunes they are currently creating.<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0Playing gigs around the world ideally, that’s the plan, touring, still\u00a0writing and generally having a grand time.<\/p>\n EP: \u00a0What question do you wish someone would ask you in an interview but\u00a0nobody ever does?<\/strong><\/p>\n CL: \u00a0That one… How did you know?<\/p>\n Thanks for chatting with me!<\/p>\n Check out Brother Goose on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n [youtube\u00a0http:\/\/youtu.be\/XztsSHfVjWM]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We chat to Brother Goose frontman Calum Lintott about geese, gaggles, the FA Vase final and Jedward!<\/p>\n