{"id":10636,"date":"2012-08-17T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=10636"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:50:06","slug":"new-noise-the-neat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/08\/17\/new-noise-the-neat\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE: The Neat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Neat make blistering, uncompromising post-punk – with an all-too-enticing garage rock spin. In fact, they’re anything but neat. Especially since we heard they store their demos in their pants. Wonderland<\/em> climb in for the ride with lead singer Mez. <\/p>\n

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How did you guys all meet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Me and Lawrence, who are the founding members, went to school with each other. Then we met the rest at university. <\/p>\n

What made you want to be in a band? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I grew up always going to festivals because my parents were real hippies, so I grew up with lots of people on stage. I always wanted to do it from a young age. And then, when I was about sixteen, I was getting into music with The Strokes and everything, that really made it look cool.<\/p>\n

So what are you influenced by?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lyrically I read a lot of Ginsberg and that kind of thing, but musically a lot of us like a lot of different things. All the lyrics are mine and then the music\u2019s a big collective thing.<\/p>\n

I heard that you gave Steve Lamacq your demo out of your boxers. Is that true?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were playing at White Heat and by that time we hadn\u2019t had any radio play. I had a denim jacket but no pockets, so I just stored the demos in the top of my jeans. I saw Steve Lamacq and just pulled it out and gave it to him, and we got on the radio. <\/p>\n

if you were going to describe the sound of The Neat to someone who hadn\u2019t heard it before, what would you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Controlled noise with a purpose. <\/p>\n