Since Little Indie first wrote about Sad Boys Club 18 months ago, with their debut single 'Know', the London five-piece have gone on to receive a raft of accolades, and dropped a number of further tracks including 'Winter's Tale', 'Silverlined', and 'Sleepyhead', and debut EP, 'Yeah People Talk but You've Forgotten How to Live'. Today they unveil latest track, ‘Mirror And Me’, whose subject matter deals with body-image anxiety, and was produced, mixed and engineered by bassist Pedro Caetano Leite.
Who are you?
Hello! I'm Jacob Wheldon, I sing with Sad Boys Club. Pedro Caetano Leite (bass), Jake Chatterton (guitar), Chris Holmes (guitar) and Tom MacColl (drums) are the boys.
Tell us something about yourself and how you came to be where you are today.
Anything about myself? I'm going to Japan for the first time in a couple months, I've rinsed the Anthony Bourdain on Tokyo, I need more - if anyone wants to show me what I should be doing, please @ me. I'm so stoked. Currently I'm in London where I was born and raised and where we're based. Tried to leave but kept getting dragged back.
Give us an idea of your musical style and influences.
We're principally a guitar band, Pedro and I would say we're an emo band, the others might not; it's quite a concoction, people will have to make up their own mind. I think this track in particular, for me, was a bit of an extension of my love for IDLES' last record, though I may have retrospectively made that up. I remember Pedro and Tom playing quite a bit of At The Drive In. It's not something we ever really discuss in too much depth except for when worried about being asked about it in interviews, there'll be very specific references we make for very particular sounds. We're all into the Weyes Blood album at the moment.
Explain the production and writing process behind your songs.
There isn't a single process, I don't think. If there is I haven't been able to notice its pattern. Invariably everything starts in Pedro's room with me and him finding something slightly uncomfortable that we allow ourselves to get carried away with, but after that each track has a life of its own with its own needs. Pedro is the engineer of the songs from writing through to production, mixing and mastering. We have a very different way of looking at songs, so we're still exploring each other's language. By the time we finish the demos they're in a pretty good place, we take them to rehearsals and the guys enhance everything a load.
Tell us a little about your new track.
It's a song about difficulties I've had with my body image. It's embraced all of those absurdities that come with anxiety and tried to make light of them whilst also taking them on. I just really wanted the track out and to see if anyone would connect. It's the most vulnerable I've been on record.
Can we catch up with you at any forthcoming live shows?
What we've got announced is this London show at Notting Hill Arts Club (tonight, June 21, free entry). We've then got Truck Festival in July, and a show in Cambridge at The Junction on 27th July supporting Bombay Bicycle Club. We have a number of more shows to be announced around the country, some over summer, most in autumn but I don't think I can say about them yet. This is where I say follow our socials and keep up to date with everything we're doing, right?
How's the year looking, plans-wise?
It's looking great. As I alluded to earlier, we've got a number of shows to announce, and we're in the process of working on the second EP which comes out towards the end of the year. We're quietly confident it's quite a bold step up from what we've done previously. We're excited.
Where can we hear more of your music?
Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube.
What social media platforms can we find you on?
Facebook // Twitter // Instagram
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