Credit: Nicholas O'Donnell
Dublin-based indie-rock quartet TV People unveil their new single 'Kitchen Sinking', today, January 31. Premiered on Amazing Radio by Frankie Francis, the rousing track with its ferocious guitar lines, showcases the rising band's garage and punk influences.
Who are you?
My name is Paul Donohoe and I sing and play lead guitar in TV People. The rest of the band are Len Rochford, who plays rhythm guitar, drummer Brendan Clarke, and Rob Kavanagh on bass.
I moved to Dublin about five years ago which is when I first met Len and Bren. We were all studying in different universities around the city but ended up bonding over our shared love for guitar music. We used to meet up every couple of weeks and play loose ideas together while introducing each other to different bands that we all liked. It was just for fun at that time. We had no real ambition for what we were doing aside from enjoying ourselves and we weren't playing gigs or releasing music or anything like that.
We kept that going on and off for a couple of years, gradually refining our playing and zoning in on the type of sound that we wanted to make. When Bren introduced us to Rob in early 2019 we all clicked immediately. The music and writing took on a new level of focus and the band was formed.
Give us an idea of your musical style and influences.
We all share a love for bands like The Strokes, The Pixies and Interpol and they would definitely be strong influences in the music that we make. Each of the four of us also brings their own set of unique influences into the creative process that mightn't necessarily be shared by everyone else in the band. That's a really positive thing to have in the writing process though. It gives each of the songs a degree of unpredictability and makes the finished product a unique beast that neither of us would be able to produce alone.
Explain the production and writing process behind your songs.
Our songwriting process is very collaborative. A lot of our ideas come from jamming together which can give the music a really interesting and freeform style. It's usually once we've put a bit of the bones on the song's structure that I'll try to fit any lyrics that I've written to a melody. Everyone is very involved in every stage of the creative process. I'll often show the lyrics to the rest of the lads and we'll talk out what I'm trying to get across in the words and the type of imagery that I want to use. That kind of discussion is a real asset in the writing process and it makes the finished songs have a bit of all of us in them.
'Kitchen Sinking' sprang out of a bassline that Rob came up with. It was a really improvisational process writing the song which has given it a degree of unpredictability and a fairly unconventional structure. I hadn't even settled on a lot of the lead guitar until we were in the studio recording it. I wanted to try and come up with a melody that incorporated very few lyrics and this resulted in me using a lot of long drawn out notes in the verses and repetition in the chorus which I think gives the song a fairly unique feel to it.
We brought the track into Dan Doherty in Darklands Recording Studio in Dublin who really got what we were trying to do and brought the song to life. Lyrically the song is themed around the inability to empathise with or find common ground with people who disagree with you. Kitchen Sinking is a term for when you continuously barrage someone with insults to break them down and overpower them. I felt that it was accurate for what seems to be going on in the world at the moment.
Can we catch up with you at any forthcoming live shows?
We're heading back into the studio to record in February so have lessened up on the live shows for the next few weeks to focus on that. The only show we're playing until then will be supporting Sprints upstairs in Whelan's on the 22nd of February - which is sold out already. Once we get out of the studio we'll have plenty of gigs to announce though. We're expecting a busy year.
How's the first year of the new decade looking, plans-wise?
Our main plan for now is to keep writing, releasing and playing live as much as possible. We're in a really creative space at the moment and want to get as much music as possible released this year. We're hoping to release another three or four singles this year while playing as many gigs as possible. Next year we'll probably start looking at doing a larger scale recording project whilst fitting in as many live shows as possible.
Where can we hear more of your music?
You can listen to our music on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Bandcamp, Amazon, Apple Music and all the other usual places online.
What social media platforms can we find you on?
Instagram // Facebook // Twitter
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