Highways

Highways are an Australian pop punk band from Sydney, New South Wales. The band consists of siblings Josh (drums) and Sarah (vocals) Buckley, guitarists Kerrod Willams and Nick Laurie and bassist Ed Wardle. The group formed in 2011 and have quickly gained momentum with high-profile support slots To date, they have released one EP, Enjoy the Little Things, which was released for free via their Facebook page.  they are in progess of the next big thing in the music industry. they are majorly busy but we still got the time to talk to Kerrod.

What genre of music do you consider your work to be?
We've changed a lot of the few years since we've started the band, but right now it's Pop Rock with a lot of influence from Pop Punk.

Who are your major influences?
We all have our own influences ranging from No Doubt to John Mayer, and there's too many to name major ones so let's go with those two!

When did you form your band?
The band started around 2010, but we didn't start doing real band things until 2011.

What inspired you to make music together?
We were always making music before Highways and were all in different bands at the time (except Sarah), and not really doing much. We all wanted to be in a band where everyone cared just as much as we did, so when we met each other we decided to make Highways!

Do you have any upcoming shows?
At the moment, nothing is booked. But we have some things in the works for the east coast for the release of our new EP "Us Against The World"

When your EP will be released?
1st November 2012

what can we expect?
 Hopefully you can expect to hear our growth as a band through the new EP, when we wrote ETLT EP we were all still getting used to writing our own sound and were feeding off each others enthusiasm more than actually knowing what to do writing-wise.

How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together?
I think it's evolved a lot, but how exactly is hard to say. I think Nick, who writes most of our music, has gotten a lot better as a writer while Sarah has grown more as a singer and you can tell through her melodies and lyrics.

does this music differ to your old EP?
It does differ but not too much. Like, you're not going to listen to the EP thinking it's Highways and getting a dance or metal EP, it's still Pop Rock and it's something we love and hopefully you all love too!

If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
Personally, probably Kermit the Frog.

what are some most played music that you love right now?
Born and Raised - John Mayer,
Take Care - Drake,
 Root of Evil - Brutality will Prevail.

How do you get inspiration to write songs?
We all get different inspiration, i think for Sarah and her lyrics a lot is about growing up and having to deal with the problems that all 16 year olds have to grow up with!

one word to sum up the EP?
Exciting!

were you generally impressed with the postive feedback and constantly growing musical fan base?
Yes! It's great to see people liking the music we make and it makes putting in all the work so much more worth it!

What advice do you have for people who want to form their own bands?
Just remember that you can't make a band, practice once and think you'll be supporting You Me @ Six that next month. You need to make sure you're ready to pour you're heart and soul into something you really want and understand it may take years for your efforts to come to fruition, just be positive and don't give up!

if you could collaborate with anyone who would it be?
Kanye West, personally!

Any last words?
If any of you ever want to say hi, just hit us up on facebook @ www.facebook.com/highwaysmusic and thanks for reading!

 

 

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