Summerset Avenue

 

Since forming in early 2010, Summerset Avenue have been taking hometown of Melbourne, Australia by storm. During their first four months as a band, Summerset Avenue had already played their first show and set off to the USA to record their debut EP with the likes of Mike Watts (Story Of The Year) and Mike Picotte at VuVu Studios, New York.Fast forward to 2012, Summerset Avenue have a brand new single out via iTunes entitled ‘Down South’, have been endorsed officially by Crossbone Clothing, Faith & Fools Clothing, Cole Clark Guitars, and Indie Guitars

What do Summerset Avenue have in store for the rest of 2012? Rest assured, it will include solid national touring, a new release, and much more. I got to talk to Steve hope you enjoy
The band:

 Leeanne Rodgers - Vocals
Carlos Peregin - Guitar
Steven Cannatelli - Bass
Ben Pali - Drums

 

Were you generally impressed with the postive feedback and constantly growing musical fan base?

Definitely!!! We're really happy that people are catching onto and enjoying what we do.

Describe the experience for you being the support for so many major acts? Its always an amazing feeling to share the stage with some of our favourite bands! We have learn't a lot through these experiences and it has really helped us grow as a band.

where are you from? Melbourne, Australia.

What's the origin of the band name? Summerset Avenue is a place we came up with to get away from everyday life, thats what the band is all about, an outlet, another world for us to escape to.

What genre of music do you consider your work to be? Pop Rock.

Have any hidden talents? Leeanne loves Photography, Carlos is great at Sports, Steve likes to draw and Ben can beat most people at any video game.

Who or what inspired you to become an artist? How or in what way? I think individually there would be a lot of different influences but as a band we're really inspired by bands such as The Getaway Plan, Paramore, Kisschasy, VersaEmerge just to name a few.

What do you enjoy doing the most when you are not performing or working on your music? I think for of us just hanging out, going to see other bands play, partying, chillin' out watching movies, you know all the normal everyday stuff.

For someone who has never heard of you, how would you describe ''summerset avenue"? In one word 'Fun'

What are some most played music that you love right now. Well I don't think any of us have stopped listening to Brand New Eyes by Paramore since it was released years ago haha Requiem by The Getaway Plan, thats a really amazing album! Parkway Drive and Woe Is Me on the heavy side of things. The Strokes, some old school Oasis, we listen to a lot of different styles of bands.

How did you decide what genre of music you wanted to play?
 We didn't, we just got together and started writing, what came out is what we played and how we sound now is just an evolution of what we do.

Any up coming shows we should look forward to? We're playing with Cartel from the U.S this weekend at The Ferntree Gully Hotel, we'll be hitting Adelaide with D At Sea in October as well as heading The Espy in October too, so some exciting stuff coming up.

Who writes your songs? What are the main themes or topics for most of your songs? Do you think these topics will change over time?

Topics are constantly changing depending on what is going on in Leeanne's life, she writes about personal experience or feelings but musically we write as a band, there's no one songwriter in Summerset Avenue, everyone contributes to the writing process.

When do we get to hear some new music? First week of October we'll be releasing a brand new song off our up-coming EP.

What's your ultimate direction for your band? To do this for as long as we possibly can.

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