Paul Eaton and Jim Spencer make up ‘DeadLoveFearWave’, an
experimental duo from Manchester. As they release their debut single ‘Don’t
Exist’ we spoke to Paul about the experimental indie-electronic track, inspired
by the music Paul listens to.
“I’ve always been into guitar music mainly; indie-rock,
alternative, sort of Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, but I’ve always liked
electronic music. This is my first foray into making it but I have always had a
good appreciation for electronic music.”
Producer Jim Spencer has worked with previous projects of
Paul’s but this time it was a little different. “We’d never done something as
collaborative as this. Jim had moved into new studios which was full of vintage
equipment and interesting gear so it was about trying out new sounds and
experimenting so we weren’t going into the studio with a complete track and
laying it down, it was more just doing it piece-by-piece, building it up as we
went.”
Paul uses a sketchbook to capture his ideas for future
reference to help compose new material. “My iPhone is [also] full of things I’ve
recorded. For a project like this, it’s where it all came from, pulling bits of
ideas together. Instead of sitting down with the idea of writing a traditional
song – verse, bridge, chorus – it’s more about an atmosphere.”
A video for the single will be launching by the end of the
week, the visual side being important to Paul as well, keeping though within
their budget. “This track in particular has got quite a narrative behind it so
we wanted to get that across in the video. It’s cool what we’ve done.”
As well as recording his own songs, Paul also composes songs
for other people. “I just like writing,” he told us. “I like hearing what other
people do with something I’ve written. It’s something I’ve always enjoyed
doing. I’ve never really struggled writing, and I do like writing in different
styles, not gutting stuck to one thing. I like to try different things; keep it
interesting!”
Paul confesses that this allows him to keep fresh as a musician,
and not be pigeonholed, something which has happened in the past. “Jim has
produced all sorts of different people, but never really had the creative
freedom to work on a project like this where there’s no limit on what we could
do with it.”
Following the single will be an album out this summer, an
album which is already well underway. “After that we’ll see; we’ve got a lot of
material and there’ll be another single following this up.”
Looking ahead Paul is exploring about how they take
DeadLoveFearWave into a live environment. “It’s a complex studio arrangement
[but] we’ve got some really good musicians who are joining us to bring it live
and we’re exciting about that, but again it’s not something we planned at the
start of the project.
“We’re playing at the Alternative Escape in Brighton [soon]
so that’ll be our live performance but then we’ll be taking on more shows later
in the year which will be cool!”
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