Roisin Alldis interviews Ian Jones (vocals/guitar) of Kutosis

Ian, Kutosis have been described as ÔÇ£a blast of youthful post-punk/post-hardcore which has no time to sit around, calling to mind the intense debut LPs of Gang of Four, Mclusky and Bloc PartyÔÇØ…

The Mclusky reference definitely, weÔÇÖre all massive fans. Gang of Four in all honesty, I donÔÇÖt know if any of us have actually ever listened to them. WeÔÇÖre influenced by many bands: Liars, Les Savy Fav. When we heard Liars were playing S┼Án we were going to go watch them, and then a couple of weeks ago, we got asked to be on the bill. We were a bit nervous about meeting them, but they were really sound guys, really friendly.

Fanatical Love was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize, a very impressive achievement, but how do you plan to follow it? 

WeÔÇÖre currently recording the second album, which will be released in the new year. ItÔÇÖs quite different to the first; we have new influences such as Girls, Surfer Blood, Sonic Youth, Pavement ÔÇô bands weÔÇÖve been listening to as weÔÇÖre writing and recording the new album.

On listening to Fanatical Love, I can definitely hear a development of your sound from an angular punk style similar to your early EPs to a more relaxed sound, possibly verging on desert rock; was this a conscious process when making the album?

WeÔÇÖd written a batch of songs that we knew were different to what we were known for and we were unsure what to do with them. We wanted to surprise people. We love the songs on the later┬ápart of the album and we thought if it was all punky, people might like it on first listen, but might forget about it six months later, but weÔÇÖre not too conscientious about what we do we tend to run with our instinctsÔǪ Can I just say hello to all the readers of Quench? I love that magazine!

Of course, you were all Cardiff students..

Yes, I am a Cardiff alumni, I studied economics…just like Mick Jagger. So basically, if this band ever make any money, weÔÇÖll know how to invest it!