{"id":11933,"date":"2017-03-12T13:53:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T13:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=11933"},"modified":"2017-03-12T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T14:04:29","slug":"interview-spring-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/music\/interview-spring-king\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW: Spring King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 15<sup>th<\/sup> February <em>Spring King <\/em>returned to The Diff to play a rescheduled date. Having previously played at Full Moon, &#8220;it&#8217;s a similar vibe but a lot smaller than this venue&#8221; therefore Clwb Ifor Bach is quite a change for the quintet. Tarek added &#8220;this whole tour has been amazing so far&#8221;. As the band are supporting <em>Kaiser Chiefs<\/em> the following week Pete mentioned that this shorter tour has ended up acting as a warm up for the gigs at the bigger venues, &#8220;it fitted really perfectly&#8221;. After two support acts including the up and coming <em>Get Inuit<\/em>, <em>Spring King <\/em>arrived on stage and belted out the fan favourite <em>Better Man<\/em>. &#8220;Should be pretty rowdy&#8221; Tarek said in the interview before the gig. And rowdy it was, with the self-confessed indie kids going mad at the front, coated in glitter with their look finished off with a pair of doc Martins, whilst at the back it was the more tame older generation, who seemed to be having a little dance. The sold-out crowd was a mix of audiences but Tarek says &#8220;I think our music translates well across all types of audiences and genres&#8221;. Having supported <em>Slaves <\/em>and <em>Spector <\/em>on tour one after another proves this statement to be correct.<\/p>\n<p>As Spring King have mainly high energy tracks, their gig was certainly a sweaty affair with many mosh pits forming at the front. The band were encouraging these moshes especially during the track <em>It&#8217;s so Dark<\/em>, Andy&#8217;s favourite to play, &#8220;I just love the end bit because it gets insane&#8221;. And it got a bit too insane, James had to step in and calm the youngsters at the front down before anyone got hurt. In the interview James said &#8220;on stage we&#8217;re all having fun because music it&#8217;s funny we want to happen but we do take it seriously too&#8221;.\u252c\u00e1 You can tell they are all having a great time on the stage laughing and joking around to each other which adds a connection between the band and the fans.\u252c\u00e1 A few slower songs were thrown in the mix &#8220;to give our sweaty messes a break&#8221;, <em>Darkness Take Me Away <\/em>did this well. A few &#8220;oldies but goodies&#8221; were also showcased, the old favourite, <em>Demons <\/em>for example. During the encore the band played another older song <em>Let&#8217;s Ride<\/em>. The extreme high energy and fast paced lyrics, I believe, sum <em>Spring King&#8217;s <\/em>entire sound up. The crowd loved it.<\/p>\n<p>As for the next year, you can look forward to seeing <em>Spring King<\/em> on tour with <em>Kaiser Chiefs<\/em>, <em>Flying Vinyl Festival, Tramlines Festival<\/em> and many more that haven&#8217;t been announced yet. Tarek says &#8220;We want to play as many shows as we can. Put out music and keep creating&#8221;. And we can&#8217;t wait! 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