Sometimes songs become etched in your mind for long, demanding you to sing them again & again. That’s the case with The Fireworks music since we discovered them two years ago. So imagine how delighted are we to have Mattew Rimell and their eloquent answers on our second interview of 2015. These Go to 11!
The Fireworks, indiepop pyromaniacs Matthew Rimell, The Fireworks
Formed in 2011, when friends finally convinced Matthew Rimell to transform the songs he was singing them over the phone into a proper band, the London-Brighton quartet, composed by Rimell, Emma Hall (Pocketbooks), Isabel Albiol (Things in Herds) and Shaun Charman (The Popguns, The Wedding Present, wow!) stole our hearts and ears with their self-titled debut EP in March 2013 via (of course) Shelflife. That first release was followed by the 7” ‘Runaround‘ that same year, while 2014 saw them involved in collaborations like ‘Nobody’s Business‘ and the recording of their highly anticipated first album, ‘Switch Me On‘, finally out this month. Relentless noise-pop, instant catchy melodies and vocal harmonies infused on feedback… A flawless LP where distorsion and reverb meets melodic pop, full of hooks and punch-perfect tunes. Here we go!1. First record that you bought (be honest)
First record bought for me by my Nan was ‘My Boy Lollipop’ by Millie Small when I was about four. First record I made my mum & dad buy me was ‘Knock on Wood’ by Amii Stewart, and first record I bought myself was The Fall’s ‘The Man Whose Head Expanded’.
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