Above Them - Are we a danger to ourselves?

I think Above Them were the first band I ever properly interview for Moving North, and when I say "properly" I obviously mean; absolutely hammered at the Retro Bar recorded on my iPhone. I just went through the MN archives and found the old 8 minute interview, here you go:

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That was all the way back in 2009 when they had just released their first record "Blueprint For A Better Time", they had three members and used to drink and gamble a lot.

Fast forward three years to the present day and Above Them (as a 4-piece courtesy of Adam Bilboa) are just about to release album #2 entitled "Are we a danger to ourselves?" and after countless nights hanging out with those guys I can answer their question. Yes, you are.

On first listen I was a little skeptical, I felt underwhelmed that it wasn't as immediate as the drumbeat kicking in to "For Those Who Paved The Way" and how the record seemed to start like every other record at the time (White Crosses/American Slang). I carried on listening again, and again, and it CLICKED. I had no idea why I was so against immediately loving the record in the first place but now whenever I start "A New Year", just from the drum intro I get excitable. And when the song fades out to just Oli guitar and vocal and builds up again, it's just fucking immense. Stand out tracks for me are "A New Year", "Temper Like A Hand Grenade" (big Keep Smiling vibe on this) and I absolutely love the start of "Step Back Release".

This record is an Above Them record, it's not Hundred Reasons crossed with Biffy Clyro at a Loved Ones in-store whilst suckling from the teat of Hot Water Music, it's an Above Them record.

Bloody hell, I can ramble so much when I need to be doing a dissertation can't I? Anyways, Above Them are some great guys with real talent, ahh go on then, headline manchFESTer.

PRE-ORDERS are available now:
For UK/EURO VINYL you can pre-order from Yo-Yo Records now!
For USA VINYL you can pre-order from Kiss Of Death Records now!
For UK CD/T-SHIRT you can pre-order from Specialist Subject Records now!

They've got THREE songs from the record streaming that you can listen too, but also if you pre-order the record with Specialist Subject and Kiss of Death you get an immediate mp3 download, so you could have the whole thing RIGHT NOW!