Being the impossible, cinema, that is.
This little band hailing from Melbourne Victoria with its MySpace “branded” Alternative / Rock / Progressive sound are set to take on the world – well in my opinion anyway!
Start small, think big, spring to mind as I do a little poking about in the world that is The Impossible Cinema (TIC).
The component of this group, as described on the band's page, are: Cadet on guitar - A brilliant musical mind; Chris on drums - Meat Popsickle; Gus on bass - Time stasis traveler from the 60s; Josh on guitar/microphone -Frost mann- with the following noted: “all quotes subject to non-legalitarian doctrines of the 1780's...” -
From the outset of this interview I am smiling. As a writer I am already in love with their construction of words and creative bursts of music and lyrics. They are an unknown quantity with the potential to shine in this world so very full of music.
Quizzing my question-answering buddy from TIC, Josh - Frost and Front Man - he manages to sum up a delicious, very long paragraph of words describing the group – something I would love to use for my interview but hey, I have word limits! - into something a little more succinct and less flowery:
“The writer would be myself and the other guitarist, Cadet (his parents didn’t like him that much). We formed at school, played a lot together, and became this terrifying entity of free psychedelic rock…” Josh said.
With the MySpace community being the first Google point of call for this group, TIC's blog plays a part in keeping in touch with its “devotees” (I word I threw out there to describe the band's fans). Josh seemed a little more humble with their popularity but with 184 friends and hundreds of very positive comments i felt the word fitted well.
“For now, myspace is the only space. But we aren’t really in the position to have “devotees.” I wish we were, I imagine we would all get along…”
In late February, TIC played the Maitreya Festival in Melbourne, a 4 day camping event designed to “stimulate your mind, body, and spirit and offer a unique experience of art, music, and community in the beautiful Australian Bush” - as described on the organisers website.
Its goal is to give the best Festival experience in Australia, whilst informing festival-goers about some of the important issues that affect people and our planet – with it supporting organisations like Wildlife Warriors, World Wildlife Fund and World Vision to name just a few of the 6 or so listed
TIC gave its roundup of the Festival experience this year:
“The Festival was dusty, hot, and full of people you would associate with dusty and hot festivals. We walked in to the main area to doof going hard to about 100 people, then another stage of the same thing. Then another. Until we walked all the way to the corner of the site, where the live music was being played to about 2 people. That sums it up. I’ll just say though, that rock isn’t dead, it just doesn’t want to hang out with you plastic dropping fuckers!”
The band lists a lot of influences, like most artists, so I try to pry a top three or four out of the group.
“Easy, Oceansize, Pink Floyd, Kashmir, and a fight between the Tea Party and Smashing Pumpkins. That’s five. Shit”, Josh says.
There is a few interesting gigs listed for the future, in particular the following:
“31 Dec 2008, 11:45 PM, just above the hypothalamus, in your own corvex, Its you, ontologically speaking. Cost : free. This is a gig in everyone ones own head, it's for the enjoyment of the self and the righteous. Please visit it when ever you want and remember your listening to yourself, so pay attention. Follow the Illness. I think i'll see you all there in time.”
TIC gives The Dwarf a little more insight into this creative gig entry: “Just a mix between my frustration, and my brother’s (Chris) imagination. But mainly the last.”
For those of us not fortunate to make it to a live Cinema band-gig, we could expect the following: “Indescribable, so be there!! It’s like you are actually seeing a band where the members practice playing GOOD music… the vibe is enlightening but escaping you at the same time.”
The Impossible Cinema were the first band to take advantage of an offer to record at Metropolis under the Bootcamp program. “We went in to do one day of recording. Ended up doing four days and copping a huge bill. The idea was to let us know why studio’s are still important. Even with the lift in home recording.”
What does the rest of 2007 hold for a band with endless possibilities? “Solids and beer. Oh, also, New E.P, D.V.D/Press Release. And gigs gigs and more gigs…”
The Impossible Cinema's new self-titled EP is available at any good music store Australia wide soon.
