Deep Sea Arcade (Nick Weaver) Q&A

Your cover of “Let Forever Be” was brilliant. How have the Chemical Brothers influenced your work?

The Chemical Brothers have definitely influenced us a lot in terms of production, particularly our drums and bass. We’ve always been interested in mixing electronic music with guitars and pop song structures.

How much has your vision for the band changed since you started out in High School?

It used to be just a bedroom studio project for Nic and I when we were teenagers. We’d pile a million guitar parts on top of each other with cosmic trails of reverb that lasted forever and I guess we had endless freedom to make everything sound completely different from one song to the next. Growing up a bit and being influenced by the great a band of musicians that we have around us now has definitely influenced what we do in terms of making solid songs and also making music that often has the intention of being a performance. And it changes all the time of course, otherwise it would stop being fun.

What advice would you give to any high school bands or aspiring young performers?

Take your time with your music and make sure everything you do is fun. And make sure you get rich. Very, very rich. There’s nothing more important than riches.

After touring and recording Bonnie And Clyde with songstress, Megan Washington, can we expect any more future collaborations?

I don’t think we have any planned but we’re always open to it. Bonnie and Clyde was a lot of fun, so personally I’d do that again any time.

It might be one of the most generic band questions of all time but how did you come up with your band name?

It came from an old song of ours that we don’t play anymore. There was a lyric about “sunken arcades” that inspired it. We were actually called Plankton for a while before that.

Do you have any group habits or rituals when you’re on tour?

Yeah we have this thing called “losing Jimmy” where before every gig our guitarist goes missing completely and then magically appears moments before show time. It’s a bonding experience.

What shows are you most looking forward to playing in the coming months?

The Metro is always a blast. We always look forward to all-ages shows – sorry everyone else, but teenagers are the best audience. Also we recently got announced for Homebake I can’t wait for that one

How do you maintain positive relationship between band members!? And if its not all that positive, why?

It can’t always be smooth sailing I suppose. You have to spend A LOT of time with these guys, and everyone wants and need different things. Even my favourite people on earth drive me nuts if I’m in a car with them for 2 weeks. I guess it’s just important to make the most of any time that you do get to yourself. Go on romantic beach walks without your band members.

What was it like working on the new record in London?

Most of what we did was bedroom recording – lots of demoing. It’s nice to be working on songs with a completely different landscape out your window.

Also we got to work with a great producer called Dan Grech-Marguerat (The Vaccines, The Kooks, The Lana Del Ray), which was amazing. He produced Black Cat and was a thrill to work with

Will the next album have the same vibe as Outlands?

You’ll know it’s us but it will be a development. I think it will sound a bit more spontaneous and a lot bigger.

What are 3 random things about yourself?

From where I’m sitting I can see a Pez dispenser.

I have extremely good night vision.

When I was in preschool I would occasionally pretend to be a lion and eat leaves.

-By Geneva Valek, extra questions provided by other brilliant people.

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