Image: Hannah GledhilWe’ve long respected the musical taste and nouse of Sonic Masala’s Brendon Telford. The Brisbanite (now living in London) runs one of the best music sites around, so when we saw that he had booked Gloss Rejection for a recent Sonic Masala London show our interest was immediately piqued.Described as “swirling in militaristic rhythms, dark-hued shadows and devilishly disillusioned” the London trio's music sounded like our bag. It turns out that it is our bag.Formed with a combined love of all things Dead Moon the three have since have established themselves as one of the emerging bands in the UK capitals healthy band scene.Following a number of releases, including a casette tape that came with a fanzine created by the band's Katy Cotterell, the band have just recorded three new tracks (listen below) for an upcoming album.We sent the band some questions and Katy and Ed Shellard took time to answer them.Noisey: How much is a round of drinks for Gloss Rejection?
Katy Cotterell: I don't really get into rounds as none of us have much money and I don't drink as heavily as I used to. It's normally a Desperado or rum and ginger beer for me at Power Lunches or some sort of street beer. I don't get out much. How are the newer songs different from earlier stuff?
Ed Shellard: On our first cassette we had a habit of stopping dead in the middle of a song and then launching into a different section. I can imagine it being quite confusing for the audience. We no longer do this! Do you have any plans to publish more zines to accompany releases?
Katy Cotterell: Maybe not with the band but I’d like to do another one that was quite text heavy interviewing various people who I feel have a lot to say. Kristy from Actual Crimes makes a zine that is quite confessional which I find really brave. I also like the magazine Radical People that was recently published by Reba Maybury dedicated to Londoners aged over 50 who have been engaged/are engaged in various subcultures. I would like to do something similar, but about my peers or discussing activism and creative pursuits that are happening right now and to try and engage with what the kids are up to, as I believe teenagers now are actually less apathetic then they were when I was at school. London seems to have some cool bands at the moment. Who are some of your favourites?
Ed Shellard: There are too many to mention! H. Grimace, Woolf, Major Malfunction, Tense Men. Tom was in this really great band called Satellites of Love and I loved Katy's old band Weird Menace. Both of them are going to be featured on this cassette Unwork Records are compiling called Dead Bands or something along those lines. Are record labels still important?
Ed Shellard: Yes. They put out records for you to buy and enjoy and are much more tactile listening experience than caressing your iPods touch wheel.
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Katy Cotterell: I don't really get into rounds as none of us have much money and I don't drink as heavily as I used to. It's normally a Desperado or rum and ginger beer for me at Power Lunches or some sort of street beer. I don't get out much. How are the newer songs different from earlier stuff?
Ed Shellard: On our first cassette we had a habit of stopping dead in the middle of a song and then launching into a different section. I can imagine it being quite confusing for the audience. We no longer do this! Do you have any plans to publish more zines to accompany releases?
Katy Cotterell: Maybe not with the band but I’d like to do another one that was quite text heavy interviewing various people who I feel have a lot to say. Kristy from Actual Crimes makes a zine that is quite confessional which I find really brave. I also like the magazine Radical People that was recently published by Reba Maybury dedicated to Londoners aged over 50 who have been engaged/are engaged in various subcultures. I would like to do something similar, but about my peers or discussing activism and creative pursuits that are happening right now and to try and engage with what the kids are up to, as I believe teenagers now are actually less apathetic then they were when I was at school. London seems to have some cool bands at the moment. Who are some of your favourites?
Ed Shellard: There are too many to mention! H. Grimace, Woolf, Major Malfunction, Tense Men. Tom was in this really great band called Satellites of Love and I loved Katy's old band Weird Menace. Both of them are going to be featured on this cassette Unwork Records are compiling called Dead Bands or something along those lines. Are record labels still important?
Ed Shellard: Yes. They put out records for you to buy and enjoy and are much more tactile listening experience than caressing your iPods touch wheel.
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