JAAW sind die Post-Industrial Supergroup um Andy Cairns (Therapy?), Jason Stoll (Mugtar, KLÄMP, Sex Swing), Wayne Adams (Death Pedals, Big Lad, Petbrick) und Adam Betts (Three Trapped Tigers, Golde, Squarepusher). Klanglich geht es um fette Riffs und starke Hooks, die kompromisslos typische Grenzen überschreiten, und eine Klangwelt in Richtung 90er Industrial Metal um Ministry und Godflesh kreieren. Dabei wird sich auch an eher weniger Lineare Songstrukturen gehalten. Das Album „Supercluster„, erscheint am 26. Mai über Svart Records. Was die Platte zu bieten hat und was wir erwarten können, das erfahrt ihr nun hier im Interview mit Andy Cairns.
Frontstage Magazine: Hello dear ones, we hope you’re doing well?
Andy: Very good thanks for asking
Frontstage Magazine: Please introduce yourselves briefly. For some, the band Jaaw may be something completely new.
Andy: JAAW is a project of four musicians who have been put together by studio maestro Wayne Adams and God Unknown records boss Jason Stoll. Adam Betts, drummer extraordinaire and Andy Cairns of Irish rock band Therapy? complete the line up.
Frontstage Magazine: In that means, Jaaw is some kind of a supergroup. How did you all come together?
Andy: Jason contacted me after I’d mentioned online an admiration for his record label. God Unknown. He proposed the idea of a project to Wayne Adams who plays in Petbrick and owns the Bear Bites Horse Studio in London. Wayne had been looking to put together something ‘industrial’ for some time and saw this as a chance to get a bunch of musicians together in his studio and see how it went. He knew Adam and thought he would be the perfect drummer.
Frontstage Magazine: The new album „Supercluster“ will be released on May 26th. What can we expect from the record, and how does the influence of your other bands reflect in it? Or was it not present at all?
Andy: The record is a wonderful experience. Give it a deep listen and take in the whole album at a sitting. Close the curtains, put on the headphones, close your eyes and get swallowed by the noise. My work in Therapy? didn’t have an influence on this project at all. I was guided by Wayne. He had a very strong vision of how he wanted the songs to be arranged and how he wanted the components to sound. I would set up my guitar and he would strategically set up effects and sounds to suit the songs. It was a completely fantastic experience.
Frontstage Magazine: How has your creative process evolved since the formation of the band, and what inspires you to continue experimenting with new sounds and genres in your music?
Andy: The whole session was very short and over with very quickly but I enjoyed it immensely and certainly learned a lot about being brave with sounds and having the courage to just let the music shape itself as it went along. It was inspiring to play alongside such incredible musicians
Frontstage Magazine: As there is no clear guideline on the record, you approached it very experimentally. Was this the plan from the beginning; seeing what will happen?
Andy: The plan was to make something Industrial. That was the original aesthetic benchmark but it blossomed into something much more as the session progressed. It was all completely organic and joyous!
Frontstage Magazine: What effect did horror movies like Panos Cosmatos‘ „Mandy“ or Ari Aster’s „Midsommar“ have on the album? After all, these two films differ greatly from each other within the horror genre.
Andy: These films were suggested by Wayne before we started writing lyrics, it’s always good to have a starting point to jump off from when it comes to song writing do this helped. Wayne and I wrote the lyrics together over a few days and I had watched the movies before the session to help with this process.
Frontstage Magazine: As always, this last question is a bit different and refers to your cinematic influence: Which movie did you last see in the cinema that you regret, and why?
Andy: I can’t remember. I love film and always try to choose wisely before I buy my ticket.
Fotocredit: Steve Gullick
