How would you classify your music?
The foundation of Vinyl Floor is rock but we always try to find new flavors to add. Sometimes we add strings and sometimes horns. I think we also have a certain way of writing out the vocal harmony parts. We have a lot of different inspirational sources put together in our melting pot. Hopefully what comes out sounds like Vinyl Floor.
Who are some of your top 5 musical influences?
Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Mozart & Bach
What do you want fans to take from your music?
I want to touch people by ways of melody and lyrics they can hopefully relate to. I think our strongest weapon is melody and I think the lyrics are getting better and better, too. I want people to think of Vinyl Floor as someone who take their songwriting craft seriously.
How’s the music scene in your locale?
We´re not quite in tune with it right now to be honest. Due to Covid, we haven´t played for a long time and spent a lot of time working on our new album ‘Funhouse Mirror’ instead. But the Copenhagen scene is quite lively. There´s always something going on. Many, many different creative people doing their own thing.
When did you know you were destined for music?
Around the age of 5. I started drumming and making songs up on the spot. I have tons of cassettes of myself just drumming and singing away. The so-called songs featured my impression of English so it´s mostly gibberish. But the need to express myself was already there. Sometimes I´d like to get back to being this impulsive and spontaneous again.
What is the best concert you have been to?
I´ve been to many great. But one that always stands out for me was a Leonard Cohen show, 12-13 years ago. It wasn´t just a concert. It was much more. It was some kind of ceremony, really. It moved me greatly and I still get goosebumps just thinking about it.
Is there a song on your latest CD release here that stands out as your personal favorite, and why?
I think some of my brother´s greatest work is featured on our new LP ‘Funhouse Mirror’. But if I have to choose only one, I think I will selfishly go with the title track because I really like the way the melody and lyrics came together. I like the chord progression, the harmony parts, the recording, Rob Stoner´s great bass playing on it, just about everything. I rarely listen to my own stuff because I always want to change something. But that hasn´t been the case yet with the song ‘Funhouse Mirror’.
How have you evolved as an artist over the last year?
Hopefully we have become better at arranging and performing when recording. It´s kind of hard to get a perception of yourself when you work on the songs because you live inside them until you feel like you´ve finally won them over. But we´re older and probably a bit wiser now. I think we are getting better at finding the right key for each song. I think we´re better at knowing our own limitations and because of that, able to work inside that frame in a satisfying way.
If you could meet, play a gig, co-write a song, have dinner, have a drink with any band or artist (dead or alive) who would it be and why?
Mozart. He was such an accomplished master of melody. And I think he would be pretty good company on a night out for a few drinks, too.
What’s next for you?
We have an album release party coming up on a boat in Copenhagen on September 16. We´re looking forward to that. We also may play some more gigs. And then there´s new material waiting. Plenty of stuff to sink our teeth into.
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