A Very Hungover Peace Get Interviewed

Brummie foursome Peace got together last autumn and swiftly signed to major label music pimps, Columbia, in March. In exchange for their signature, they demanded Columbia rent out a billboard in their hometown, emblazoned with their photo and a tag that read "WHAT THE FUCK BIRMHINGHAM". Dicks or the best label demand from a band ever? I met up with Peace on a sweltering Wednesday afternoon when they were VERY hungover to find out.

So what were you all up to last night considering that you’re hanging now?

Harrison: We shot a video yesterday. Then we had some celebratory drinks.

Doug: We had slush puppy margaritas.

Oh yeah?

Harrison: Then two pints of Jaeger bite. Like a snakebite, but in the drink they put in the cider and beer with a shot of Jaegermeister…

Doug: They actually warned us before.

Harrison: I think it’s actually illegal to sell them.

It sounds fucking disgusting. Anyway, I was wondering, do you regret picking "Peace" as a band name? It’s not very Google friendly. 

Doug: I always liked it, in the early stages, I like that someone had to make the effort to find us. They liked our music so much that they’ve put a bit of their own time and their own day to just try and find out a bit about the band, it’s quite nice.

Harrison: It sounds sort of cliché and horrible but it’s nice to not have to solely rely on the internet – what the fuck did people do before? You know what I mean? It’s kind of cool. It’s kind of liberating.

Doug: All of our fan base was brought up from live shows rather than media hype.

Dom: We’ll never be hashtagged.

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