The Median Man spoke with Emlee of Thundermother about the band and Coronavirus.
The Median Man spoke with Emlee of Thundermother about the band and Coronavirus.
AC/DC
Why do you play the type of music that you do?
When Filippa started the band she wanted it to be influenced by AC/DC, her favourite band, and it has pretty much continued that way. We all really love the Classic Rock genre so it has always been really natural for all of us to have that sound and style. We do have a little different influences in Classic Rock, and I think that is what makes our sound unique, because we are a mix of all our different favourite bands. We really think its time
for this kind of rock to take over the world again đ
How do you approach songwriting, are there any themes that you automatically decide to cover?
We do it in many different ways, sometimes one of us has an idea for a riff or a text that we finish in the rehearsal room, and sometimes we write a whole new song together. For the three first albums Filippa has done almost all songwriting, and for our upcoming fourth album we wrote the songs more or less together! In any way we write, we always try to be open minded to all ideas that comes up and most important for us is to let go of any
pressure and just have fun together, because thatâs whats feeding our creativity the most!
TOGETHER
TOGETHER
How do you approach songwriting, are there any themes that you automatically decide to cover?
We do it in many different ways, sometimes one of us has an idea for a riff or a text that we finish in the rehearsal room, and sometimes we write a whole new song together. For the three first albums Filippa has done almost all songwriting, and for our upcoming fourth album we wrote the songs more or less together! In any way we write, we always try to be open minded to all ideas that comes up and most important for us is to let go of any
pressure and just have fun together, because thatâs whats feeding our creativity the most!
HEAT WAVE
Do you have a favourite song from the new album?
I have a special love for every song on the new album, so itâs really hard to choose. But there are two songs that I really love to play on drums, âBack in 76â – with nice Led Zeppelin grooves and âHeat Waveâ – a straight mid-tempo heavy AC/DC style song!
Has the coronavirus impacted you in a significant way? How do you think things will change post corona?
Yes, we had a lot of touring planned this year that now wonât happen, and we are very sad about that. We love to tour and we were really excited about this whole year with releasing a new album and everything that comes around it. Now we are âstrandedâ in Sweden, doing what we can with live stream shows. We try to be positive right now, make use of this time and see what the future brings. We sure hope we can tour soon again, and we will be more than ready when that happens!
STRANDED
STRANDED
Has the coronavirus impacted you in a significant way? How do you think things will change post corona?
Yes, we had a lot of touring planned this year that now wonât happen, and we are very sad about that. We love to tour and we were really excited about this whole year with releasing a new album and everything that comes around it. Now we are âstrandedâ in Sweden, doing what we can with live stream shows. We try to be positive right now, make use of this time and see what the future brings. We sure hope we can tour soon again, and we will be more than ready when that happens!