Los Angeles natives Victory Kid combine their passion of political activism with their high energy blend of pop-punk, ska, and rock to create a band completely unique to their genre. Just this past May the band released their EP Illenials to rave reviews, which featured the popular protest song, “Tuck Frump”.
The follow-up, Thrillenials was released on July 27th, and the band continue the momentum built from their previous release.
The EP was engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Allan Hessler (Goldfinger, The Used, Serj Tankian). Additionally, horns were recorded by Real Big Fish‘s very own Matt Appleton.
Victory Kid is:
Harrison (vocals),
Nate Daw
Carlo (drums)
We spoke with Victory Kid about everything from politics in music to how they unwind:
TC: This summer you released the music video for the first single off your EP Thrillenials, “Clownin”, which is inspired by the clown sightings reported around the world last year. What inspired you guys to write a song about it?
VK: “Honestly, just the absurdity of it. It’s terrifying and chaotic, but spookier than something than most people would actually be worried about. It was written after “Tuck Frump”, and I was inspired to do another song taking in a climate in the world at the time.”
TC: You guys share a passion for political activism, who or what influenced you to merge this with the music you create?
VK: “I think if you are doing art and are politically active it’s impossible to not be hugely influenced by politics. It’s something that affects massive numbers of people, and there’s a lot of energy in that. We love our lives as musicians, and this is a way we believe we can help people. We’re learning more and more how countries are using 1984 as a template to control people, so if we can help combat that with creativity and truth in a way that impacts people that’s art at its highest form.”
TC: What is something that you enjoy doing outside of music, that contributes to your musicality? Possibly a hobby that you turn to, in order to rejuvenate your creativity?
VK: “Surfing. We all surf, and it’s such a great way to get outside and appreciate nature. We spend a lot of time playing, writing, and creating, so it’s hard to carve time out sometimes, but that’s something that’s worth it.”
TC: As a band what has been the biggest obstacle you’ve had to overcome and how did you go about doing so?
VK: “Schedules. Having session musicians in the band means there can be a lot of competition for dates, and so booking can be difficult sometimes. We stay open minded and almost always find ways that works for everyone. That’s the spirit of our band, and we’ve had success from that type of thinking.”
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VK: “I think that actually the singles are the scariest part. “Tuck Frump” was our first release, and it took a lot to get it off the ground. We found that sharing it with #bluewave and #resist accounts on twitter got good responses, but it was a lot more work than “Clownin’”. We released it as the first single for Thrillenials and it picked up quick. We have an awesome music video for it, and we’ve gotten a lot of fans from that, which we didn’t have with “Tuck Frump”.
TC: What would be the best advice you could give to any bands just starting out?
VK: “Have fun. If you don’t people will feel it, but what they want to feel is a connection with the music. Find a way to let the obstacles holding you back be pebbles instead of boulders, and let it all out on stage.”
Check out the video for “Tuck Frump” below!
Listen to Thrillenials below:
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