Hi Doss, cheers for meeting with us, it’s great to speak to you! How's it going?

Sorley - Aye, no bad man. A wee bit tired. Last time we came down we got the bus which was 15 hours. Leaving at 9 pm and getting in at like 12 in the afternoon. That was murder, but we got a flight this time so getting that was a privilege. Still exhausting though. I don’t know what it is. Just sitting on your arse for that long is tiring man, no matter what you do.

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Brodie - We’re a wee bit spacey. It’s 40 minutes but there’s still everything else included on either side.

 

Sorley - So the bus we got down last time, it was just mad, proper surreal. You start tripping out because you haven’t slept. You get into the centre of London and you’re walking about like a fucking space cadet. But we got here today quite fresh-faced. The 15 hours on the bus is a proper experience though, cause you can get pished on the bus, you can’t do what you want on the flight.

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How often do you get to come down south and play or do you tend to mostly play in Glasgow?

Sorley - Well we were here in March, which was fucking incredible, ahaha I got totally minced man. But the more we play down here the better, I fucking love coming down here. No one knows who you are really, so it’s like a purely first impression basis and people enjoy it.

 

Brodie - Last time we came down it was like a wee holiday. We were quite nervous as we had only ever played in Glasgow. The way we sing is in a Glaswegian accent so we thought that people might not get it. People were really into it though. With us, it’s not really the music that’s the main thing but it’s the energy of it, we just go mental and like to lose ourselves in the music, which might be what helps.

 

Sorely - When we have a good time the crowd seem to have a good time.

 

Brodie - And Sorley proper carries it because the songs are so demanding, he’ll go off into a bit of a monologue and have banter with the crowd. Even if the crowds are just standing there and not really moving, we can just up it even more and channel that annoyance. 

 

Sorely - Aye, positive aggression man.

 

Brodie - It’s a healthy outlet, I don’t think in today’s day and age there are many outlets for emotion for men. Like sports seem to be the more traditional outlet but I think going to gigs can be a really healthy well of expressing that, it’s just this massive release.

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How would you define Doss?

Sorley - We’ve got this running joke, ‘Punk Rap’ but that’s just taking the absolute piss, you know?

 

Brodie - I mean when people ask that I would say, ‘have you listened to Sleaford Mods?’ and they would usually say ‘yes’, I would then ask, ‘have you listened to The Amazing Snakeheads?’, they usually say ‘no’, but I would say we’re somewhere in the middle of those. Basically, it’s aggressive, Glaswegian, tongue-in-cheek Punk.

 

Sorley - It’s about having a laugh but it’s also about anger man. And there’s a lot to be angry about.

 

Brodie - It’s sort of Sorley’s funny, cynical anger.

 

Sorley - Aye, see I’m cynical as fuck man, I’m definitely a bit of a pessimist, so it’s a way to channel that pessimistic energy into something creative. 

 

Brodie - And a lot of young people in Glasgow seem to enjoy it.

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What is the music scene like in Glasgow at the moment?

Sorley - Ahaha…next question. No, it’s good but some of it is also kind of shite. 

 

Brodie - There’s a lot of pop shite that all just sounds the same. But a lot of people you do meet are fucking lovely and sound really good live.

 

Sorley - Aye, some of it sounds fucking gash on Spotify but brilliant life and there’s a great jazz scene corto.alto, they’re fucking class man. 

 

Brodie - Who else have we seen… Gelatine, they’re really good.

 

Sorley - Big Girl’s Blouse. Aye, and Sweaty Palms obviously!

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And do you think Glasgow has an influence on your music at all and if so how?

Sorley - Ah totally man! A lot of the patter is so geographical to Glasgow, but at the same

time, it can still translate well. Because it’s the same shite that’s going on everywhere

but the words are just slightly different.

 

Brodie - So in the song ‘Posers’ it references the west-end of Glasgow which is a

more privileged affluent area.

 

Sorely - And it’s the exact same here in London, you know what I mean?

 

Brodie - Aye, people can relate to it. When you talk about local culture.

People love that because it speaks to them even more. 

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Personally, I feel like there’s such an infectious energy within your music and it brings together so many different genres and styles. So what does the writing process for the music look like?

Sorley - Oh man! I mean, Brodie usually is mostly here with me performing but he’s also still there helping in the studio. The lyrics just come from wee bits that I hear. It’s those conversations you’re having with your pals and you start talking about the price of houses or gentrification, it becomes a place to channel everything that everyone’s thinking. The music itself just builds up wee bits at a time. I’ll go back to old riffs I wrote as a kid and try and rewrite stuff to better suit this project. Lyrically and the beats, I just want it to sound raw.

 

Brodie - Such an important part of it is making it sound current and authentic. Sorley will write about whatever is pissing him off in that moment, so it feels organic because it’s not forced.

 

Sorley - He’s right! You see even when I wrote Redundant, it was because the managers at my work were being fucking cunts. And when they heard it, they were like ‘that’s no about us is it?’ and I was like ‘ehhh…no no’.

 

Brodie - It’s the rantings of a young man as he goes through life.

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If you could say anything to business owners that pay minimum wage or even below, what would you say?

Sorley - I work for minimum wage now so I always think this, managers want you to work the most amount for the least they can pay you. I work hard but I make a point of, I’ll start working harder when they start paying more. You pay £9.50 I’ll work for £9.50, you pay £15 and start fucking working for £15. So that’s what I say, you want to pay minimum wage then you should expect a minimum standard of work.

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What was music like for you growing up, did it play a big part in your life and how

does it resonate with your music now?

Sorely - Ah it was always a big part of our life man. Our dad was like a small

village fucking rockstar, you know what I mean. He grew up in the highlands man.

We were raised on the blues Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Rory Gallagher,

The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, all that good shite you know. 

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You go through those different stages in your life so then there was

Hip-Hop, A Tribe Called Quest, Cypress Hill. But hardcore-punk man,

that’s been the main shit since I was like 12, Minor Threat, Bad Brains,

Black Flag, The Exploited. So it’s just been a constant in our lives man

because of our dad. And he’s always open to new shit, we’ve got him

listening to Black Midi and Slowthai.

 

Brodie - And Queen’s of the Stone Age are a huge influence. Not that Doss sound anything like them, but the progressions and the textual dissonance really play a part.

 

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As well as the production side of things and the incredibly hard-driven vocal

performances, you are a mental drummer, so who is or was the best drummer

in the world?

Sorley - Ah man, top four, Dave Grohl, Nate Smith, John Bonham and…

Vinnie Paul. You see when I’m drumming, I like simple but effective.

I think about writing drums like I’m writing a riff.

That’s what Dave Grohl fucking does man, you hear his drum beats like

it’s a riff, ‘Song’s For The Deaf’, ‘No One Knows’, you could hum those

drum parts. Also just the mix of jazz and heavy stuff, oh man, groovy!

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What’s been your favourite release of this year so far?

Sorley - Oh fucking Viagra Boys man, their new single ‘Ain’t No Thief’ “I got this jacket from your grandma, so quit your bitchin’” ahahah. 

 

Brodie - Warmduscher as well! ‘At The Hotspot’.

 

 

And what have you got planned for the rest of the year?

Sorley - Just releasing new tunes man. June’s quite quiet for us. Hopefully, just get some songs out because we haven’t got one out since January. July is busy, got a couple of festivals like Doune The Rabbit Hole, couple gigs in September. The main thing now is sort of playing fewer gigs in Glasgow and more down south. So new songs, merch and gigs!

 

 

Lastly, El Dorado or Buckfast wine?

Sorley - El D man! Not even because of the Scottish national side of things. Buckfast is just thick as fuck. It’s like drinking jelly man, just viscous, proper syrupy. El Dorado has the fucking beautiful cherry undertones. El Dorado - Scotland’s own.

 

Brodie - Our suitcase today was just filled with El Dorado ahaha. A whole suitcase, whole just to bring down these individually bubble wrapped bottles of the stuff.