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Laughing In The Face Of: Getting Faster All The Time [Interview]

We talk to Laughing In The Face Of, one of the fastest, hardest-shredding bands in the UK, about how they’ve gotten faster as they’ve grown older, the challenges of self-recording and the joys of the punk rock scene.

Interview by Sarah Williams.

Birmingham’s fastest skate-punks Laughing In The Face Of have teased us with two video singles so far this year. They’ve posted plenty about the recording and mixing of their new record, which will be their first since 2013’s The Governor.

As a long-established band on Shout Louder’s sister project Lockjaw Records, we wanted to give them some much deserved hype, and find out what they’ve been doing with the last 6 years. We interviewed Steve Lowry (vocals, guitar) and Jimmy Carroll (bass) to learn more.

Rumour has it that you’ve got a brand new album on the way! How long’s that been in the works?

Steve: That rumour might be true. Both writing and recording were a long process. With writing, we just did what we could without forcing it into a time frame. We wanted to make the best out of it. No filler, every song well-thought out, nothing we would feel even remotely disheartened by at the end. I mean, we all wanted to get it done, but realistically it was never gonna be a quick job. Continue reading “Laughing In The Face Of: Getting Faster All The Time [Interview]”