The Third Degree Burn is where each week we subject a different artist to a barrage of random and ofttimes fairly meaningless questioning. This week we ask Alcoholic Faith Mission to feel the third degree burn.
Name & Rank: Sune (songwriting, producing, bass, samples, guitars, piano, voices, percussion), Thorben (songwriting, producing, samples, guitars, bass, piano, percussion, leadvocal), Kristine (songwriting, keyboards, percussion, leadvocal), Laurids (drums, guitars, vocal), Gustav (trombone, samples, guitars, vocal).
Serial Number (Age): Sune (30), Thorben (33), Kristine (24), Laurids (26), Gustav (32) Group: Two Hours Traffic
Now let's get started:
Where are you from (hometown) and where are you now:
Originally from small towns around Copenhagen. Today all of us live in Copenhagen.
When did you start performing:
As Alcoholic Faith Mission in 2006.
How do you describe your music to people:
As a mixture of organic and more synthetic sounds; folktronica some reviewers label it.
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given:
After years of hard times in Denmark our new manager told us last year to forget about Denmark. It's too small (only five million people), he said. Since then we've been touring and gained fans all over Europe. Recently we got a record deal in Japan - and the U.S.
Favorite new song from the past year:
In the flowers (Animal Collective)
Favorite new group from the past year:
The Antlers
Your favorite song of all time:
Have you forgotten (Red House Painters)
Group/Artist you’d like to work with most:
Broken Social Scene
Last great concert you saw:
Explosions in the sky
Last great film you saw:
Inglourious Basterds
An obscure group you think should be more popular:
Mark Kozelek
Your favorite musical instrument:
Definitely not the banjo
Your last performance:
The venue Spedition in Bremen, Germany
Your favorite City to perform in:
Hamburg, Germany
Your strangest fan moment:
When we played in Modena (Italy) a couple told us after the concert that they had been driving 800 km to see us play. then they drove back again same evening. amazing!!
Your favorite venue:
Societätstheater in Dresden, Germany or Astra Stube, Hamburg.
If you had your own country, what would you name it:
Escapism
