CHiLDREN Of FALL.::.INTERview
    Just one of the best bands right now, those guys rock! With their new album they created 
    one of the most powerful screamo posthardcore of the time... but who knows?! Definetly 
    not much, so time to introduce these danish guys to the audience! We had some words 
    with Emil, bassplayer of the children... 
   

fRk: Some people may never have heard about the „Children of Fall“, so please introduce yourselves a little bit!  E: The band has actually been around for about six years by now... We are a musical collective from Malmö in Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark. Sofar released 3 fullength records and one mcd/split. Toured alot, about 400 live shows by now. 1st cd: Riding a broken vehicle, Genet rec 2nd cd:Ignition for poor hearts, Scenepolice rec 3rd cd: Bonjour tristesse, Day after rec splitmcd with Nikad, Black star foundation

    fRk: The new album “Bonjour Tristesse” is just out on Day After Records/CZ… how does 
    it differ from the older ones… caus unfortunately I just have the new stuff, but it`s more
    than awesome! 

    E:Thank you very much. Let's say that our "new sound" is more dynamic than before, 
    the band wanted to develop their sound and add some more dynamics into the music. 
    Exploit new things and widen the borders of what before was considered as "possible" 
    for us 5 as a band when it comes to write music/songs. 
 

    fRk: Did you have a producer for “Bonjour Tristesse”? 

    E: Nope, but the band got alot of help in the studio from William Blackmon, that also
    recorded and mixed the album. 
 

    fRk: I know that you did some releases for Genet and Scenepolice records, why got the 
    relationships quit? 

    E: Because of alot of different reasons... sometimes things like that just happens... With Genet
    I guess we didn't longer share the same groundvalues when it comes down to punk and 
    buisness, but we still have a good relation with Bruno from Genet today... With Scenepolice
    it was a bit more difficult, i do not know if we were dropped out or if we quitted? it all had to 
    do with our diffrent views on a big political issue. we are still friends with the people behind 
    Scenepolice and i think it's a pity that the label had to end. 
 

    fRk: Do you feel satisfied with Day After? 

    E: Yes! absolutly! Mira is awesome. During my days in the "hardcore/punk scene" i've 
    always heard good things about him and his label, and what can i say more than that people 
    were right. I cannot really think about any other European label that would suit better for us
    right now. 
 

    fRk:When people ask you if you would consider yourself as a punkrock or a hardcore band… 
    what do you answer them? 

    E: Yes we would... we are all from that kind of backround... I've always ben playing in 
    Hc/punk or Emo bands, i have my own label, and been promoting shows since i was 16
    i guess. I've always been into diy, even if i didn't know about the term back in those days. 
    But offcourse, there's always an interesting question in what's punk or not? 
 

    fRk: Some people consider you to be communists, cause you share some anarchistic beliefs… 
    well, I suppose you`re not, but could you go into more detail with that?! 

    E: It's hard to be a communist if you consider yourself to be an Anarchist, right?!? 
    The five individuals in the band have different beliefs and also different definitions on anarchism.
    I guess none of us would call Children Of Fall a Anarchist band, but the members in the band 
    are in one way or another anarchists. We share alot of beliefs, and sure, in many cases this 
    effects the band in one way or another... 
 

    fRk: So then, what do you think about T.I.N.C ( the International Noise Conspiracy )… 
    maybe you know each other?!;) 

    E: I'm always pretty impressed about their liveshows. Havn't heard them on recordings for a 
    long time... i'm happy that they are doing good. Know or know... i'm an old friend of the 
    drummer Ludvig, but i havn't seen him for years. Lars in the inc used to play with a band 
    called "Separation", and Olle and Anders played in "Serene" and since this two bands toured 
    together a couple of times, so i guess they know eachother, at least a bit... 
 

    fRk: “Music” as medium, as a platform of expression… what does that mean to you, what
    do you wanna express? 
: 
    E: lots of things! i couldn't go on day by day if i wouldn't have the chance to be creative. 
    Music can say so much, not just the lyrics, or a band... i so much occupy my life with listening
    to music(hearing other people being creative), go to shows(seing, getting inspired by other 
    bands)... jamming with friends can be so good, playing music that way is when you get that
    right feeling, like talking trough your instrument. 
 

    fRk: Your`re just back from a longer european tour. Just heard that your booker quit with
    his agency and you`re still searching some dates… anymore or did everything went fine 
    at the end?! 
: 
    E: It all wen't fine in the end. we kindof panicked when we found out that our bookingagency 
    wern't replying to our emails,and we didn't get really any info on what shows that did exist or 
    not. So we sended out requests to people that we've been in contact with before, so in the 
    end we did a good tour without any offdays. From now on we will book our own shows just
    the way we used to do before. Feels alot better to be in direct contact with the promotors. 
 

    fRk: Most scandinavian people say the punk/hc scene is dead in the north… what about 
    Denmark/Sweden or your general experiences? 

    E:Denmark usually treat us good, and now lately we played some really good shows in 
    Sweden... there's a new generation of kids and at some places/cities they are actually pulling 
    it together pretty good. 
 

    fRk: I know you already went through a whole lot countries in europe… so do you have any 
    preferences, where you really appreciate to play? 
: 
    E:Mostly in the eastern european part! Recently we toured Russia, Lithuania and Lativa 
    and that was just amazing! 
 

    fRk: What happens after the tour… any existing plans? 

    E:Playing shows in Sweden, we havn't played in our own country for years. Starting to
    rehearse on new material as well I hope. Thank you for the interview, and we are very sorry 
    about this big delayment! Emil/COF

    text: frankie