Interview: Canterbury

That’s true, a lot of British bands seem to be breaking through internationally lately, such as Bastille and The 1975. How do you feel about the British scene growing again?
Yes, that’s great! I mean, they do have a big push behind them, big major labels and all that. But it is a good thing for the smaller bands as well, since the eyes are on the UK. That’s how it goes, people kind of rise together in groups, so now that the focus is back on the UK, we are kind of able to take advantage of that.

You’ve done some shows with Kids In Glass Houses, what was that like?
They just love to party. They’re just great dudes and I can’t really see anything bad about them. There’s been some long, long drives on that tour, but it’s always just been good energy. They’re very funny people too – the Welsh tend to be quite funny anyway and they’re a perfect example of it. Really good folks to be around.

Where do you see yourselves in ten years from now?
Probably sitting right here, about to play a show in Amsterdam, but maybe sold out in the big room. We would just like to be able to carry on doing this for as long as possible. We would live in a house – just across there, we could be in this city forever. A nice riverside and a nice apartment.. We don’t have any plans not to be doing the band in ten years time, the plan is to crack on for as long as possible. Every band wants to be as big as possible, there are no bands out there who have a ‘ceiling’. Nothing is ever enough, you’re always striving for the biggest things. So until you’re satisfied, which is never, you’re always going to carry on.

Het nieuwe album van Canterbury, Dark Days, zal verschijnen op 13 januari via Hassle. Het album is al vooruit te bestellen via Bol.com voor €16,99.