We were in the same room having a meeting with our manager and he was just messing about on one of my guitars as he always does when we are trying to have a conversation. Olly: “Dan came to me with some chords and, if you’ll pardon the pun, they struck a chord. Could you give us a bit of a background on the track and do you think this is your best work to date? NC: We’ll talk about the latest single ‘Glue’ now. I just really enjoy the music we’re making, I think it’s good music.” It’s really interesting and fun to bring in these inspirations and it does put us into a zone inbetween indie and pop. It’s stacks of genres that you can pick out if you look deep into the song. But then there’s a pop synth that follows the melody of the track. Like in Glue, there’s a heavy guitar tone that drives the song and it wouldn’t go amiss on a rock record. It appeals to both indie fans and pop fans, so who’s to say we can’t appeal to everyone?”ĭan: “There’s a massive range of inspirations in the band that contribute to our sound when we write. They said our song was poppy enough to fit and I think that’s brilliant, that’s a massive compliment. Lymm Radio put our latest track on their ‘A-List’, and they are big on their 80’s pop music. We were talking about this the other day, we do have that indie feel in terms of the guitars, grit and power, especially in our last song. Olly: “You could definitley define us as indie pop, but I love that. NC: In terms of a genre, would you describe yourselves as indie pop? Pop can sometimes be a dirty word in music so I was wondering how you would categorise yourselves? I was originally in Kris’s old band when we were kids and that’s where I started out as a musician.” I knew Kris quite well from the band, he went to school in Lymm with me. Viola Beach were proud to say they were from Warrington. There’s a big group chat with all of us on, sending each other messages and bigging each other up, so it is a really nice community spirit at the minute.” Right now, a lot of the musicians in the town have grown up together and it feels close knit. And there’s other bands that have pushed the Warrington scene. Before that there was Ian Brown who still lives in Lymm. Viola Beach were big influences on the modern scene. NC: It feels like there’s a real community spirit at the minute on the Warringon music scene, is it a good thing to be a part of right now, particularly following the recent ‘Swings and Waterslides’ cover from Warrington Music to commemorate Viola Beach?ĭan: “I think it’s great right now. We like both the Manchester and Warrington scene.” Dan is from Sale, Tom is from Hyde, so it’s a real mix, but we are all proper northerners. I was born in Urmston and moved to Lymm, our drummer is from Warrington and we have always been close to that scene. Olly: “I’m quite liking saying ‘we are a band form the north’. NC: So where is your hometown, would you say you are a Warrington band? They end up getting lairy so, long story short, we are named after a drinking game, which is kind of reflective on us as people!” Owen Wilson’s character wants to play it again so he says ‘uno mas’, which means one more. Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan are in an old western spa in copper baths, and they start playing a Chinese drinking game. There’s a story behind it – a Jackie Chan film, Shanghai Noon, if you haven’t seen it it’s a really funny film. It stood out for me cause I’ve always thought noone is gonna have a dodgy Spanish phrase as a band name, but it works. Everyone went to uni and I carried on doing other music stuff but the band name always stuck with me and I’d always wanted to revisit it. Olly: “The band originally started when I was in college but didn’t go anywhere, it was a flash in the pan, a sort of teenage thing. NC: Where does the name UNO MAS come from? We needed a decent singer songwriter and Olly came along at the perfect time, so everything slotted together nicely, almost like it was fate.” NC: So how did the you all meet to start UNO MAS?ĭan: “Tom and Lew had been in a band together previously, I met Lew in Uni and was ready to start a band. We spoke to Olly and Dan over Zoom to discuss their latest single, plus the Warrington music scene, lockdown as a band, their upcoming gig at Deaf Institute and plenty more. Originally formed in college by frontman, Olly Thornton, it would be several musical ventures later that he would re-visit the UNO MAS project with the current line-up – Olly (lead vocals/guitar), Dan Whitelegg (guitar), Tom Pearson (bass) and Lew Roberts (drums). North West indie pop four-piece UNO MAS have been making waves with the release of their latest single, ‘Glue’, a synth-infused statement from a band whose fanbase and acclaim is growing by the day.
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