Why Vinyl Is Important To Them

Having the chance to constantly create new music has really given the five-piece the ability to hone their approach to songwriting. “Mainly Dylan [Cooper; guitarist and twin brother] will come to band prac and he’ll be like, ‘Hey lads, check out this riff’… We have a pretty good musical background having most of us studied it so we are pretty good at jamming songs and I just write the lyrics.” The latter is something that really drives the band and vibe that is Raccoon City. Cooper explains he draws from: “Just a lot of personal experiences and feelings. People that write about fictional stuff is kind of the easy way out. Instead of putting [their own] words and feelings on the line [other lyricists] just use someone else’s so I like to keep it pretty personal and close to me.”

"It doesn’t feel real to just download it."

The split single will continue the band’s love affair with vinyl as opposed to more modern methods. “I just really like having and collecting vinyl; I feel very strongly about having a physical representation of it. It doesn’t feel real to just download it. I want something you can put to the music.”

The release of Nightlife also saw new distribution labels jump on board. “We’d been trying for a while and we had a couple of dudes just kind of bailed and we never heard from them again. Then some guy (Sam from Spit The Dummy Records) mentioned on Facebook’s Emo/Skramz Merch Swap group how he wanted to start a label and said he’d help us out. At the same time I had Darren from Dogfight in the UK start messaging me and I thought this is a great opportunity because I thought I can have both of them do it and I don’t have to plan anything. The split with Tired Minds will be out through Spit The Dummy as well most probably, we haven’t got everything confirmed but it should be out in a few months.”