After being moved across town to Northumbria University, the boys in Elliot Minor stop off in Newcastle as part of their Solaris Tour. George catches up with keyboardist Ali Paul and bassist Ed “Teddy” Hetherton, for their reactions on recent events; they talk around the lack of buzz for their band these days, cringing over fireworks, and Ali plugs Franko a few dozen times.
George: Can you say your names, and what you do in the band?
Ali: My name’s Ali, I play keyboards in Elliot Minor.
Ed/Teddy: My name’s Ed, and I play bass.
George: How’s the tour been so far?
Ed: Good! I think we got bored of playing the old stuff, so it’s good to be playing some new stuff.
George: How have Me vs Hero and Franko been received on this tour?
Ali: Pretty well, I think yeah, I mean Franko are so accomplished for their age, real professionalism, really good songs, Me vs Hero are perfect for just before we go on, they’re a bit harder sound, a bit more rocky, and they really get the crowd sort of buzzed, so yeah! Perfect supports.
George: Solaris has just been released, are you pleased with it’s initial reaction so far?
Teddy: Ish.
Ali: Yeah, I mean, honestly, I suppose we would have hoped for a wider audience to of heard it. We’ve had some issues behind the scenes, and with the promotion we were able to get from changing record labels and stuff, but from the people who have heard it, we’ve had an amazing response.
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We caught Elliot Minor‘s recent show in Newcastle towards the end of their UK tour in support of their new album Solaris, to check out the photos click the link below. Keep checking back as we’ll also be posting an interview with the band soon!
