TIPPP- How long has When It Counts been a band? And where are you guys from?
WIC- We’ve been playing music together in some way shape or form since July 2010. We’re all from Staten Island, New York.
TIPPP- How did the members of WIC come together to form the band?
WIC- We all met each other in our high school’s marching band, and one day me
(Will) mike and nick got together to jam as a joke. We kept doing it
and decided to take it seriously.
TIPPP- What type of music would you say you play? And what makes it different and sets you aside as unique from other bands?
WIC- We’re a pop punk band, that’s the best way to classify it. As for what makes
it different, I’d say that the guitars in our songs are heavier than
you’d expect for a band like us. We all listen to a lot of metal and
heavier music and it’s definitely an influence on us.
TIPPP- How did the release for your debut EP The Same Old Story go?
WIC- Amazing. We released it online about a month before the EP release show in March
and we’ve gotten such a great response. People are really digging it.
We worked really hard writing and recording it so seeing people really
enjoy it is the greatest feeling. We had it streamed on easycore.net
and a couple of other sites picked up on it and reviewed it, like
Punktastic and this random Japanese blog. I don’t understand what they
said about it but we got an 8.3 of 10 so i’ll take it.
TIPPP- What has When It Counts been up to recently? (shows,tour,recording, etc.)
WIC- We’ve been playing a couple shows and they’ve been great. We recently played
with Real Friends in Manhattan and that went awesome, we were the first
band on but still had a great crowd. We’re leaving for tour august 3rd, with our
friends in One Fell Swoop and Scoutmaster Jack, and we’re currently
writing a follow up to TSOS.
TIPPP- You guys told us you are actually leaving for tour August 3rd, tell us about what you hope to achieve on tour?
WIC- We just wanna play shows to new people and see places we’ve never been to before.
TIPPP- Are there any specific things When It Counts is looking forward to on tour?
WIC- We’re playing a fest in Long Island with our buddies in Firestarter along
with the guys in Nice Shot, Kid, Random Holiday, Batten Down The
Hatches, and This Is Your Life. We haven’t gotten the chance to play
with a lot of these bands yet but we dig their stuff and are really
excited to meet and play with them. We’re also REALLY excited to eat at
Cook Out in North Carolina. We’ve heard it’s incredible.
TIPPP- What's the bands favorite thing to do outside of music?
WIC- As you can probably tell, we love our food. So eating’s a big thing. We
like to hang out, watch hockey and football, play video games, BBQ,
party, and look at weird shit on the Internet.
TIPPP- Are you friends with the other bands you're touring with?
WIC- Hell yeah. We love OFS and Scoutmaster. We’ve played a lot with Swoop this
summer and they’re the nicest guys in the world, super talented
musicians, and so much fun to hang out with. We haven’t gotten to hang
out with Scoutmaster Jack as much, but when we do it’s always a lot of
fun. They’re awesome, and fucking hysterical. Their new record has a
DOPE hip hop track on it.
TIPPP- Should we be looking for anything in the near future from When It Counts after tour?
WIC- We’re always writing new music, so be on the lookout for any mention of new tunez!
TIPPP- Is there anything else you would like to mention or say?
WIC- For real, support local music and local bands. They need your support to
stay alive, so go to their shows, buy merch, share their music with your
friends, slap their stickers up wherever you can, and spread the word
about them. It means the world to them.
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