Over the bast year Pianos Become The Teeth have been the band to listen to in alternative music. There emotional take on post - hardcore music is nothing short of breath taking. Just An Insight caught up with the guys in Brighton during the UK leg of their European tour with Suis La Lune, to talk everything Pianos.  

You guys are currently on tour with Suis La Lune, how’s it been so far?

Mike (Guitar): So far it’s been great

Where is the best place you’ve played so far?

Kyle (Vocals): Probably Cologne or Stockholm

Any particular reason?

Kyle: Just the whole vibe of those nights really, like the people there were really into it and    were just really stocked that we were there it was really cool.

After the release of your debut album ‘Old Pride’ were you surprised at how much of a worldwide success it has become and is there any reason for this?

Kyle:  I think like magazines like Rock Sound picking up the record and pushing it has really helped us out a lot. Obviously our record label Topshelf helped us out a lot. We basically just toured the states of the back of the record and were just surprised how it took off. Not saying it’s a huge record but it is bigger than we would have ever expected.

Where did the name Pianos Become The Teeth originate from?

Mike: I think we’ve done four interviews on this tour so far and everyone has asked that question.

Kyle: Our very first drummer, he came up with that name. The basic idea behind it is if you dwell on something for too long you become that problem, so that’s where it came from and it has just sort of stuck. We get stick for the name all the time but we don’t really care. Some people love it, some people hate it at the end of the day it is just a name. If you like the music that we write who cares

People have said your music is a mix of City Of Caterpillar with Explosions In The Sky. How would you guys describe yourselves?

Kyle: I think that’s a pretty good description to be honest. I mean we don’t tend to stick to one thing; we all listen to different stuff like, country, folk, pop

Mike: A lot of pop and that’s not even a joke

Kyle: We just write what we feel like we want to write and it just comes out as a mix of all our different influences. 

You are part of a group of bands known as ‘The Wave’, how did this group come together?

Kyle: I think it is just that we are all bands that push ourselves really hard it do something new and honestly we are all just a huge group of friends that we all like each other’s bands. I mean it started out as a joke and we thought ‘oh well we need a name for these group of bands’ and someone came up with ‘The Wave’. I think it was the bassist from Make Do And Mend who actually coined the phrase but it is basically just a big joke that has took off into something else.

Is there ever going to be a chance for ‘The Wave’ tour?

Mike: Yeah hopefully

Kyle: Like it is something that all the bands have talked about, but it is just so difficult to find a time that suits all five bands.

What was the main inspiration for you as a band behind the release of ‘Old Pride’?

Kyle: As cliché as it sounds I think you just go through life and experience different things and they influence how you view things. I mean I write the lyrics so I’m a bit biased as I write about things that have affected me. But generally I think we all pitch in and combine together to get the music to how we want it to sound. Like with the new record there is a more focused theme as it looks at things that have affected all our lives not just mine.

When you formed as a band back in 2006, what were shows like starting out in Baltimore?

Mike: Initially it was like any local gig starting out, like you had four or five people come out, then a group of your friends and the other bands. You kind of relied on the other bands to bring the crowd in and hope some of them dug the stuff we played.

Kyle: It was mostly just our friends coming out to watch our stupid band. I personally think when we started out we were trying to do something new compared to all the other bands from our area.

To date what do you think your best show has been?

Kyle: I would probably say the Ruiner show, they played their last show in Baltimore and there was like over a thousand people there, not that there has to be that many people for it to be a good show. Just the overall vibe of the show was incredible. Like everyone important in the Baltimore scene was at that show. It was important to us as well coz even though an awesome band was ending; things were just starting out for us.

Tell us one thing about Pianos Become The Teeth that not a lot of people would know?  

Kyle: Err I guess we all really like Ke$ha

Mike: Yeah that’s one thing, like we all legitimately really enjoy a lot of mainstream pop. Pretty much this entire tour I’ve been listening to Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and Ke$ha

Kyle: Zac’s girlfriend gives him a little stuffed Elmo to take around with him.

Mike: Yup! On every tour

What’s next for Pianos Become The Teeth?

Kyle: We’ve got like fiveish songs in the works for a new record, so we are going to go home after this tour, play a few random shows then start writing for the new record. We are aiming to be recorded by June / July. Apart from that we are playing Crazy Fest and that’s about it really