Australians Capture The Crown formed in 2010 going on to get
signed, play shows, tour and release material. As the years pressed on they continued
to do the same cycle until they got signed to another label and continued to
release music and plan for upcoming shows and touring. Frontman vocalist
Jeffrey Wellfare discusses about the new label, new album, and touring plans,
and the future within their grasps.
1. First of all, who are you, and what do you do in the
band?
Jeffrey: My name's Jeffrey and I am the vocalist.
2. For those who aren't familiar with Capture the Crown yet
could you give us a brief little history lesson on the band?
Jeffrey: Well we're 4/5 members that are Australian one is
from Pennsylvania. We play music, we enjoy playing music and there is no sense
on the music we play. We've been playing the U.S. for the last 2 and a half years
and have not broken out of our area yet been stuck in your country for the
moment. It's always a fun time out on stage and use our crowd perception
towards the live performances and just have a good time with it.
3. How has the transition and relationship been since your
arrival to Artery Recordings?
Jeffrey: Transition
wise it's been extremely smooth all of the guys are cool. They've looked after
us from this point, things were up in the air sitting in limbo wondering where
we were going to go, then they came as our knight in shining armor have been
really good to us. They're very good to us and easy to get along with them,
we're able to talk to them anytime, with other labels you wouldn't be able to
get that loyalty.
4. Before this transition occurred you were label-less and
had released an EP "Live Life" using the DIY method. If you were able
to do this why not continue using that as your release?
Jeffrey: I guess in this industry and country you need that
backing. You need someone to look after you not just financially but contacts on
who you know and what they can do. We were with our previous label and we felt
that relationship was to its full capacity. With Artery there's new doors and
new adventures so opening our eyes to more than we were use too previously.
5. Can you tell us how this album differs from the previous
releases? What can we expect and what is the message behind it?
Jeffrey: Every individual song has its own meaning. I don't
want to give out any details but with this album we wanted to ensure that the
people have their own take of listening to the music. When you give the
audience an idea of what the song or the album is about, it wrecks the adventure for the listener. People
won't want to listen to the song if it's about that or this so we didn't want
to give out too many hints as to what it's about. The album you will expect is
raw, having gone that extra mile, it's all real and playable and is very
emotional and comes from a dark place and experiences we've faced. It's very
real that's about it really.
6. What was the recording process like this time around? Was
there anything different that happened or was it the same old studio thing?
Jeffrey: It was extreme different. We went to the producers
Taylor Larson and guitarist/vocalist of From First To Last come in as well as a
guy named Ernie who worked with Taylor, we brought them songs sort of having
the structure, melodies, and ideas picking them apart, doing different things
the best ways. But for me it was an
interesting experience, the first time I came I was sick so I couldn't complete
the vocals until later. So not having a place to stay in America doesn't give
you too many options, especially when the producer is working with other bands.
So there were nights where I slept in a gas station or other places then went
to the studio. As for the recording process did try different things and
honestly emotionally we did different takes and disgusting things to get those
reactions out of me. Those were totally different than the past experiences, like
there were things like getting naked in the studio, feeling uncomfortable,
getting burnt, stabbed, ice thrown at me, random shit that will remind me of
what I was singing about and getting it as real as possible with all those
songs. It was very different and nothing like we've experienced before but it's
made us all stronger as people and musicians and focus on the important things
on this album.
7. Are there any surprises or any collaborations on the
album? If so, how did you guys choose who you wanted to have as guest vocals on
the new album?
Jeffrey: We've got 2 guests one is known and one is unknown
and we liked the way they did there thing with their music so it was an honor
to have them on the album. I think the album is a surprise for anyone that has
heard us or has not, because this album will be an extreme shock for everyone.
8. Can you discuss the album's artwork and what the title
"Reign Of Terror" refers too?
Jeffrey: I think it's clear that the band has been through
hell and back within the last year not listing all of the reasons but those who
have followed us do get it. This has been a fucking nightmare and how we're
still around who fucking knows. But it shows we're really passionate and this
is our lifestyle and the reign of terror sums up everything that is within this
album. It's the perfect line of summing everything up with this band and
everyday lives. To have something so memorable and sound so big it sounds like
terror.
9. Taylor Larson and Matt Good were the producers for this
album, so what did they bring to the table for this album?
Jeffrey: We got thrown into the mix with Taylor originally
we were doing a cover song for our previous label and we had gone to him and
was close to our management. We did the track with him for this compilation for
our previous label, getting the song out, just how it all worked. Producers who
would give us an electronically programming point of view and push it was nice
to break free from that aspect, finding a producer to give us something
different. After recording that song we wanted to do an album with him. So we
loved his work and handled himself in the studio and be brought a lot of
experience to us that we didn't know. So he learned stuff from the musicians
he's worked it so it was a given get experience for us.
10. You had said “This album isn't recycled or anything
you've heard before. It represents the end of a dark period in my life, and is
therefore pure emotion translated through music.” Can you elaborate?
Jeffrey: I've brushed into some experiences and the band has
had. It hasn't been easy it was what we had to do I guess. Some bands write
about blood, death, and killings, Aliens, YouTube, I don't get it and it pisses
me off. We get told a lot of shit for expressing our own opinions and I think
music is an art and putting your heart and soul into it and people can take
from it and live from it. There's realness and is relatable no matter the
situation or where you live every single lyric is relatable in some factor. You
can put 1 song that might mean one thing that's to a different situation that's
happening with yourself. That's the beautiful thing about this album, there's
no way of throwing a song it can mean so many things to someone.
11. How massive will the touring and promotion on the
"Reign Of Terror" album be?
Jeffrey: To be honest, it won't be hugely crazy the band is financially
fucked and it hasn't helped that we've done some dumb expenses buying an RV and
stuff we need to learn from but we didn't know at the time. So it's even hard
to get out on the next tour but once we get the ball rolling it should be
better. Promotion should be minimal and beg for help from the fans and people
getting everyone to have a listen. We know we've been judged and thrown into categories
of other bands in the past but this is completely different. There's a lot of
maturity and depth and all this album needs is for the people to listen to it.
You just need to listen to it and let it grow on you, I think it has the possibility
of doing that.
12. What can fans expect to hear? More new songs or old
songs?
Jeffrey: We're trying to break free from the old stuff. Like
any musician you get sick of playing the old stuff. So with the new stuff you
want to play it, because it's fresh and newer in your mind. We'll put the hit
songs in the set, a good mix of different songs from the different releases
we've done.
13. You've played acoustically several times so does this
mean we will eventually see an all acoustic release from you guys?
Jeffrey: We've been looking at doing something like that
there's been talks about it. We enjoy all the genres of music , so we feel we
can expand our fan base and help us grow as musicians.
14. How about the rest of this year, what do you want to
achieve before this year's end?
Jeffrey: I'd love to hear that we'll be on tours next year
but who knows. I think the guys are bummed about us not being on Warped Tour this
year, so we'd like to get on that for next year perhaps.
I'd love to see the album grow big and be successful enough
and promoted well. We'd all like to see more of the world besides America which
we love, but we want to see different places we have not. Be able to see fans
who have been waiting for us, experiencing different things, meeting new
people, getting back into the mode of things because it's been slow as of
lately.
15. Is there anything you’d like to say to your fans and
supporters?
Jeffrey: Like always, thank you so much for your support and
help. This album will not let you down and this band will never give up for
you. Come out to the shows and some special stuff coming up thank you it means
a lot to us.
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