This Is My Honesty
This Is My Honesty is a fresh new rock/punk/emo outfit from Cambridge.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
The first seeds were sewn in November 2005 when future members Ben and Will met while working at HMV in Cambridge. Ben had previously been in the successful pop-punk outfit First Day with his close friend James, and a few months after that band dissolved they decided to get a new outfit going at the start of 2006. Will jumped at the chance to join up with Ben and James, who soon recruited their old pal Tim to play the bass. To say that the band gelled instantly would be an understatement; seven new songs were written in the first seven practises. By the start of February the name This Is My Honesty came into existence and in early April the four recorded their first EP, featuring the tracks I Have No Evidence That Print Is Dead, A Handwritten Confession, Turn The Page and A Bloodlust We Trust. The foursomes first gigs followed soon after and over the next four months they caused a storm and ran riot across the south of the UK. In October the band spent four days at Premier Studios in Corby with famed producer Iain Wetherell to record the Make The Most Of Now EP, their most polished work yet featuring the new songs I Eat Green Berets For Breakfast, Hell Hath No Fury Like A Womans Scorn For Sega, Notes From The Faculty Lounge and Careless Talk Costs Lives. The next step for the band is an all out assault on the record labels of the UK.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We play live regularly and have torn up venues in Cambridge, Ely, Canterbury, London and Horncastle so far.
Your musical influences
Its very hard to describe our music as there are so many different influences channelled into it. The vocals are very prominent in the songs and are highly reminiscent of the emo genre, particularly the harmonies. Musically, the guitars are sometimes very hard rock and often border on punk or metalonly to sometimes suddenly drop out and produce softer, more ambient sounds. The bass is straightforward and punky, but the odd funk groove gets thrown in now and again. At the back, the drums are typically solid and on the money with the beats often changing up and down the gears to follow the rhythm and mood of the guitars.
What equipment do you use?
Gibson, Peavey & Fender guitars and basses, Marshall amps, Pearl drums, Paiste cymbals and Premier hardware.
