CERES

I'm extremely stoked to present to you Never Miss A Beat's second ever interview! This time Rhys from Ceres come through for us. 

Hi Rhys, 

Thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions for Never Miss A Beat.

It’s been a massive year for Ceres kicking it off with Soundwave, how was it to play at one of Australia’s biggest festivals?

It was insane! Such a fun experience. It was by far the biggest stage we had played on at the time. We played first for the day, so we had ALOT of free time afterwards to relish in the perks of the all access pass!

Your debut album ‘I Don't Want To Be Anywhere But Here' is definitely one of the best records I’ve heard this year, what’s next for Ceres?

Thanks a lot man, appreciate the support! We’ve got a heap going on for the rest of this year. We are about to head out on the road with Violent Soho, stopping at basically every town in Australia! As for new music, stay tuned, there may be a little something popping up soonish.

I saw you guys kill it at The Rev a couple months ago with Poison City Weekender, how does it feel to be apart of the Poison City family?

Technically we are the weird ugly cousin, as our hearts lie with Hobbledehoy Records, but it feels great! We kind of fell into that group of bands and we couldn’t be happier. We have played countless shows with all those guys and they are all good friends. The label definitely has a really loyal, rad bunch of fans and they’ve all been really kind to us.

The Rev’s a great venue; can you pick a favourite Melbourne venue to play at?

Other than the Rev, I’d have to say the Grace Darling basement. We play a Christmas show there every year with our good friend Marc Baker and it’s just an epic sweaty mess. Tiny room, low ceiling and and 150 of our closest friends! We’ll do it again this year, stay tuned!

The Melbourne punk scene is really thriving at the moment, can you recommend any bands for us to check out?

Ah man, you are definitely asking the wrong guy about this! I’m usually the last guy to hear about new bands. We played in Launceston a few weeks ago for ‘Till The Wheels Fall Off’ and my mind was blown by OUTRIGHT, they were incredible and had a very positive message to put out there too. Another one would be HAVE/HOLD, we play with those guys a fair bit and they are writing some really good songs. Total legends as well.

You must be stoked to head on tour with Say Anything, what band would you most love to open for?

The Say Anything tour was a dream come true for us, their lineup was basically a 2000’s emo supergroup! I’d say the band we’d love to open for most would be a tie between Brand New and Jimmy Eat World, all of us in the band are huge fans of both those bands.

I missed out on the ‘Baker Tee’ any chance of bringing them back? Would love to get my hands on one. Any other merch in the works?

That was my favourite too. We tend to do 50 or so of each design, and when they sell out we bring out a new one. We are pretty luck with the amount of creative friends we have! I’d say that design is done, but we would definitely do another design with Steve Baker if he’ll have us. His art is pretty amazing!

Finally, Never Miss A Beat loves a guilty pleasure, have you got any to share?

Individually, too many to list, but as a band? As un rock and roll as it is, when we are playing interstate, the first thing we do out of the airport is find some water to swim in, cleanses the soul you know? We are all pretty into sampling the local city’s worst beers as well. Apparently no one drinks West End’s in Adelaide? I don’t feel guilty about either of these things though!

Really appreciate your time, 

Thanks

Mark

If you haven't picked up an album of Ceres' debut album yet, you need to. Catch them live supporting Violent Soho on their Australian tour in November and December.