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  • The Drumlord

    Posted by Michael M on 05th Jul 2011
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    Here's how the r'n'b group We Are The Physics get their fabulous drum sound.. Michaeldrum demonstrates how fast his arms must move in order to beat them beats, no normal camera can capture his speed reducing him to some blurry octopus of a man. We get our bassiest drum sounds by using a mic to pick up the hum from Michaeldrum's ballsack as shown in the photo. We use old t-shirts from the pop band Texas to dampen things. I don't know what that term means. I didn't know there was water involved in drumming, but I'm not musical really.
  • We used an acoustic guitar…proof!

    Posted by Michael M on 01st Jul 2011
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    Last night, we used an acoustic guitar in a song... I know, I know what you're thinking. But, look, here's me being repulsed by our own behaviour. Check that melted facial expression. I look like I've just discovered the cure for male pattern baldness, but then lost it down the back of a sofa. Absolute disgust with myself.

    Listen, right, when we put that tweet/farcebook message out last night about using an acoustic, it caused a genuine backlash. You were outraged, causing one man to say "NoooooOOOOOOoooo!!" and another to cruelly tell us we were dead to him. Some were less understanding. We tried to rectify the situation by saying we'd put a ring modulator, and Alex Barrett jumped to our defence saying we made a guitar sound like an old Spectrum once, so you should have faith in us. And, yes, Physfans, you should.

    Our use of the acoustic adheres strictly to our Physics regime of doing things badly. You will find no sour ballad on this record, particularly not with an acoustic backing. But, then again, we do make a habit of contradicting ourselves as often as possible. Don't we? No. Yes.
  • Disaster strikes in the studio!

    Posted by Michael M on 28th Jun 2011
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    Here's Thomas, bass player of the seminal band Gang Of Four, with his face like an angry bastard due to dropping his cous cous on the floor. This is how middle class our record is going to be, the man twiddling the knobs eats cous cous during recording. "It's okay," he said, "I've still got my blueberries and granola." Rock and roll, rock and roll, I love rock and roll.
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