It’s hard to imagine Six Miles Wide as an acoustic act, given the rock ‘n’ roll beast they are today.
Formed in Pamplona back in 2010, their acoustic beginnings lasted only six songs. Erik Norling and Pedro Granda quickly began to crave something more destructive and, with Mötley Crüe and Buckcherry on their minds, rounded the band out into a five piece. Their debut album, ‘Through The Wild’, arrives on March 7, following a few years spent clawing their way up the ladder.
The band released their first EP, ‘Deadly Habits’, back in 2012 and landed a slot opening for Chicago’s the Last Vegas on their Spanish tour. Fast forward two years and it’s clear that Six Miles Wide are no low-rent cock-rock tribute act.
Instead, they hitch the grandiose vision of ‘80s metal to a distinctly 21st century sound that nods to everyone from Heaven’s Basement to Santa Cruz. Listening back to their first EP - which, in their own words carries “a more Swedish sleaze sound” - it’s clear that the band, who were all just teenagers when Six Miles Wide formed, have matured.
“We’ve put all our energy and effort [into] it,” Adrian Miles, one of the band’s guitarists, said. “We’ve been preparing it during a whole year and it’s a great part of our life now. It’s been recorded and produced by Kolibri Díaz, guitarist of Marea, a really well-known band here in Spain, and we’ve met a lot of talented people during this period. Fans will find a wild album, extremely well produced, and we’re pretty sure that fans are going to enjoy listening to it. [The] songs are catchier, more energetic and happier than ‘Deadly Habits’.”
The band’s origins are a far cry from the cash-rich excess of the groups that inspired their sound. Still, Miles insists that social and financial obstacles won’t hold them back.
“In Spain it’s really hard to be a musician due to the economic and social situation that we are living [in],” he said. “Our style of music is really a minority here in Spain. Most Spanish rock fans like us when they hear our songs, but it’s really difficult to reach them, because there’s not too much diffusion of new Spanish rock bands.
“We have a big fan base in our city, Pamplona, but social pages help us a lot in having fans around the country, especially in Madrid, Barcelona and the north of Spain. Writing songs in English is a great handicap here too, that’s why our goal is to expand our music among Europe.”
Six Miles Wide have big plans for the rest of 2014, with touring top of their list of priorities. Following the release of ‘Through The Wild’ they hit the road in Spain prior to a few festivals.
“We’ve scheduled a Spanish tour and we’re planning to do some summer festivals too,” Miles said. “But also, we hope to be playing abroad as soon as we can. Our goal is to spread our music as far as we can. Everything is possible. We're young and doing what we love the most in the world.”
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