Sweet Harmonies: Introducing The Intermission Project
Thursday, 03 October 2013
Written by Huw Baines
The Intermission Project are here to soothe you. The youthful trio released their new EP, ‘Sorry’, on September 23 and its three tracks flit by in their own time, gently propelled by frontman Jim Rubaduka’s soulful vocals.
Formed by two primary school friends who were reunited years later in sixth form, Rubaduka and Alex Stevens, the band have been anxiously waiting to get a taste of their sound out there, having spent the summer cropping up at number of festivals, including Green Man and Kendal Calling.
“It feels like it’s been a million years since we recorded it and it’s nice to be able to give people stuff and say, ‘hey, this is us’,” Rubaduka said. “All three of us are chuffed and think it’s pretty representative of our sound. It’s still early days though.
"Inbetween when we recorded it and now, so many songs have been written. It’s like a constant buzz to get stuff out but at the same time we have people around us who are like, ‘patience, there’s no rush’.”
Setting the band apart from the hordes of acoustic-bothering groups currently littering the charts are some razor-sharp harmonies, which complement their lilting tunes and come courtesy of a collaborative approach to arranging Rubaduka’s initial compositions.
“I’ve always listened to a lot of gospel and African music, and obviously there’s millions of harmonies and really rich pitches, so that had a big influence on the whole harmony side. I’ve always been a big fan of choral music as well,” Rubaduka said. “We’re looking forward to playing with different harmonies in the future, but at the same time knowing when to put it in is something we’re still learning. When it’s most effective, most needed.”
Something that Rubaduka is keen to stress following the release of ‘Sorry’ is that the EP is just an early landmark for the band. There’s certainly more to come and, given the speed with which they’re revisiting old ideas and developing new music, their next move could offer a couple of surprises.
“Playing music and doing what we feel is honest and sincere and representative of us is the most important thing,” he said. “These are only three songs of so many other songs. We’re still figuring out a sound, I guess. We’re heading into trip-hop. Look out for that. I’m joking, but it’s still early days. Some of the stuff that we’ve been writing and doing now is slightly different to the more acoustic stuff.”
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