How did you guys get together to form WAKE? Are the members also playing in another band?
Rob: WAKE was formed in the fall of 2009. I had a bunch of songs pre-written and asked Sergey if he would be down to do a more d-beat/grindcore influenced band, he joined and we began the arduous job of finding members of this band that fit with what we were/are doing. Released a 7" and did a quick tour of the west coast US/Canada. I'd say that pretty much sums that up.
We've all played/play in other bands, none that you've probably heard of hahaha
You have recently concluded another US tour. How was it? Any show highlights that you want to share with us?
Rob: Fucking awesome. Played some amazing shows with some amazing bands, Met a lot of really good people and got to drink a lot of really good beer. All in all it was a blast, can't wait for Europe. The main highlights would be that our van didn't break down and got to play back to back shows with our friends No Brainer in Milwaukee and Chicago.
How do you manage to get by on the road on your own?
Rob: It ain't easy. Jokes and being ridiculously mean to each other.
So far what’s the worst thing that's ever happened to the band
while on tour?
Rob: We've been very fortunate not to have anything go that sour while on tour. Except for maybe the odd cancelled show here or there, which comes with the DIY territory.
You are about to embark on your first European tour beginning with a Bloodshed Fest appearance. You guys must be really stoked to do this one. The line-up for this year’s festival is a killer. What are your expectations for this tour?
Rob: We're extremely excited to come to Europe for all 5 shows. It'll be awesome to play for our European friends and drink some great European beers. I EXPECT to come home with a lot of records and a pair of wooden shoes.
What do you do outside the band? How does touring affect your everyday life?
Rob: We all work menial jobs to fund what we love to do, which is to play and make music.
DIY touring is a lot harder than it was 10 years ago, we try to space our tours out so it doesn't affect our "everyday life" all too much.
Listening closely to each song progression, some songs are like a single track divided to form another song, with the last riff drifting into the next song. Is it just me or was it really planned? Rob: I'm assuming you are talking about Leeches, A lot of times we will write an ending of a song with with the beginning of another in mind. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Where do you guys draw your individual influences?
Rob: My individual influences are Poison Idea.
Kyle: I listen to so much different music that it's pretty hard for to me pinpoint my influences directly. Smart ideas and shitty people. I know they're opposite of each other, but those 2 things are really big influences on how I write.
You have some well-written but do you think the fans care about them? Ever had a chance where a fan approached you to discuss about your lyrics?
Kyle: I've had people tell me they like my lyrics, but never had a conversation discussing them. I don't tend to be overly cryptic with my writing, so it's all pretty straight forward.
Since most of your lyrics deals with negative aspects of the world, what can you say about the world situation these days?
Kyle: The world situation is garbage, it's hard not to focus on all the negative aspects when you watch the world crumble day after day. I'm not the most optimistic when it comes to faith in the human race.
What’s the concept behind the album cover? What’s the purpose of making the whole lay out dark?
Rob: The darkness of the cd was a shitty mistake by the people at the press. The lp on 7 degrees is far superior.
Shortly after the release of the album you came up with a split EP with Greece’s Dephosporous. How did this project happen? Can you tell us more about this split EP?
Rob: We recorded the 3 songs that appear on the 7" while on tour as only demo recordings. Once we got the tracks back we decided that they sounded killer and wanted to put them out, we spoke with Simon from 7degrees and he offered to do a split release between us and Dephosphorus.
What’s next for Wake?
Rob: Well, 2013 is going to be a pretty busy year. We have a split with a band called Rehashed which will come out on Give Praise Records some time very soon, we will have one of our songs released on a comp put out by Panos from Dephosphorus's label, Blast Beat Productions.
As for touring and live shows, we will use most of the winter to write and record our follow up to Leeches, We will do a few small Canadian tours/select American dates though out the winter and spring with a full European tour in July. Our friend Clennon is putting together a really cool festival in Calgary called "Torment in Fire" which we will play in April, we have been offered a bunch of festival dates all over the place, now we're just trying to decide which ones we will be taking on.
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