We sent Brave Yesterday some questions via e-mail to find out how they have been enjoying being in the music scene for a short time so far, future touring plans and much more.

Hello and thank you for taking time out to answer these questions!

First of all can you give us a brief history of the band such as how you came together as a band and came up with the name Brave Yesterday?
We’ve been together a few years now. We’d all gigged together in different bands when we were younger and knew each other through that. We all met in a bar and discussed what we wanted to do and took it from there. Since that night things have been gradually pushing forward and we’ve had some great opportunities so far.
The name Brave Yesterday will mean something different to everyone, so we’ll let you make your interpretation.

Who would you say your main musical influences are?
We all listen to different kinds of music so we have a real mix of influences in the band. Some of us take influence from bands like Underoath, Every Time I Die and Comeback Kid, some of us prefer more laid back music like City and Colour, Death Cab for Cutie and Bjork.

You released your latest EP ‘The Truth Is’ back on the 8th January, what response have you had from it so far?
It’s all been really positive so far. We’ve had a lot of support from the folks in Jersey and they’ve been great coming to our Jersey shows and learning the new songs. We’ve had some awesome feedback from people around the UK and further afield as well so it’s great hearing good things from all over.

You teamed up with the guys from The Animal Farm to work on ‘The Truth Is’ what were they like to work with?
We’d met Ville once before in London so we weren’t going in completely new to the guys there. They’re all really down to earth guys who enjoy what they do and have fun while they’re doing it. They’re serious about what they do, but don’t take themselves too seriously so that helped us settle in and do our best. They had some really sick ideas too, which we welcomed with open arms.

You have a video section on your MySpace page which is currently blank, does that mean a music video is currently in the works? And if so what song will it be for?
That’s right, it is blank! We’re working on a video for The Truth Is… at the moment. That should be up soon.

I understand you played a few shows supporting McFly, that must have been some experience, how did you go down with the McFly fans?
We supported them on our home turf so we had the bonus of a local following, but I think we were received well by their fans…at least Danny Jones seemed to think so! It was one of the biggest gigs in our career so far and it was an amazing crowd, hopefully we’ll see more like it.

You also took part performing at the Jersey Live Festival in 2009 how did this come about and did you manage to check out any bands at the festival?
Being a local band in Jersey gives you the shoe in to play in the annual Jersey Live Battle of the Bands. Basically all the best bands in Jersey get together and play a 3 hour mini-festival, usually in front of crowds of 1,000+. We nabbed the top spot and won a slot on the Main Stage and a headlining slot in the Big Tease tent.
We saw most of the Main Stage acts over the weekend like Basement Jaxx, The Temper Trap and well, the list goes on. We wanted to see as many of our friends bands as we could and since all bands competing in the Battle won a slot in the Big Tease tent for local bands, we spent a lot of time in there.

You currently only have a few live shows announced for Jersey and Guernsey, can we expect you to head to England and the rest of the UK for a full length tour in the near future?
We’re going to be booking a mini-tour for June this year hopefully playing around London and maybe Manchester too. As for a full length tour of the UK, who knows what’s going to happen in 2010.

MySpace seems to be a big tool in the music industry these days with bands communicating with their fans over it and some even ditching their own website and having just a MySpace site, what are your opinions on MySpace as a tool in the music industry?
We’ve relied heavily on promotion through MySpace and increasingly through Facebook. Different bands have different tactics for promotion, I guess you have to go with what you know and what works and MySpace definitely gets band’s the exposure they need. MySpace seems to have become the main place for bands to promote and be heard. It’s probably more a band promotion vehicle than a general networking facility now a days.

Where would you like to see Brave Yesterday in a year’s time?
Hopefully we’ll be more present across the UK by 2011, but who knows what the future holds for us. We’re trying to take things one step at a time and not get ahead of ourselves too much. Writing and gigging are the priorities right now.

One random question that we ask every band, if you could be an animal out of a Zebra and a Giraffe which one would you be and why?
Giraffes. Fun fact about Giraffes, they only sleep deeply for a few minutes at a time, otherwise they’re just dozing.

Thanks for your time do you have a message for your fans reading this?
Dear fans of Brave Yesterday, listen to our music and then tell all of your friends!!

Interview By Trigger