Any music you are excited about in 2025?

We would love if Sensational released something this year.

That's cool you're fans of Sensational, he's a real undersung legend. How did you get into him and what do you like about his music?

Coming across Corner The Market, it was a breath of fresh air. He has such a distinct vocal style and production that feels like his own thing. It’s almost a genre of its own.

You played in a boxing ring once, right? How did that gig go?

It was a fundraiser for Pedro Youth Club, where one of us boxes, a very sweet event and one of our first ever gigs. We didn't have a sound engineer, and the bass was very intense for our set, which made one of the speaker stacks collapse—it was millimeters from crushing our friend. Another band played there soon after, and the crowd vandalized the space, which meant we couldn’t raise money for the community space anymore by doing events.

What’s more fun, playing in a club or a gallery?

It really depends on the crowd, the soundsystem and our health. Playing at UCLA campus which was not a music venue at all was a very fun gig because the audience was so fun.

Any other shows stick out as being particularly fun?

Another fun and memorable gig was back in 2022 in Ormside, London. We performed in a pool and set up a ceiling installation so that there was a continuous stream of water pouring down on the stage. The microphones were covered in plastic for protection and the show was titled Splash Zone. A song from that show is coming out on this charity compilation raising funds for Congo at the end of this month.

What does it mean to really live the rat lifestyle?

Staying up late, being warm, and snacking on nuts.

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