Interview with the Band The Noble Front

By Mick Michaels








The Cosmick View: Hello, and welcome to The Cosmick View/MBM Ten Pounder! Thanks for taking some time to chat with us! 

CV: Describe your definition of the band’s sound and style and how does that definition uniquely describe the music?
The Noble Front: Our band, The Noble Front, has a raw, energetic and hard-hitting style that aims to resonate with listeners on feelings of frustration, anger, fear and vulnerability. The sound of the music is essentially; loud guitars, pounding bass and punchy drums. This sound is encapsulated in tracks such as Not For Me and The Sea. That being said, the debut self-titled record does contain tracks and moments of more solemn expression. The track Tired & Down is one that brings the listener to a quieter, darker place than other tracks. As does 801.

CV: Today, everyone talks about artist and audience connection. Is such a level of connection actually achievable for an artist and if so, how have you made the connection to your fans?
The Noble Front: The first thing is respecting and spending time in your own scene, I feel. The band is based in Galway, on the west coast of Ireland, and connecting with fans and bands in your local area is vital as a base and footing for any band. Once you are content and happy with your own music, live act and live presence in your town, then you can take steps to grow and spread with more confidence.

CV: Is fan interaction an important part of the band’s inner culture?
The Noble Front: We are finalizing our band lineup at the moment and hope to bring our live act to fruition in the coming months. For us, based off our own experiences in previous bands, fan interaction is everything for a band. Without fans and listeners you just have yourself.

CV: Can a band truly interact with its fans and still maintain a level of personal privacy without crossing the line and giving up their “personal space” in your opinion?
The Noble Front: It’s a difficult, but I think it’s definitely achievable. Your music, in essence, is you. It is an expression of yourself in your truest form. You are offering yourself to others to judge in sonic form, and if they like it, great! After this, you are trying your best to entertain fans and potential fans with your live act. Fan interaction is so important and takes so much openness from musicians, to the point of it being invasive at times. But there is always the option to switch off from the music for a time, which can be really beneficial for it in the long run.

CV: Is music, and its value, viewed differently around the world in your opinion?  If so, what do you see as the biggest difference in such multiple views among various cultures?
The Noble Front: I’ve been lucky enough to have done some travelling over the years and I think that music can at times be viewed differently, but the fundamental motive of good music is the same. Good music makes you feel something. Good music takes you on a journey hand-in-hand. Good music resonates with your deepest sadness and anger like nothing else ever could. Genres of music and appreciation of music may vary and differ throughout different cultures, but in my opinion the motive and direction of music stays roughly the same.

CV: Do you feel that a band that has an international appeal, will tend to connect more so to American audiences? Would they be more enticed or intrigued to see the band over indigenous acts because of the foreign flavor?
The Noble Front: I suppose modern data will tell you that this is an accurate assumption. As a band, if you can “break America” you’re as good as made! This is partly to do with the fact that so many English-speaking countries…Ireland included, have become more and more Americanized over time and that which is successful in the states will more than likely garner success elsewhere. The other fact is that America has over 320 million people. That being said, indigenous acts and world music can have huge success worldwide.

CV: Has modern-day digital technology made everyone an artist on some level in your opinion? Have the actual lines of what really is an artist been blurred?
The Noble Front: I think I read recently that Spotify gets 10k songs a day released to its platform!! How can anyone compete in such a flooded market! It seems to me that the story and image of the artist nearly has to precede the music for the artist to rise above the masses. I know people always loved the old rocker stories of Keith Richards, Lemmy and Ozzy, which only added to the music. But nowadays these tales of notoriety seem almost essential.

CV: How would you describe the difference between an artist who follows trends and one who sets them?
The Noble Front: Rare! Always has been rare. I respect trend-setters a lot because they listen to what people think and say and do the exact opposite. That takes balls!

CV: Has music overall been splintered into too many sub-genres in an effort to appease fan tastes in your opinion? And has such fan appeasements, in actuality, weakened music’s impact as a whole by dividing audiences?
The Noble Front: How can anyone say that too many genres or bands or types of music are wrong? Artists are just looking for an angle, for a way to break away from the mainstream and be heard. I think, if music is good and it resonates with you, that is almost a chemical reaction in the brain. That artist is worth listening to from your point of view. If it doesn’t resonate, forget about it. There are loads of genres and sub-genres, some good, some a waste of time. Audiences will always gravitate towards the cream. 

CV: What can fans expect to see coming next from you?
The Noble Front: Finalize the band lineup, live act and local shows, more social media presence, more interaction and connection with fans, more writing and recording later in the year hopefully.

CV: Thanks again for taking some time and talking. It is greatly appreciated.

Check out The Noble Front at:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oozmfdjoxVmgN2KgdqLep?si=hu7_vcWLR4O_p3qhDm_rjg

https://www.instagram.com/thenoblefront/

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=61554516614254

 

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