I Killed The Prom Queen Tell Us More About 'Beloved'

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    I Killed The Prom Queen vocalist Jona Weinhofen talked to Kill Your Stereoabout some of the band’s history, their future touring plans, signing to Epitaph records as well as dishing some more details on their heavily anticipated album ‘Beloved’ which is due for release February 14!

    What does the album itself sound like? Is it going to be more melodic, is it going to be really heavy? Can you give us a general gist of the album?

    I wouldnt say its anymore melodic than the last record. Weve got a lot of the same influences as we had back then and we all loved that really melodic, Swedish-metal sound so thats still heavy with us. Weve got a couple new members like Jamie from The Red Shore. He used to play bass for them and had actually written quite a lot of music for them in the past. So hes written some stuff for us here.

    That all being said, theres going to be songs where people will say, okay, this is one-hundred percent heavier than Music For The Recently Deceased but at the same time we havent lost any of the melody and catchiness we know people love. Weve added some new elements too; theres some live strings on there which is something I myself have always wanted to do. A little synth here and there but nothing too overboard.

    Can fans expect to see any guest vocalists on the record and if so, can you spill the beans on who?

    Yes, we have two guest vocals on there. Well, I can spill the beans on one of them. We had our friend Bjorn, who sings for a Swedish band called Soilwork do some guest vocals for us. He was producing vocals with us on the last two or so weeks we were in the studio and worked a lot with us on my melodies and some different ideas as well. He did some phrasing with Jaimie and at the end we were lucky enough to get him to lay down a chorus on a track, which is a big deal for us because were all huge Soilwork fans from years and years ago.

    The albums going to be released by Epitaph. What brought on the move to join there?

    Well, the last record deal we had was for only one record and we were quite lucky in that respect because a lot of bands managed to get themselves trapped into five or six album deals that last for years and years. And some bands dont even make it that long. Somehow we managed to wrangle the deal for only one and then the label for Music For The Recently Deceased, called Stomp, went bankrupt. And that reverted the rights back to us, so we owned that record again which made us free agents to the rest of the world. I had worked with Epitaph previously in Bring Me the Horizon so I had a working relationship with Brett Gruewitz and the Australian rep for them who has been in some local hardcore bands. After some discussions late last year and early this year about Epitaph and Prom Queen working together they offered us a deal, which was perfect for us. Everything they wanted to do with the album sounded exactly like where we wanted to take it so it was a no-brainer really.

    Any last statement to the readers and the fans?

    Thank you. Prom Queen has been a band for a long, long time now; we took our break and were very thankful to any fans that have stuck with us over the years. Whether it be with our other and new bands or with just listening to Prom Queen in the time that weve been inactive. But we just finished the new record and its gonna be released early next year, just released some teaser videos for that. Well be playing a new song on the upcoming tour and then more new songs next year. So keep your eyes peeled, weve got some cool stuff coming soon.

    To check out the rest of the interview head over to Kill Your Stereo


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I Killed The Prom Queen vocalist Jona Weinhofen talked to Kill Your Stereoabout some of the band’s history, their future touring plans, signing to Epitaph records as well as dishing some more details on their heavily anticipated album ‘Beloved’ which is due for release February 14!

What does the album itself sound like? Is it going to be more melodic, is it going to be really heavy? Can you give us a general gist of the album?

I wouldnt say its anymore melodic than the last record. Weve got a lot of the same influences as we had back then and we all loved that really melodic, Swedish-metal sound so thats still heavy with us. Weve got a couple new members like Jamie from The Red Shore. He used to play bass for them and had actually written quite a lot of music for them in the past. So hes written some stuff for us here.

That all being said, theres going to be songs where people will say, okay, this is one-hundred percent heavier than Music For The Recently Deceased but at the same time we havent lost any of the melody and catchiness we know people love. Weve added some new elements too; theres some live strings on there which is something I myself have always wanted to do. A little synth here and there but nothing too overboard.

Can fans expect to see any guest vocalists on the record and if so, can you spill the beans on who?

Yes, we have two guest vocals on there. Well, I can spill the beans on one of them. We had our friend Bjorn, who sings for a Swedish band called Soilwork do some guest vocals for us. He was producing vocals with us on the last two or so weeks we were in the studio and worked a lot with us on my melodies and some different ideas as well. He did some phrasing with Jaimie and at the end we were lucky enough to get him to lay down a chorus on a track, which is a big deal for us because were all huge Soilwork fans from years and years ago.

The albums going to be released by Epitaph. What brought on the move to join there?

Well, the last record deal we had was for only one record and we were quite lucky in that respect because a lot of bands managed to get themselves trapped into five or six album deals that last for years and years. And some bands dont even make it that long. Somehow we managed to wrangle the deal for only one and then the label for Music For The Recently Deceased, called Stomp, went bankrupt. And that reverted the rights back to us, so we owned that record again which made us free agents to the rest of the world. I had worked with Epitaph previously in Bring Me the Horizon so I had a working relationship with Brett Gruewitz and the Australian rep for them who has been in some local hardcore bands. After some discussions late last year and early this year about Epitaph and Prom Queen working together they offered us a deal, which was perfect for us. Everything they wanted to do with the album sounded exactly like where we wanted to take it so it was a no-brainer really.

Any last statement to the readers and the fans?

Thank you. Prom Queen has been a band for a long, long time now; we took our break and were very thankful to any fans that have stuck with us over the years. Whether it be with our other and new bands or with just listening to Prom Queen in the time that weve been inactive. But we just finished the new record and its gonna be released early next year, just released some teaser videos for that. Well be playing a new song on the upcoming tour and then more new songs next year. So keep your eyes peeled, weve got some cool stuff coming soon.

To check out the rest of the interview head over to Kill Your Stereo


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