The James McMahon Music Podcast

Episode 27: Bryan Garris, Knocked Loose

• James McMahon • Season 1 • Episode 27

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Knocked Loose, the American hardcore band from Oldham County, Kentucky, are one of a small number of rock bands who might genuinely claim to be the most exciting band on the planet.

They’re one of the most interesting too. Hardcore might be the vessel they’ve chosen to music making, but it's not the ultimate destination. This has never been more apparent than throughout their ambitious new EP, A Tear in the Fabric of Life, out now on Pure Noise and a record that sees the band doing new things, in skill ways, that you’ve never heard them do before.

I’m really happy with this chat with vocalist Bryan Garris, he’s not a man I’ve heard interviewed much – and whenever I have heard him speak, he verbalises his thoughts in a fairly unique, quite languid, thoughtful style. But I think we got to some good places together. Over half an hour or so we talk grief, loss, therapy… but also just how ridiculous the music press can be. Our chat made me understand a band I already liked a lot more – which is kind of the point of all this, is it not. Dang I cant wait for that band to hit the UK next year.

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