SOURCE – What do you think will surprise Rotten Sound fans about Apocalypse?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – We think it’s our most aggressive release to date and another thing people will be surprised is the excellent production by Jesse / Rain City Studios, with mastering by Brad / Audiosiege. In your face grind/d-beat with just few in-song heavy passages. Sounds familiar, but we spent extra time to make this one more mean.
SOURCE – Are you the type of band that comes to the studio with a lot of extra material to choose from, or do you generally only write the number of songs you’ll need for an album?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – We usually do have extra material indeed. Some of it was not recorded at all, but there’s also songs, that will be finalized and released later-on in some form.
SOURCE – How was the video shoot for Suburban Bliss and what is the plot of the clip?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – We had a good space with competent video expert and just played the song a few times through. No gimmicks, it works best as it is in our opinion.
SOURCE – As you make more and more albums, does it get more difficult to break new musical ground and do new things?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – We don’t think it’s difficult. Only thing we want to do is music, that we value ourselves and think that it’s better than previous releases.
SOURCE – How important do you think are singles and EPs in this era in comparison to full length releases?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – They’re cool added releases, as you can see in our discography. Sometimes 6-8 track EP works really well for grind.
SOURCE – Social media has become essential for bands to connect with fans. How involved are you on a personal level with platforms like Instagram and Spotify?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – We don’t really use social media that much personally and Spotify isn’t really socail media. Actually I switched to Deezer because of better sound quality and better payouts to artists. Matti (bass) uses Tidal for same reasons. Social media can be fun and all, but it’s not our main thing as people. Some things are shared for fun, but Rotten Sound members are very far from influencers haha…
SOURCE – You’ve been working hard on the road the last few years, did the coronavirus give to time to relax at all? Did you work on any home brewing?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – It was just pain in the ass to not to tour. We’re very happy to hit the road again with the new release. Playing live is always fun as hell. Home brewing? Not me, but one of us is doing some IPA-magic at home. I used to order cheaper booze and wine from Germany (fraction of Finnish prices in their big mailorders) to spend less when income was really low. I even thought about quitting to drink, but not that time. Hopefully we don’t get a similar pandemic to think about this again.
SOURCE – Anything else you’d like to mention or promote?
Keijo Niinimaa (Vocals) – Thanks for the interview! We definitely want to come to Brazil for a proper tour next time!
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