The sound of summer has arrived early in the form of pop-punk band, Summerlin.  Delivering a mish-mash of hectic beats, the Yorkshire quintet are unashamedly bold and adventurous with their music. Check out our interview with bassist Jake to find out how the band made an appearance on Radio 1 and get the scoop on what it really means to make music to party to.

What’s your favourite track on the EP and why?

Personally my favourite track is the first song ‘I Have a Future and You’re Not In It’. It’s just a straight up awesome catchy song that I love playing live.

You’ve said you make music to party to.  What’s the most outrageous party or gig you’ve been to or played at?

We played an awesome show with ‘Lights’ in London and we had such a blast. It was the first time Summerlin had been to London as a band so we stuck about and partied after. I ended up walking to our friends house wearing a full on elephant head mask. It was a weird one.

What have been the main inspirations for you music?

Girls. ha ha, as cliché  as it sounds. And music wise our inspirations include bands such as All Time Low and New Found Glory.

Having formed not that long ago, you’ve already played at a number of gigs and toured a bit too.  How do you think you’ve developed your band relationship of playing together in such a short space of time?

Every show we get better playing together and performing as a band. We had all previously been in sweet bands before and it kinda just felt right straight away performing together. The best way of developing a good band relationship is to just practice as much and play shows. Playing as many shows as you can really gets you together as a band to a point where it just clicks and you can just have fun onstage and have a sweet time.

How did the Radio 1 gig happen?

Basically on Radio 1 every Sunday there is a show called ‘Switch’ and this features unsigned bands from around the country. Our drummer entered us into it on the website and a few weeks later we just got a call asking us to be the featured band. We were all super excited.

Who do you listen to?

We listen to all sorts. Heavy music, pop – punk etc…I’m really down with Enter Shikari’s new track at the moment.

How do you think the music scene in Leeds has grown over time? To be honest the scene in Leeds is a very indie scene. Back in the day it used to be full of hardcore type bands. There are not many pop punk bands from Leeds at the moment. Its always changing. I don’t really pay much attention to the Leeds scene to be honest.

It’s quite fitting that you’re named after what is arguably the party capital of the world.  Are there any plans for Summerlin to one day perform in Summerlin?

Us boys in Summerlin!  Nah the town Summerlin is actually pretty small. We would prefer to party at the Bellagio or something in Vegas!

http://www.myspace.com/summerlin