10 Questions With Thatcher In The Sky

In this week’s 10 Questions we get to know Thatcher In The Sky, an indie music artist from West Yorkshire, England.

Their song ‘Karma Rebate‘ is currently featured on the NAS Spotify playlists

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1. Tell us a little about where you are from.

West Yorkshire, England. I am currently putting the finishing touches to my latest album, ‘Two Worlds Collide’. It will be released in the next few weeks.

2. What inspired Thatcher In The Sky to start playing and making music?

Listening to music from a young age and being inspired to make music after listening to the John Peel Show. The show featured many genres of music so I was determined to make music the same way via playing in multiple projects over the years. I was always adamant I would be self-taught as a musician to avoid limiting my creative output.

The show featured many genres of music so I was determined to make music the same way via playing in multiple projects over the years.

3. Who are Thatcher In The Sky’s biggest musical influences?

I’m mainly influenced by punk and post/punk(The Fall/Joy Division etc) My style is similar in places but I try to make the music sound like a band despite creating the music by myself.

4. What are your goals in the music industry or as an artist?

To continue making lots of music and maybe play with a band again at some point. Collaborating with a video maker is my next goal. To get the ideas behind the lyrics/messages of the songs into a more acceptable form is the idea behind that.

5. Tell us about your creative process.

Usually in the same order. Guitar/bass/keyboard riff first, aligned with a vocal melody. Then the structure of the song is decided. Then record and mix all the parts and then lyrics last. I then go into the studio with a producer and finish the songs.

6. What is your all-time favorite song by another artist and why?

My favourite song is probably ‘Ceremony’ by New Order. It was one of the first songs I learned to play growing up.

7. What is the best advice you have either given or received in terms of music?

The best advice was probably to try and make each song a lot different from last song when writing. To try and mix it up style-wise keeps the creative process interesting.

8. What is your proudest accomplishment?

Writing and recording so many songs over the years in so many different musical outfits whilst maintaining the same hunger to create. Also having the satisfaction of recreating a full band sound on my own over the last 4 years.

9. What’s been your most embarrassing moment so far?

My band Indigo Crow played at a charity fundraiser in 2010 and one of the acts was the band Chumbawamba who were playing an acoustic set. One of the members was mocking Facebook between songs and his bandmate reminded him the fundraiser was arranged on Facebook. So I decided to heckle him expecting everyone to join in. Unfortunately it was only me who shouted anything! Needless to say I felt a bit foolish.

One of the members was mocking Facebook between songs and his bandmate reminded him the fundraiser was arranged on Facebook.

10. Tell us about your lowest and highest points in music so far.

The highest point so far was playing bass on the Bad Dylan album ‘Blood On The Trucks’. This was a charity album containing 17 songs featuring 17 different punk vocalists from around the Uk and Europe.
The lowest point was the fracture and split of the band ‘Lost Twenties’ I was in previously after one album.