HUNTERS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING... AND FLAILING... AND KICKING...
BY MATT DIXON, NOVEMBER 2011.

Brooklyn New York wild kids HUNTERS have burst onto the scene with their record <<Hands on Fire>>. The first thing you notice about the band is just how crazy their shows tend to be: rolling, crawling, kicking, and generally causing a fuss wherever they go. Then, you tune in and hear exactly what they are playing aaaaand before you know it, you're hooked. Fear not. Do not resist. Just repeat: Hunters are rad... Hunters are rad... Hunters are rad...

MATT: Hi Hunters. You've grown into a four piece, but in the beginning there was just Derek and Isabel. How did you two meet and start playing music together?

DEREK: Ha yeah we get that a lot. Hunters has always been a four piece me, Isabel, John and Odell. The central part of the band in terms of songwriting has always been Isabel and I.

ISABEL: We both had jobs at the chinatown arcade. He and I were the only people who spoke english so…

DEREK: When it would get crowded on weekends we would sneak out and eat at the chinese vegetarian restaurant down the street.

ISABEL: One day Derek gave me some songs he was working on that I would play on my headphones at work to drown out the bad techno music. Thats how we started talking about playing music together

<<BRATMOUTH>> FROM <<HANDS ON FIRE>> OUT NOW ON AAGOORECORDS

MATT: You've mentioned in the past that your favorite part of being in a band is playing shows. What can unsuspecting souls expect from a Hunters show?

ISABEL: The best part of playing a show is not knowing whats gonna happen.

DEREK: It has a lot to do with the venue, the people, and how much space we have on the stage or floor.

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MATT: Your live show seems like such a cathartic experience; limbs flying, both of you ending up on the floor time and again. I can imagine things getting out of hand sometimes. Any injuries to speak of?

ISABEL: Many! Derek got hit on the eye by a bottle of champagne at one of our shows and his eye got huge and started bleeding, it was pretty funny.

DEREK: Yeah and last summer at Death By Audio you hit your head on the floor so hard that you got a concussion, and a chipped tooth!

MATT: I see you have a winter tour set up which will bring you to Montreal and Toronto. Any Canadian connections to speak of?

DEREK: Our bass player Johns friend's Ricky and Julien said we can stay with them if we buy them smokes, so that's good news.

ISABEL: We put out a split 7" on Swill Children with a band from Montreal called Dead Wife and we've played with this band Nu Sensae from Vancouver who are awesome.

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MATT: The end of civilization will be caused by:

ISABEL: Killer Klowns from Outer Space…

DEREK: Odell loves clowns.

ISABEL: haha Bang!

DON'T SLEEP, CHECK OUT HUNTERS NOW
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THANK YOU DANA & 230PUBLICITY

Feeling down in the dumps in his second year of university Matt Dixon took things into his own hands and started to interview bands, put on little shows throughout his native Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and started this little webzine that could. He likes to listen to rad records and watch films at Charlottetown's only art-house theatre, the beloved City Cinema. Current Listening: Buried Inside, Q & Not U, Tallest Man On Earth, Lucero, The Transit.

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