Siren Tower are a Perth based rock/hard rock band with shades of country and in one particular song ‘All things change’ a hint of the Celtic.
I spoke to drummer Brody Simpson this week, who commented that although the band didn’t set out to give the song the Celtic feel it may be a sign of the subconscious Scott resident in some of the members!
As to the country aspect Brody says the band is not ‘country enough to win golden guitars’, but do provide an alternative country feel.
As to the name of the band ‘Siren Tower’, doesn’t have a specific interpretation and was more a case of the guys choosing it because it was preferred to some of the other selections they had combed through.
The interpretation of the song is very much up to the individual, to take from it what they will in the magic spaces, which author Morris Gleitzman said exist between the writer and the reader.
It’s to be remembered that the sirens of mythology hypnotised sailors with the beauty of their voices. The fact that the sirens were female is a definite twist on the all male group.
Bringing that mythology into the modern world the guys have managed to hypnotise audiences with their genuinely Australian edge and accents.
Brody says that already the band have managed to gather a group of loyal followers that will rock up to their gigs when they visit the respective towns. It’s important to the boys to have a strong support group but at the same time they are eager to visit places they have never played before and expand their support base. This includes Tasmania where the boys perform tonight.
Brody has never visited Tasmania before although some of the other guys have.
For Brody the career choice was always music and that’s why his day job is running a recording studio with band member Mark. It was at the same studio that the band recorded their own music!
You can see The Siren Tower performing in Tasmania for the first time, as part of ‘The King River Tour’, tonight, October 24 at The Republic Bar.
Their album ‘A history of houses’ is out now.
Paula Xiberras
