Before their gig in Cardiff last week, New Zealand’s masters of bleeps and beeps, So So Modern, chatted to TLOBF about their mammoth recent tour, coordinating outfits and possible plans to be radiation therapists and child educators.

Tell us a bit about yourselves and your band.
[Daniel] Hello. My name is Daniel Nagels and I play drums.
[Aidan] My name is Aidan and I play two synthesisers and sing.
[Mark] I’m Mark. I sing, I play guitar and synthesisers and push buttons.
[Grayson] I’m Grayson. I do pretty much what Mark does; I play guitar, play keyboards, play the sampler and do some singing, but I look a bit better.
[A] So So Modern is a band from a city called Wellington in New Zealand. We started just before Christmas 2004. We were just jamming with different people at different times in the same city, but the city is so small that you can’t really avoid anyone that displays similar interests as one’s self and so we just got together. Continue Reading