Mikaela: ‘My worst habit is being a perfectionist all the time: it’s either a blessing or a curse’
Metal vocalist Mikaela tells all in our Q&A
21 January 2021, 7:01am
by Laura Calleja
The metal vocalist, composer, lyric writer and producer graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music with a BA in Music Production and earlier on studied vocal performance at the same institution. Mikaela released several singles and EP ‘Hear Me Out’, winning awards Best New Artist in 2010, Best Female Artist and Malta’s Export Artist in 2011, Vodafone Upcoming Artist and Berklee College Singer-Songwriter. She released her first full length album Nocturne In Red in 2020.
Surrey rockers You Me At Six go dark on hard-hitting seventh album SUCKAPUNCH…
Words: Jake Richardson
You Me At Six have always been a safe bet. When it comes to big-chorus, massive-melody rock built for radio, the Weybridge Five have consistently delivered, especially since fourth album Cavalier Youth saw them break away from their pop-punk roots and land a first UK Number One album. And before that, they’ve always been excellent purveyors of the kind of instantly-digestible music that’s landed them on FIFA soundtracks and even seen the band record theme music for a rollercoaster (The Swarm at Thorpe Park).
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You Me At Sixâs first three records saw the Surrey five-piece establish themselves as the reliable face of British rock. 2008’s âTake Off Your Coloursâ was a bratty emo-pop debut, whileâHold Me Downâ found them at home at the Main Stage of Reading & Leeds with their peers Paramore, Blink-182 and Weezer. 2011âs ambitious âSinners Never Sleepâ, meanwhile, saw them step away from their pop-punk beginnings and embrace the world of gritty alt-rock.
However, after two uninspiring records that repeated the formula, 2014âs âCavalier Youthâ and 2017âs âNight Peopleâ, it felt like You Me At Six had run their course (even if 2018’s ‘VIâ represented a marginal return to form). It was a worry the band shared, with vocalist Josh Franceschi going into the recording of ‘SUCKAPUNCH’ with the belief that it would be their last album. With nothing to lose, then, they’ve turned in a seven
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Bring Me The Horizon have discussed a delay in the release of the remaining EPs in their ‘Post Human’ series.
The band released ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’ at the end of October, and told
NME that it would be the first of several EPs under the ‘Post Human’ banner across the space of 12 months.
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Now, in a new interview with
Kerrang!, keyboardist Jordan Fish has explained how the project began to get bigger than the band anticipated, leading to delays.
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Fish said: “We planned to do four EPs in a year, but the last one was almost an album, so I think the spacing will be a bit longer than intended, just because they’re probably going to turn out bigger than intended,” he added, while clarifying: “That doesn’t matter, as long as they’re all really good.”