The Burma have returned with a stunning full length album titled Crazy Dreams & Cruel Realities, released on the 6th of October 2023 via their own label The Burma Music Group. Having received support from The Rolling Stone India, CLASH Magazine, NOTION Magazine, Hot Press, Atwood Magazine, and Medium.com/Pop Off, the trio has also earned spins on RTÉ 2FM with Dan Hegarty as well as RTÉ Radio 1. Their single ‘Holiday’ has already premiered and received support from EARMILK, and the boys have earned support slots for artists such as The Academic and The Strypes, while simultaneously gaining extensive airplay across Ireland, the UK, and the USA. Read our interview with their drummer Cian Doherty below.
Walk us through your creative process?
The songs always starts with either Peter (guitar) or Tony (vocals). One of them will come up with the initial idea and send some sort of a demo to the rest of us and it goes from there. Sometimes the demos can be full arrangements of a song, and other times they can be just a voice note with chords and a melody or one single instrument part, it varies. We do the majority of our work on our own at home, recording and writing parts etc. and then we send in a recording of it into our group chat and let the others sit with it for a while. We make adjustments from there. We wouldn’t really be the type of band to jam for hours in practice. There’s usually a plan for each rehearsal and we go in and get it done with parts that have been worked on and written at home.
Who are your biggest artistic influences?
The Smiths, Tame Impala, The Strokes and The Weekend.
What instruments do you play?
Tony O Donovan is the singer, Peter Piggott is the guitar player and Cian Doherty is our drummer.
What would you like to work with if you weren’t a musician?
I (Cian) would be working in the business side of the music industry as either an artist manager or tour manager.
Whats one piece of gear you can’t live without? What equipment are you using?
The Roland SPD-SX. We use some tracks for our live shows for extra synths and processed vocals etc. so we have the whole show built around the use of the SPD-SX. I am in control of the tracks from the drums so there’s a lot that goes on surrounding that and making sure it runs smoothly. Peter records each track himself and looks after the audio for each one and makes sure it’s show ready. We’re always updating and trying to improve them.
Tell us something unrelated to music. What are your hobbies?
We’re pretty boring. Music pretty much dominates our life.
If you could meet one performer/artist who would it be?
Eminem.
What does the future hold for you as an artist?
A life making a living from our music, hopefully.
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