Exclusive Interview: Eyesnomouth talk writing and recording “The infinity of non-existence“!

Since 2017 Nu-Doom Death Sludge Hardcore act eyesnomouth have been causing a stir in Bath Summerset, dropping four EPs in “#1“, “Griefhole“, “Nihil” and “The Infinity of non-existence“. Surviving line up changes and coining the genre “Doomcore” in the process, we spoke guitarist Ashley Easton about the bands experiences writing and recording those works that show a clear evolution in the bands sound to reach one more in keeping with the original visions…

How did your previous experiences writing and recording music help to smooth the path for “The infinity of non-existence“? “We know what keeps us all comfortable and in good spirits in the process, some might see it as good thing, other’s maybe not so, but we intentionally write so it is easy and quick to get down, we could push ourselves a bit more but at the end of the day if it takes 20 takes to get a part tracked then we probably have no business playing it, we just do our best to write and play to our strengths. We usually give in to playing to a click track when recording, which is good for making everything neat and tidy but we wanted it to be a bit more human sounding this time so we tracked live without a click which gave us a bit more freedom to play in the moment and just capture us as we sound, we may do it again that way next time or go back to individual tracking, it will depend on the nature of the tracks and how we feel like presenting them at the time”

How does the writing process of a new track start? Melody, riff or rhythm first? How does it evolve from there before you consider it the finished article? “Sometimes I just think of the main bulk of the song in my head, work it out, show the guys the riffs at rehearsal and it just comes together in a matter of minutes and we mess about with it a bit after…Nihil Ep was pretty much written like that. On this latest Ep it was a more collaborative process but it is pretty much always lead by the riffs and getting a basic structure down. There are usually more sections in the tracks to begin with which end up getting stripped out and binned or used for a other track. I suppose we consider it finished when we have played it enough times that vocals and any extra guitar parts have found their place and we no longer desire to change anything about it, there are often last minute tweaks to vocal rhythms and beats etc when it starts taking shape recording, it’s easier to come up with different ideas hearing it back in that way”

Where does your love of the three track format come from? If you were offered a split EP with another band, who would be first on your list and why? “Three tracks are easily digestible which caters for short attention spans but also enough to get into it and paint some kind of story, it also allows for us to keep changing direction and not getting stuck on one path, that keeps it fresh for us and keeps us motivated to keep doing it. For a split Ep we’d probably go for the incestuous option and call Dystopian Dread, they feature Robbie (nihil ep) on vocals and they play dark fast crust punk stuff, they have the same kind dark mood but it would be a cool rhythmic contrast…and would show everyone Wiltshirrre and Somerrrset be made of!”