“We are part of an industry now where there are so many bands, it’s harder than ever to get noticed,” muses Tom Buxton, vocalist of Manchester alternative rock quintet A Mouth Full Of Matches; “Hence why we named the new E.P 'Smoke Signals’ - our lyrics tackle the topic of how are new bands meant to get on the map? We want to broadcast ourselves, we want to be heard.”
With that mission in mind, the aforementioned ‘Smoke Signals’ - set for a September 8 release - is a marked step in the right direction, its anthemic vocal refrains and songwriting largess sounding positively custom built for those big rooms with the big stages in them. Ahead of this, the official video for track 'Danger High' can be viewed now.
Taking their name from a line in ‘Milos’, a work by spoken word poet Anis Mojgani, A Mouth Full Of Matches - completed by guitarists Mark Holden and Jane Hebenton, bassist (and Jane’s twin sister) Helen Hebenton and drummer Steven Hall - have woven their band’s collective self of self out of Mojgani’s words:
“[Mojgani] writes ‘Run through these streets with me with a bucket full of gasoline and a mouth full of matches’,” Buxton relays.“In short he writes about how to live free, and keep that young spirit alive. Laugh in the face of danger and live life as if it were an adventure. The poem gave us our name and our message; we translated it as being about chasing your dreams and ambitions, trying to make them real. That's what we’re all about, and we are a very passionate band.”
