As part of Music Is To Blame's What's to Blame? interview series, the group sat down with us during the festival to discuss all things from their latest EP, 'hide&seek', Deftones, and the energy at their live shows.
If you could introduce yourselves and where you're from.
Ryan: Hello there! We are The Hunna. I'm Ryan.
Daniel: I'm Daniel.
Jack: I'm Jack. And we're originally from Watford.
Daniel: Northern boys now.
Tell us about your band name - who's to blame for it's inception?
Daniel: Jack in Tesco. He came up with the band name in Tesco.
Jack: We went to a house party the night before, in Bath, and we were hungover. We stopped off at a Tesco to get some supplies for our journey, and we always used to say to each other 'one hunna', like one hundred. And we were trying to think of a band name at the time. Then it clicked.
Ryan: That was it, one hunna. The Hunna.
Daniel: Great idea.
How do you think your sound has changed from your first album back in 2016 to now?
Daniel: Incredibly, it's changed so much. Originally, in that timeframe, we were very indie. Then record two was quite indie as well. But maybe a little bit harder. Then number three, we thought we'd try and go a little bit heavier but still electronic. The number four is more grunge. And now we just do whatever we want!
Ryan: The new music on the EP ('hide&seek') is a good accumulation of our journey really. Like Dan said, there are elements that kind of go back to our indie roots with bands like Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club, bands like that. Then also, there are elements of bands like Deftones and Paramore and all of that that we love as well. It's been a journey. It's natural, isn't it? You grow.
Daniel: You'd lose your mind if you kept doing the same thing.
Joe: Your taste changes.
Ryan: Yeah, and we listen to so many different types of music, there was just no way that we could just do the same thing over and over.
What do you think compares with playing festivals to normal gigs?
Joe: I think it's a lot more high-paced. There's a lot of energy at festivals. Obviously, you can drop it down and go a bit slower, a bit more acoustic, whereas we like to almost put on a party set. It's giving people as much fun in a short time as possible. I think a lot of people notice that our energy at any show is a lot. But I think at festivals we know that we've only got around 40/45 minutes, so we keep it strong. Give it our all really.
Ryan: Pedal to the metal!
Daniel: It's nice to have, after a set, people come up to us and say 'that was genuinely amazing' and 'I didn't expect that'. It's cool. I mean, it's nice to play with new people, you know? To hear people say things like that makes us feel like we've done a good job, and maybe they'll come back or come to our shows. I guess at your own shows, you have your own fanbase. I like to think of festivals as like window shopping for people, you know? It's a good thing.
Emily Teague
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