We've got a lot of time for Daylight Fireworks. Not only do they all love Star Wars, cats and Jagerbombs, the fresh-faced foursome are also exponents of defiantly catchy indie-pop.
In the run-up to their appearance at Pint of 45 Presents… we caught up with the band's singer and guitarist Richie Steadman.
You're based in Bristol now but the band started off in Cardiff, right?
Will (Purcell, drums) and I were in Porchlight, a sort of well-known-a-little-bit band on the Cardiff scene back in 2006/2007. After that fell apart, there were some songs left over, which we started jamming in our bedrooms.
That quickly turned into an album recording project, which - due to an extremely enthusiastic Iain (Gorrie, guitar), who wanted to get involved - became a proper live band. After that, we went through the usual channels to recruit a guitarist who would settle for playing bass and found Chris (Rivers). We finished the album at the end of 2009 and it was released in March 2010.
The album's called Skellington. Is that a reference to Julian Cope? A nod to the comedian Richard Herring? Or are you all just really bad at spelling?
Unfortunately, we're just bad at spelling. The name stuck after it became our pet name for the skeleton tracks we recorded the album around.
This is your first gig in Cardiff as Daylight Fireworks. What can we expect from you?
Well, we're a proper guitar band with few gimmicks, just straight-up, good, catchy pop tunes and lots of live energy - so if that's your sort of thing, you won't be disappointed. We're giving away free copies of our latest six-track EP too.
What's the weirdest experience you've ever had in a Cardiff pub?
There have been too many to name but none we'd like our mums to find out about, so I think we'll keep schtum.
Daylight Fireworks play Pint of 45 Presents… at The Promised Land, 4 Windsor Place, Cardiff on Saturday 29 January
