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We chatted to English speaking yet Italian bred band Last Rudders this week. The Italians have recently released their new track, 'Films', and were on hand to tell us a bit about it. 

1 Who are Last Rudders?

We are a three piece indie rock band from Italy. In spite of being three Italian lads our songs are written in English.

2 You've recently released your new track 'Films', tell us a little about this?

We released 'Films' as an introduction to our first demo EP, which was recorded live and released earlier this month, and it is its opening track as well. It has this kind of dark atmosphere we're into, along with a strong presence of the rock n roll vibe. Although it was written as a single piece, it's like a collage of more situations both in sound and lyrics, which is frequent in our songs. It's important to us because we think that it's one of our most representative songs so far, in these terms.

3 Who are your biggest inspirations?

Our sound it's a mixture between indie bands like The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys and The Strokes, with also some influences from classic bands like The Velvet Underground, Guns N' Roses, The Kinks and Led Zeppelin. And from stuff like Queens of the Stone Age and Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, too.

4 Where do you see yourselves in 5 years time?

Hopefully playing bigger shows, maybe outside of Italy because we think rock n roll doesn't really get the recognition it deserves here.

5 What's next for Last Rudders?

We're already working on new songs. We're going to hit the studio again after the summer, so we guess it won't be long until we put out something new.

Big thanks to Last Rudders for the interview. 

Listen and download Last Rudders' debut EP, 'Last Rudders / EP' via their official Bancamp page: http://lastrudders.bandcamp.com

And listen to 'Films' via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESd1Ekzrtg4

 Also, listen to Last Rudders via their official Soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/lastrudders

Follow Last Rudders on Twitter: @lastrudders / http://www.twitter.com/lastrudders

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Like Last Rudders on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lastrudders

Written by Charlie Ireland. 

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