Introduction
When a band mentions Linkin Park and You Me At Six as their inspirations, you can bet I’m all ears! With catchy guitar-driven melodies, thought-provoking lyrics, and powerful drumming, these know how to deliver a rock experience. I’m obviously referring to the talented trio 2Far2Jump hailing from Guildford and London. They’ve transitioned from fans to the main attraction, and their future looks exceptionally bright. It was the perfect opportunity to chat with them!
For Fans Of – Linkin Park , You Me At Six , The Hunna
Interview
So how far can you guys jump?
Aaron: Vertically or horizontally? Collectively or individually? I mean none of us appeared in Paris at the long jump or high jump so I think that’s all you really need to know to answer that…
Luke: Yeah, not too far I’d say…
We really like the merch, especially the new world design. Who designed the merch?
Rupert: I came up with the concept and Aaron Finch (@aaronfinchdesigns on Instagram) executed the illustration for that one.
Luke: Yeah, for all visual things within the band, we (usually Rupert) will come up with a concept, then we’ll get a third party involved to make it look all nice and pretty!
You’ve released the single ‘Shadows’, who came up with the idea of the music video?
Rupert: At the moment we have a simple animation to go with the single rather than a music video as such. We collectively came up with the idea; Luke wrote the song concept which inspired me to suggest the shadow visual, Aaron suggested some of the different shadows and we got Roger Mason (@rogermason_draw on Instagram) to illustrate it.
Shadows is the first of 5 planned releases, will you be releasing an album?
Luke: Nothing planned as of yet, the industry’s all about singles at the moment for smaller artists like ourselves — but who knows?
Rupert: Hopefully at some point!
If you could invite 3 people dead or alive to dinner, who would it be and why?
Aaron: Chester Bennington, Jack Black, and Steve Jobs.
Rupert: Firstly, Sir Mick Jagger — I would love to talk with him about becoming the frontman of the coolest rock band ever! Then Sir Paul McCartney would be a must — I would love to ask him what it was like back in the day in Liverpool and London when the whole pop scene started! And lastly Jake Kiszka — just to
thank him for starting Greta Van Fleet with his brothers and Daniel Wagner.
Luke: Can we round it up to four? I’d love to sit down for dinner with all four of my grandparents if I could. None of them are with us anymore and I never really got to know either of my grandfathers, so it would be sweet to talk to them all and let them see each other one last time. If we’re not going quite so
sentimental though, Patty Walters, Patrick Stump and Awsten night I think would make a lovely nerdy musical lineup!
What would be your dream venue to play at?
Aaron: Madison Square Garden.
Rupert: The Royal Albert Hall.
Luke: Ooh, both good picks. If we ever got to the point where we could play a packed-out O2 Arena with a whole crowd singing along that would be the best! I’ve seen so many great bands I idolise there so it would be a great full-circle moment for me.
What song of yours is your personal favourite and why?
Rupert: Ephemeral. I love it because of the mix of instrumentation (the bridge in particular), the lyrical narrative and the fun we had shooting the video — one of my happiest memories. Also Luke’s incredible vocals.
Luke: The recording day for Ephemeral was the day my vocal performance peaked for sure haha. I think my true favourites aren’t actually out yet so can’t say too much. Of the ones that are released already though, Dust holds a special place in my heart.
Aaron: Yeah, ask me again once we’ve released the next few tracks…
Luke: Though by then you’ll probably have another new unreleased favourite!
What’s both the benefits and limitations of being a 3-piece band do you think?
Rupert: The benefits in our case are our different sets of influences coming together to produce something original and new, with help from our amazing producer Fed. Also having only three main members means an efficient approval process, and it’s easier to book practices, shows, videos, recordings and the like. Though we’d need one or two session performers were we to ever head out on tour in order to do the songs justice live without relying too heavily on backing tracks.
Soteria is an absolute banger! Can you let us know what it’s about?
Luke: Gosh, it’s been a while since we wrote this one now but it’s effectively a call for help for somebody to come along and bring you back to life — asking for someone to have faith in you when you no longer have any in yourself. The title, Soteria, comes from the Ancient Greek goddess of safety and salvation.
How do you think your sound has developed so far?
Aaron: We’ve got better. Don’t get me wrong, the classics are still classics, but you really get to see yourselves improve from song to song as time goes by. I guess that’s why my current favourite is one that’s not even out yet!
Rupert: We’ve developed from simpler songs to more sophisticated songs as we have grown together and started to explore a wider range of sounds and themes. Of course our influences change as well and it all goes into the mix and makes us the 2far2jump we are now.
Luke: Yeah, I think as musicians if the songs you’re currently writing aren’t your favourite ones then you’re doing something wrong. I definitely think we’re less afraid these days of sticking to a particular sound — if we like an idea then we like it! Ultimately it will still sound like us because it’s us doing it, if that makes sense? Though definitely be prepared for a little
bit of genre whiplash as the next few tunes start dropping…
If you could go back and change one song now, which song would it be and what would you change about it?
Rupert: Each song we write — which is a collective effort — is written at that moment and from the heart and soul. You can’t re-write a song authentically in hindsight.
Luke: Haha, as someone who studied songwriting I definitely had the value of a good re-write beaten into me a little bit, so I’d argue it’s possible to do it in an authentic way — though it’s definitely true that songs tend to be a reflection of where you were at when you wrote them, which can be nice.
I think if I were to redo anything about any of our songs, I’d mainly be focused on the production and trying out some new ideas in that department.
Though if you get me thinking about it, I’m sure there’s a lyric or two I’d want to improve on too (the perfectionist I can sometimes be).
Aaron: Think for the New Days and Training Ground I think could be fun to revisit with Luke as the vocalist now. And I could definitely show off a bit more with the drum parts now…
You mention Linkin Park as one of your influences, if you could cover any of their songs which one would it be and why?
Aaron: One More Light!
Luke: Numb is the track of theirs I’m most familiar with, though I’m not sure how the world would feel about my rapping…
What was it like to have Monsters appear on Kerrang! TV for 3 months?
Rupert: A dream come true, every night for 3 months.
Aaron: Completing a lifelong childhood dream. I grew up watching Kerrang! with my friends after school and at weekends.
Luke: Surprisingly, I don’t actually have much of a sentimental connection with Kerrang!, but you best believe I still talk about this… Though watching the show that featured us actually introduced me to Normandie, who are one of my favourite bands now, so that’s pretty cool!
What’s the feeling like when you walk out onto stage in front of fans?
Rupert: Gratitude that people want to see us. The fans make it. Anyone that comes out on a wet or windy or too-hot-a-night deserves our best performance, and we hope to give them a jointly-shared wonderful experience that they will remember, and spread some love in the world.
Is there anything about performing that you don’t like?
Rupert: Nothing. Just grateful every time.
Aaron: Loading in and setting up all our gear. Could really do with some crew members to do it all for us.
Luke: A very drummer answer from you there Aaron… Of course, as lead singer I don’t know anything about setting up! (That’s a lie, I promise I do my part too!)
What did you think of our interview with 2Far2Jump? Let us know in the comments!
All song rights are retained by 2far2jump and this site claim no rights over them. All photos were provided by 2far2jump. Photos taken by — Russel Chant from Astonleigh Studio / Riccardo Cenci / Callum Jupp.
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