As an outfit that has long done its growing up in public, Gyroscope know that nothing prepares a band better for the road ahead than hard earned experience. Starting as Gyroscope Sunday in Perth back in 1997, this quartet immediately took on a gigging schedule that could be described as endless. Since signing to FMR in early 2003, the band were eager and ready to take their hard work ethic on the road on a national scale, with tours in support of Blink 182, Thursday, The Living End and The Get Up Kids.
“In the last year we’ve grown tenfold,” says vocalist/guitarist Dan Sanders. “The backbone has always been there, having played as much as possible with all sorts of bands and having that diversity.
“The years until now have prepared us for what we’re doing at this moment. We’ve done the hard yards. Being together so long we’ve morphed into one person, almost. It’s pretty gross like that (laughs).”
The next big chapter for Gyroscope comes with the release of their debut album, Sound Shattering Sound. Recorded with the help of old friend Shaun O’Callaghan at Couch Studios, the LP has that important combination of light and shade that characterises Gyroscope and indeed makes their live performance so movingly dynamic.
“It’s not a drab album,” explains Sanders. “The music that drove us the most were albums like Weezer’s debut, or Foo Fighters’ The Colour & The Shape. They were more of an adventure rather than just being a 40-minute album. I think we got there in the end.”
Sound Shattering Sound also continues the band‘s song writing tradition - heartfelt as well as hard rock. Seven years in, Gyroscope are again paving their own way ahead for a bold future.
“We’ve got an eye on track for how we all work together,” Sanders says. “We’ve got the foundations, it’s all just gonna go on from here. And we’re ready for it.”
Sound Shattering Sound features Triple J high rotation tracks Doctor Doctor, Driving For The Storm, Midnight Express, Safe Forever, as well as a reworked version of Misery off the Safe Forever EP, plus the forthcoming single Take This For Granted. Matt Weston, who delivered the blistering clip for Safe Forever, also directed the video for Take This For Granted. Shot in Sydney at the now closed White Bay Power Station, the same location used in The Matrix and Mission Impossible films, this clip is set to ignite your screens soon.
"Some bands get locked into genres, others just make good music - Gyroscope are on their way to becoming one of the latter" Kerrang!
