Maryborough rock outfit Ruination warmed music lovers up in 2022, offering a tasty appetiser with the EP Whispers. More of a demo release to showcase their potential, Whispers served up an eclectic take on the standard fare of alternative metal, entwining soft soundscapes with a melodic, yet hard-edged exterior that showcases the best of the early days of the alt-rock genre with enough modern sensibilities to appeal across the board.
Despite their relative distance from a capital music hub, Ruination have continually accepted and performed gigs wherever the wind has swept them, refining their sound on the live circuit, just the way the great Aussie bands of the late 80s and 90s did. With their reputation growing and their sound developing more with each show, Ruination headed to King Street Studios to record their debut album, ultimately deciding to represent the entirety of the band by re-recording the tracks on Whispers and adding a handful of new tracks to complement the recording.
The result is the impressive Everything Eventually, which is slated for release on October 10, with frontman Luke Karolak revealing: "This album deals with loss, heartbreak, redemption, and soul searching. It is not just eleven songs; it is eleven statements!"
HEAVY sat down earlier this week with the three members - Luke Karolak (guitar/vocals), Brady Weber (bass), and Josh Brooks (drums) - to find out more.
"We wanted to make something that we would listen to as fans, as well as everybody else," Karolak replied when asked to describe the album. "Something that we'd enjoy playing, just doing our own thing and putting up a flag and hoping that people will catch on. As an album, it's 11 pretty solid songs. We've been playing them live for a little bit, so they're pretty well fleshed out ideas."
We bring up the above statement where Karolak refers to Everything Eventually as "eleven statements" and ask if that is correct.
"Yeah, that's absolutely correct, man," he nodded. "100% best way to describe them. Obviously, with everything, we learn from our masters, so to speak. But as a band we're a pretty raw, organic, straight down the line, no frills band, and they are statements. That's the best way I can sum that up."
In the full interview, Ruination talked more about the musical side to Everything Eventually, talking us through the different sonic structures throughout and how they all tie together. They spoke of the decision to re-record older songs and mix them with newer material, and how that is a better representation of where Ruination is at this stage of their career.
We spoke about the cover art and how it relates to the album, the things they thought about going into their debut album, the difficulties faced in being a band outside of a capital city and ways to overcome that, their upcoming album launch show and more.
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