Interview by Kris Peters
Gold Coast alternative rock outfit Mass Sky Raid have enjoyed a stellar last couple of years, being awarded Triffid Album of the Year for 2022s Calm In Chaos, making the finals of the Queensland Music Awards for the track Arrows and earning the Queensland Music Awards highly commended 2023 accolade for the single Begin WithThe End.
Rather than rest on their laurels and bask in their deserved recognition, Mass Sky Raid have instead thrown themselves straight back into their music, eager to capitalise on the current groundswell of momentum.
Mass Sky Raid will today release their latest single Tidal Wave, a rocking tune that also displays elements of alternative rock and experimentation that sees the band pushing themselves further out of their comfort zone.
Vocalist Adam Lomas joined HEAVY earlier today to talk about Tidal Wave in greater detail and reveal some of Mass Sky Raid's plans for the near future.
"It's exciting," he beamed when asked how he is feeling about Tidal Wave being unleashed on the world. "Just releasing any content like this is always exciting, you never know what to expect or how it will be received, but we're just super pumped to get new songs out there."
Mass Sky Raid have always been a band who don't feel comfortable with remaining static musically. Once they find and refine a particular sound they set straight to work on improving on that yet again. It is an attitude that has seen the band force their way into the ears of the music loving public and one which Lomas stresses will be a part of their musical DNA for a long time to come.
"We released the album Calm In Chaos last year and I think we are trying to show a different side of Mass Sky Raid here," he measured. "Probably more of an alternate rock side. We do have our progressive elements to our music but this s pretty much a straight up, solid rock song. I'm excited to see what people think of it."
In the full interview Adam goes deeper into Tidal Wave musically and lyrically, how the band has changed musically since Calm In Chaos, the extra weight of expectation that comes with receiving awards, the lyric video for Tidal Wave and manufacturing a quality lyric video, whether Tidal Wave is a stand alone track or part of a bigger picture, how the bands sound has progressed over their three albums, the two single launch shows coming up in May and more.