We caught eyes across a smokey jam session, in a central Bristol industrial estate.

Well thanks! We love all of those things. We usually just say weird sh*t.

Yes, we owe our entire existence to The Gallimaufry and are very lucky to have been given the space to experiment and grow there. Another of our favourites is Trinity Centre, who host a tonne of programmes aimed at engaging all members of the community. There are some incredible new venues opening in Bristol too. Strange Brew offers an amazingly eclectic program of music, art and media.

Jack is an old friend of ours. The initial idea was to make a video parodying those cringey early 00s metal videos you saw on Kerrang and MTV. But after listening to the tune Jack came back with the sort of zombie vibe that definitely fits better with the track. We trusted him fully!

It’s hard not to be influenced by Bristol’s incredibly rich music history. Of course, Massive Attack, Portishead, Roni Size still inspire today. Not only sonically but also in the punk DIY approach that the city’s scene has always had. We’re hugely influenced by our surroundings and fellow artists in the city. With such a rich live and electronic music scene you’re constantly inspired by what’s around you.

Aha, yes, the name is a reference to the Velvet Underground song [The Gift]. However, that’s not how we first came across it. We are all fans of Hudson Mohawke, who has a song on his Hudon’s Heeters EP called Waldo’s Gift. We were in a bit of a rush to name the band before our first gig and were listening to this incredible record, so we just went for it!

We’ve had so many special moments on stage. But perhaps our favourite might just be our headline show at Trinity Centre in Bristol in celebration of this new EP Normflex. It was our first proper show in Bristol in 18 months and we were just overwhelmed by the response and sense of connection

Pre covid everything we wrote was born out of improvisation on stage at The Gallimaufry. We would play for 90 minutes, 100% improvised. Record the set on a Dictaphone and then craft some of those raw ideas into song forms. We did this so much that we developed our own musical language, and our approach is still very rooted in this. We had so many ideas and colours we’re still working out how to put them down on record. But we are constantly inspired by new ideas and playing live again has been incredibly fruitful.

Yes definitely! Harry produces a lot and the three of us hosted a radio show every month over lockdown on Bristol’s SWU FM. Jim recently accidentally signed up for a vinyl DJ set live on air at Rough Trade which was interesting.

We are so lucky to have an incredible extended Waldo’s family of beautiful musicians and artists. One of those is Holysseus Fly, a wonderful pianist and vocalist as well as visual artist. We used to run a monthly Synesthesia night with her, where we would improvise and Holy would paint our sound to canvas. These paintings were literal visual interpretations of our sound, so we’ve always worked with her for our artwork! You should 100% check out everything she does!

Again, we’ve been so lucky to collaborate with so many vocalists in Bristol and beyond. We’ve had so many awe-inspiring performances with Stanlaey, Holysseus Fly, Solomon O.B, MADLY, t l k, China Bowls and many more. We just haven’t collaborated on record just yet. Though that might be changing very soon!

Well. We’ve just about got over our first tour since 2019 and it’s given us some serious life! There’s new music on the horizon and we’re writing even more, and more shows in the pipeline for 2022. We just can’t wait to connect with people again!