A QUICK CHAT WITH FIVE ISLAND DRIVE

What are some of the themes surrounding your release, musically and lyrically?

‘The Record’ explores the concept of allyship vs performative allyship, with Black Lives Matter and the Weiße Rose movements being heavy influences in shaping the initial meaning behind the song. Metaphorically, this concept can be attributed to any area of allyship in general.

Who have been some of your biggest influences in your pursuit of original music?

Everything from old school trance to video game soundtracks. We find inspiration in the most unexpected of places and the songs tend to write themselves quickly from there.

Releasing music often feels like selling or exposing a part of yourself. How do you feel about music being an outlet to shine a light on the most vulnerable cracks in human nature?

Frankie in particular lives by a mantra that a decision made of fear is a decision to make a step backwards. Vulnerability is a strength; it requires introspection, empathy and consideration. Perhaps music isn’t necessarily a product to be sold; it’s a concept to connect with. Just like a positive relationship is one that you buy into, music is a relationship with the artist that you can invest in sonically, lyrically, aesthetically – however you feel it. Once we release our music, whoever encounters it is responsible for deciding whether they share a bond with it or not, and that’s much deeper than a simple sales transaction.

This is an electrifying start for Five Island Drive. What’s on the horizon for 2022?

Thank you! 2022 has a lot of music and visuals in store! We’ll be releasing the remainder of the EP that ‘The Record’ resides within over the next few months, and we’ve already got quite a lot of music ready to go beyond that. If there’s one thing that’s true about Five Island Drive above all else, is that we’re passionately prepared and relentlessly ready.

…and that’s enough alliteration from us!