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Later That Night.
 "Later That Night began about three years ago," bass player and backing vocalist Jason tells me as the group prepare for the launch of their debut full-length, self-titled CD. "Ben, the guitarist, and Steve, the vocalist, were in another band in high school, but that broke up; when it did, they wanted to start something else, something different. As I was already friends with them, we started jamming together: just mucking around to see what would happen. We wrote a few songs, got our drummer Paul in, and then auditioned for a new guitarist because we'd been through a few of those before then. That's when John, the last member of the line-up, joined. After that, we just started developing songs for our first EP."
That CD-EP was called 'Meet You There', and according to Jason, did reasonably well; however, "we saw it as a starting point, something to get the band going more than anything else. We didn't really have high expectations for it. We printed 500, and I think we've still got a few left.
"After the EP, we started developing songs that were a lot more solid. We wrote them and put them all down, probably over the span of a year or so, and then recorded with Ian at Soundhouse Studios; that's basically how the full-length came together."
The band have also taken their act to various country centres such as Whyalla (where they've played twice) and Port Lincoln. "Whyalla was really good," Jason enthuses when reminiscing about one of the group's visits there. "All of the bands that went there were well-received. It's really different over there because all the kids just start moshing as soon as you start to play. They all seemed to know the words to the songs on the EP, and were singing along with Steve. At the same time, though, you had these older blokes right at the back with their arms folded as if they were waiting for some kind of old school death metal! It was pretty funny really.
"But the kids there were great. Port Lincoln, on the other hand, was a different story altogether; that was a total disaster. Basically, a thousand kids turned up, but probably only about fifty actually went inside, while the rest had a big drinking session outside. We had stones thrown at the tour bus, and there was a story in the newspaper about how big a disaster it all was. I don't know why it ended up like that. Only about fifty people watched Enemy Of?, who were touring with us, and even fewer stayed to watch us. I think they all headed down to the venue and drank outside because that's what they do!"
Thankfully, such shows have proved the exception rather than the rule, with the band building up a fairly diverse fanbase. "The kids that are into the more conventional sort of metal bands like us," says Jason, "but at the same time people that are into death metal and stuff like that get into us too; you wouldn't really expect them to enjoy a Later That Night show, but they come up to us afterwards and say that they really liked it."
Getting back to the subject of shows the group has done, Jason reveals that another memorable one was the launch of their EP. "That was pretty packed," he recalls, "and there was a really good vibe going around; it was kind of like a celebration. I can't wait for the launch of the full-length!"
James Brazel
 | Later That Night launch 'Later That Night' at an all-ages show at the Enigma Bar on Fri 16 Dec with Double Dragon, Jessica In Pieces and The Red Shore. 'Later That Night' is out now on Big Phat Adelaide Records/Sony/BMG. |
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