Spider Sounds

Even with a sneaky side business in the works, pushing musical boundaries is still the number one priority for Brisbane boys, The Arachnids.

Returning home from a mini-tour around the southern states, including stops in Melbourne and Frankston, keyman, vocalist and top spider, Lachlan Wallace, says the four-piece's fusion of rock, dance and electronica is their attempt to redefine musical genres.

“We're not really guided in any specific genre direction. We try to avoid it, rather than classifying our music before it's even made. We just like to throw it out there and arrange it as we see fit at the time. It's pretty presumptuous to say we're making a new genre of music. We just don't like to be tied down to one.”

It seems genres aren't the only thing The Arachnids dislike being tied down to - their up-and-coming EP was recorded in a myriad locations around Brisbane.

(It was recorded) “in a hodge-podge of places. A fair bit of it was done at Lockdown Studios. Otherwise we just bummed some free recording time from people we know in their studios and pieced it together on the fly.”

When they're not recording or reciting the transcript of the 1986 ‘Transformers’ movie, which according to Wallace happens quite often, the eight-leggers are busy preparing for their upcoming, local shows.

“We've been gearing up for our show at The Zoo. We played a few gigs with one of the bands that is coming up for the show and have been getting busy in the studio as well, trying to finish off our first EP.”

The gig will see them join forces with another local outfit, Dead Riot who played with the spidermen down south.  

“I first got to know Dead Riot going to one of their boat cruise shows, which was a really crazy night. We just checked each other out, liked the vibe at the shows and decided to do one together.”

Maybe it's due to Lachlan's strong psychedelic rock and synth-based influences, but audiences will be treated to an eclectic, high-energy, intense show; an honest indication of what fans can expect from their soon to be released EP.

“We're hoping to have a packed house dancing their asses off.”

THE ARACHNIDS, ALONG WITH DEAD RIOT, PLAY THE ZOO THURSDAY MAY 8