Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us! Can you please introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about how the band started?
Tarin: Well... we are Sanguine. We formed back in my University days but I've known Nick since college, Tom and Matt, I met in my second year at Uni. We originally formed to become a prog-rock band but after some time we all realised we loved making heavy riff based music and ended up with the sound Sanguine has today.
Nick: yeah we did originally intend to be something more prog-rock based, back in the day when we met but with the range of influences from the band members we ended up a lot heavier with a lot more screaming and riffs.

The ‘Live Consume Drive’ EP is a heavy powerhouse that goes right for the jugular- in addition to the grinding title song, the standout track for me was ‘Simplify’, which is gorgeous, driving alternative rock, but with vocals I can only describe as “banshee”-like. Taryn, you have quite a unique delivery- running the gamut from whispery to blood-curdling screams. Where do you draw your influences vocal-wise?
Tarin: I idolised Mike Patton in his Faith No More days and got hooked on the range of ability in his voice. I just wanted to do something similar. I never even knew I could scream until I asked Nick how he did his screaming.
Nick: Yeah we were stood in the kitchen one day and Tarin asked me how I screamed so I showed her and she then copied and produced that crazy ass scream which is now an integral part of Sanguine.
Tarin: It was a bit of a eureka moment!

I was very impressed by the ‘Live Consume Drive’ video- in fact, it received a lot play on UK music channels like Kerrang! and Scuzz. It reminded me of all the best moments from the early 90s alternative music videos like Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, etc…., where did the idea for the video come from?
Nick: Yeah all those bands from the 90's were a big influence on us. It was a time when bands really cared about the videos that they put out, each one had a message. These days many bands end up doing a by-numbers "band standing in a room" video. Sanguine wanted to make sure all their videos actually had a message.
Tarin: I think it's also that we are fascinated by the artistic and psychedelic forms of film and if we get a chance to have a say over what a camera is pointing at we want it to be interesting...different, loaded with meaning. Live Consume Drive represented the gameshow of life where two contestants play for their chance to win that dream house, car and holiday. The gameshow host is the devil who is more than happy to sell the game of life as material value only. The blond hair girl who has everything wins and the man who is down and out loses. The message is don't play the game, something which is shared by those 90's bands during the grunge era.

What are your memories of making the video?
Tarin: Ah so much fun! We spent the day watching Nick turn into Michael Barrymore and kept on having to re-cover him in red body paint and watching him melt under the lights!!!
Nick: Yeah and it was the hottest day of the year. The best part for me was the assisted-peeing as I couldn't touch my trousers because of the paint on my hands so one of the girls had to help me!
Tarin: Funny how none of the boys wanted to help...
Nick: yeah..I drank a lot of water that day!

How has the critical and fan reception towards the EP been?
Nick: Amazing, we recorded the EP in our loft with three microphones as a demo it was never intended for release.
Tarin: Yeah and to say it did well would be an understatement with Scuzz, Kerrang! and Propellor TV all took Live, Consume, Drive video on their playlists. Simplify has always been a fan favourite so it speaks for itself as a good, core Sanguine tune.
Nick: The EP attracted a lot of attention and interest from various people Mikee Goodman being one of them....we never expected that!

Sanguine has developed quite the live reputation. I’ve read one reviewer state that you “turned a trendy little London music venue into a sweaty, writing mosh pit.” How important is the live experience for you? How much has it contributed to the band’s success?
Tarin: It's so important. I think that people understand what a band is about more from the live performance. This is especially true for Sanguine as we literally want to take the listener on a ride when we do our set. We do such a range of songs that if you had heard them at home maybe you would think we were schizophrenic.
Nick: Yeah if you come to our gigs, you would realise Sanguine are schizophrenic!
Tarin: Haha! so true...yeah it's all about the energy you put out their, the audience feel that and feed it back to you, so it's just as rewarding for the band members to play live.

While the band unifies many styles into their own unique sound, Sanguine has cited grunge as a big influence- what is about this period of music that grabs you? There seems to be a lot of renewed interest in the Seattle sound.
Nick: Yeah I was a big grunge fan. Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana were all a big part of my growing up. The good thing about the grunge scene is that none of the bands sounded like each other but somehow it worked together.
Tarin: Grunge was more a movement, it produced some amazing songs which will go down in history. It was a great time for guitar bands and songwriters, for people to say something a bit deeper about the disappointment of the post-modernistic age which we live in today it was definitely a movement for the depressed. Now we are obsessed with tiny phones, and five-minute wonder celebrities who are famous for the sake of putting their personal life on camera. Maybe the interest in the Seattle sound has something to do with reflecting again, the 80's fashion obsession just came back in with fashion turning it's head at leggings and music with it's big beat, so it would make sense that a fascination with the 90's will follow.
Nick: yeah...bring back the bum-bag!

Sanguine has some quite high profile admirers, most notably Joey Jordison (Slipknot) and Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) - this must be quite flattering for such a new band. How has this kind of praise fueled the band?
Tarin: I was asked by Adrain Smith to do some backing vocals for him on a side-project which featured Mikee Goodman. I was, like anyone out there reading would expect, completely blown away! He was so nice ...and yep what a big compliment really.
Nick: Iron Maiden were the first band I ever brought so to know my singer is singing with one of the members is just insane.

You are releasing a new single on October 3, ‘For Love,’ on your own label Sanguine Records. What can fans expect? Will there be another video?
Nick: Yes is the short answer. We are releasing "For Love" featuring a video shot in a ballroom of a house which was previously owned by members of Pink Floyd and Roger Taylor.
Tarin: again the experience was mind-blowing as I'm a massive Pink Floyd and Queen fan. The video features our video director Carl Shanahan's little girl as the lead role. She was awesome as it was her first time acting. It came out a lot darker than any of us would have expected.
Nick: Yeah it got really intense and we just rolled with it. The idea for the video came from Carl who dreamt it one night. He phoned me the next morning all psyched up.and said we've got to film this. So we made it happen. Two weeks later it was done.

In addition to the single, your first full length is set to be released in early 2012. Can you give us any more details about the record?
Tarin: All I can say is that it will be eclectic, heavy and the opposite of whatever you were expecting. Sanguine just does that.
Nick: Check out the single "For Love" as a sneak peak, it features another track "Anger Song" which is exactly what is says on the tin... play it when you're angry and it'll make you feel better.
Tarin: On top of that, expect some lighter more ambient tracks on the album.

Sanguine prides itself very much on being a DIY band- in this day and age, successful bands invariably have to be. With the rise of social networking and these tools becoming a necessity in any bands’ repertoire, what are your opinions on social networking? With the tour market down in several different genres, will they eventually replace the importance of playing live as the main means of getting “the name” out there?
Nick: It's just evolving like everything else does. Social networking is just another means to reach fans. It's undeniably really useful but shouldn't be relied on over just going out their and tearing it up live.
Tarin: yeah you can chat as much as you want but your reputation is built from playing live. Word of mouth is still the biggest tool to any form of music if you want to be successful.

What are your future plans for Sanguine? Where do you see the band in 5 years time?”
Nick: In some form of legal wrangle with Ticketmaster - you know you made it when that happens.
Tarin: Hopefully we won't be bald and fat leaning in a bar somewhere saying "I used to be in a band" please god no!
Nick: haha! We're just going keep doing what we do and so far Sanguine has taken us to some pretty cool places.
Tarin: Yeah, we'll just see what happens, you do music for fun that's the main thing.

Any upcoming gigs you’d like to tell us about?
Nick: yeah we're playing throughout October/November all over the country so check on to www.sanguineband.com for more info.
Tarin: Just a quick rundown off the top of my head....we'll be playing at the Waterrats in London on the 14th October, then playing with Evile in Exeter on the 17th October then we're featuring at the Miss UK Alternative show at Newquay on the 28th October. More dates to follow...so check Sanguine out or log on to facebook under www.facebook.com/sanguineband.