Weave: Take The Plunge.

Weave play the Candle Empire Strikes Back at The Zoo on Saturday.

“We listen to commercial radio all day where I work,” explains Weave guitarist, vocalist and in house physio Wes. “There’s a quite a bit of muzak that gets played on the airwaves at our clinic. There are some fun discoveries to be had. I actually heard a muzak version of an Enya song out there as well. I thought it was quite amusing.”

Fear not, it’s not something the band are taking to heart, and you can pretty much guarantee it won’t crop up in Weave’s new recordings. That is, should the once again find the time to get together for an extended period in the studio. Having formed during their University days and gotten a solid two EPs under their belts, graduation and working commitments have taken up time that would previously have been spent on the band.

“Kristy (guitar / vox) is working down in Sydney. She moved down there early last year. It does make it difficult for the band. We haven’t really played much in the last year. It’s been difficult for her having to come up for shows and stuff. Obviously it’s hard with writing because she’s in a different town. But we’re all got different focuses in our lives at the moment, and you have to allow for that. It’s hard to get together as a band.”

“She’s down there for another six months at least. Things are kind of up in the air at the moment, because Chris, our drummer, has gone travelling to Canada. We’ve got a friend of ours to fill in for us. We haven’t had a good chance to think through it, you know. We’re all happy with what’s going on.”

Obviously with the distances involved there must have been some difficulty all getting together to practice before the gigs. Is the a feeling of anticipation of anxiousness involved in getting out there and performing?

“It will be fun. I find you can practice too much, which can make it worse. I think it will be a bit more fun not having done too much rehearsal. We did a bit of recording before Christmas for a compilation that’s coming out. A new song of Kristy’s and an older song Chris and I wrote.”

Obviously the band has moved on significantly since their debut recording Plunge four years ago, making the comparison between new recordings of older material and current writing directions somewhat interesting.

“We’ve had a few line up changes over the past few years. That’s probably one of the biggest things that changes the sound of the band, everyone plays things differently. Kristy and I have been doing most of the song writing. Chris and Nick do come in with ideas but generally it’s Kristy and I. We’ve definitely changed song writing styles since the first EP, but I think every band does that. You develop different tastes and the music you’re listening to at the time with influence that as well.”

Any moments in the bands earlier material you find cringe worthy now?

“There’s a few songs I try not to let anyone hear,” he laughs. “I think I liked it at the time, but there’s a few cringe worthy moments. I’m not going to say what they are; I don’t want people going back to four years ago. It’s not all good. Lately we’re writing about more everyday things. Like watching too much TV.”