Q: A lot of time has passed since “In Consequence” was released. What has transpired in these approximately 3 years? Life got in the way. The band became stronger, more mature, and we went through enormous difficulties but “the song remained the same”. Phase is an idea like Marios used to say. It’s something higher…
Category: Interviews
On Rock’s Motherland
Using the free distribution of the remarkable debut, “In Consequence” as an excuse, my ‘royal highness’, considered as fitly to communicate with Thanos Grigoriou of Phase, for a little general chit-chat, yet in an artistic and essential colour… Q: Good evening Thanos! Where do I find you? At the moment I am in the UK where…
on Freud and other “Authorities”
Q: […]That would be interesting…Have you ever based your songs around Freud’s theories on the three elements of personality–the id, the ego, and the superego? You must have stumbled upon our recent promo photo “3”. We’ve considered Freud‘s ideas some of which we find revolutionary. We tend to ponder a lot about ideas and go…
Poetry, Art and the Academic Approach
Q: I was just reading the lyrics to your song, ‘Sowing Scorn’ and I’ve noticed you write traditional poems that some use when it comes to writing in rhyme to help add musical elements to readings. Did you start out as a poet first before a musician? I actually started off writing parodies of songs as…
Lyrical Evolution
Q: In December of 2008, you did a few acoustic shows to celebrate “In Consequence” do you feel that your lyrics have matured since then and over the years? The lyrics obviously remain the same, when talking about the already finished songs, and the writting in general has not changed much. What hase changed and…
The Person and the Persona
Q: What’s the difference between the band’s members when on stage and backstage? Backstage after a gig? Definitely sweatier! (laughter) I can’t say that there’s any particular difference. Obviously, there can be a theatrical element on stage but I don’t feel we have any overblown persona that we exhibit on stage or in public and…
The Sound of Phase
Q: Your sound is a great mix of various musical genres, a touch of psychedelic, progressive, alternative, folk, etc. But we would like you tell to our readers, what is the sound of Phase? We are referred to our music as rock. I know it’s not the best way to market it, but we are…
This is not a Love Song
Q: Many bands write songs with the same theme, how would you stand out from the rest? We are not out there to stand out, as explained we do hate competition. Instead, we are reaching out, to touch new – old friends, to establish who shares similar concerns and views with us, to celebrate that…
Visual Rhetoric
Q: When it comes to Phase, what components or symbols would best describe your visual rhetoric? We use varied imagery and symbols each time in our attempts to capture the atmosphere we want to create visually, dependent on each subject we choose to write about. Most of the times accurately, and others not so effectively….
on Phase’s Future Plans
Q: Talk a bit about your path so far and your immediate plans for the future We are not very good with planning if I’m being honest. Our mission statement however, involves creating music worth listening to and making new friends along the way. That’s what drives our every step, and naturally that’s what has…
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