Whoever You Are presents their energy and effort in creating five tracks within five hours. Each track has its own unique flavour. In addition to that, these tracks bring out lots of youthful rock energy. Both Hong and Lee have their style of playing their own instruments but fully in harmonization. A mixture of genres and style keeps you in a good mood especially when you are either on a road trip or having drinks with your friends. Most importantly, you just want to have fun while listening to their music. I am excited to see and listen to their songs and live performances in the UK.

Before the UK tour in May, Dead Buttons took the time to have an interview including their thoughts about coming to the UK to perform for the first time.

How would you describe your music?
Jihyun: We’re a rock ‘n’ roll band.
Kanghee: That pretty much sums it up perfectly. 

Most K-indie bands consist of three or four members. What is it like to produce and perform music as a two-piece?
Jihyun: We were worried at first about changing to a duo.  But in reality, there wasn’t that much of a difference between making music as a trio and as a duo.

What was it like recording your first EP, Whoever You Are?  Why did you decide to record the whole thing in only five hours?
Jihyun: We chose to just do one take of all the songs, that’s why it only took five hours to finish the EP.  Recording everything in one take was a great way for us to capture the energy from our live shows on disc. 

Dead Buttons 2014 UK Tour (Courtesy of the Artist)

What is your opinion about K-indie music slowly becoming known amongst international audiences?
Kanghee: It’s great!  Who wouldn’t be happy about that?
Jihyun: I agree that it’s a good thing.  Hopefully it helps the Korean music scene continue to grow.

This will be your first time touring in the UK.  What are your feelings about your upcoming tour?
Jihyun:  This will be my first time visiting the UK so I’m excited.  But I’m trying not to get too excited.  I hope we can play well and show people what Dead Buttons is all about.
Kanghee: I’m excited and nervous about getting to play in front of new audiences.  This tour should be a really good learning experience for us.

What are you looking forward to doing while you are in the UK?
Jihyun: Our schedule is pretty tight, so I don’t know if we’re going to have much time do things outside of preparing for our shows and playing.  But hopefully we can make some plans when we arrive to do a few fun things.
Kanghee: We’re going to play 6 gigs in 10 days, so I’m not sure what we’ll have time to see and do.  If I can find some time to eat fish and chips, I’ll be a happy guy.