Interview with Zack Morris (D), Loui Eastern (B), Luis Riley Morrison (V), Dan Jay (G) and Conor Frampton (G) of Paradise Sins and Pete Devine of Pete’s Rock News and Views (https://petesrocknewsandviews.com)
PD: How would you describe yourself or your band as an artist?
Luis: We’re Paradise Sins and we’re here for a good time – hopefully for as long as we can make it! We’re a loud, anthemic, in-your-face old school/new school rock band with a smattering of melodic maturity that few possess and a live show that will leave you exhausted and gasping for air.
Have I sold it to you yet?
PD: Can you tell us briefly about your background – i.e. where you’re from, how you came to make music, etc.
Dan Jay: We officially formed in 2022. It kinda sprung out of nowhere to be honest. I walked away from music in 2020. I just had nothing left and everyone in my musical circle was turning different corners and everything felt very disconnected. At the start of 2022 I just felt this insane urge to start writing again and everything spiraled from there. I reconnected with Conor (guitarist) and he had found himself in a very similar situation. Loui (bassist) had spent the time we were locked away during the pandemic obsessively learning bass guitar. All it took was a few beers in the local and a wild plan to start a balls-to-the-wall rock band. A drunken blast of emotions to be honest! Little did we know quite how wild it’d become. From there I reached out to Zack (drummer) who I’d seen play a few years back when he was a kid. I remember thinking, ‘this kid is going to be a superstar’. He had it all. I got in touch with him with some demos and he was immediately in. It took a fair amount of time searching for a vocalist. The demos were super strong and we had around 100 applications for the vocal position. This guy followed our Instagram one day and I checked out his page – the guy had pipes of dreams! About an hour later he emails us applying for an audition. I couldn’t believe it. He had everything we were looking for. High-end, soulful, bad ass vocals. Luis sang ‘Back to the Rhythm’ by H.E.A.T as an audition. It was perfect.
PD: Who and what inspires you to make music, both in terms of musical and other influences? What do you like to write about in your songs?
Luis: We have quite a broad range of influences, and I don’t just mean because there are five of us, we each have a rather eclectic pallet of taste, I think that’s why everything sounds so fresh despite this genre being a bit nostalgic now.
I think good comparisons right now would be H.E.A.T, Ghost, Iron Maiden, I’m a huge fan of anything that’s been touched by Myles Kennedy too.
I write about all sorts, I love to play with double or even triple meanings, metaphors, parallels. All kinds of stuff. There’s a good blend of personal experience in life and you know, stuff like the occult, historic events, or I even started writing one track about a Shark that died in captivity. I take inspiration from literally everything.
PD: What are your aspirations as an artist?
Zack: That’s difficult because I’ve got so many! My main aspiration I’d have to say though is for this band to blow up and it become my full-time job, I want to be touring, playing sold-out shows and making music with these guys. I’ve got quite a few things going on too with my solo projects and my production work, but the plan is to also implement those skills of mine into future Paradise Sins music, to make a big beast of all of our skills!
PD: What is the proudest moment in your music career so far?
Conor: Paradise Sins is my proudest moment! I am so proud of all the work, effort and passion the guys have put into Paradise Sins, from that we have been able to achieve so much in the short time that we have been pursuing this vision. When I’m up on stage with the best people I know, looking out at all the faces, faces of people I don’t know and I see them singing and dancing along to our songs… Yeah that hits me right in the heart.
PD: Promoting one’s music is such a challenge these days, especially with so many new
artists emerging from bedrooms in the day of the home studio. How is that going?
Dan Jay: In today’s world you have to be everything. Content creators, video editors, graphic designers, promoters, booking agents, music producers . . . the list goes on and on. But you have to adapt to it and make it work for you. It’s vitally important to try and connect with your followers. We do that but I also wouldn’t say we follow your typical modern trends. We’re not posting memes of ourselves but that doesn’t mean we’re not having a good time you know? It’s almost like you feel like you have to be posting in what some cases is embarrassing content just to get a few views on a new music video . . . Hey listen, I love some of that stuff and I love what some artists are doing and I absolutely will go listen to them if I enjoy their content. But what we try to do is just be ourselves and just try and show people how much we love what we are doing. No matter where it goes, that’s what matters most. Saying that, videoing Zack stick a plunger to Loui’s hair-ridden head is quite the temptation . . . and you may see that in the near future, all for the views right?!
PD: And how do you book and promote your live shows and tours? Any performances coming up?
Dan Jay: So far we have done everything ourselves. We are a true grassroots band and have worked our asses off to get into this position. We are about to announce something really exciting, we have been signed to management. There’ll be a big announcement late 2024 but this means we will be hitting as many corners of the UK as possible next year. Keep an eye on our socials because this band will be everywhere in 2024.
PD: What do you think about downloading music online? What about streaming sites like Spotify?
Luis: I love it! Having so much new content at your fingertips is incredible. At the same time I do think they should’ve kept it like movies where they release at the cinema and then come to streaming you know? There’s something to be said for the experience of rifling through albums, not knowing whether what you purchased is gonna be your new favorite thing or the complete opposite. Part of the fun I think. I guess you still get that with streaming but it’s not the same for me.
PD: What song do you wish you’d written and why?
Loui: That’s a tough choice, but I think I’d go with “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. The way it blends different musical styles and tells such a dramatic, almost operatic story is incredible. It captures so much emotion and complexity, making it timeless. The creativity in its structure and the sheer artistry in the lyrics are inspiring. Plus, it shows how music can push boundaries and connect with people on so many levels.
PD: Is there anything you don’t like about the music industry, which you would change if you could?
Luis: The emergence of AI. I think it currently bodes ill in particular for an already delicate grassroots scene.
I don’t necessarily think it isn’t art, I more just think that removing the process of creation will ruin what makes music special. Look at the original Star Wars, apparently a complete s***t show until they fixed it in the editing. Sometimes someone puts something out and people don’t like it so much, that’s what art is. We’ll have nothing interesting to talk about if an AI is just pumping out the same 10/10 track on the daily.
Who knows what’ll happen though! I really appreciate the passionate people out there who go to seek out the experience of new live music. I think they’ll be the pillar holding this all up in a decade or so.
PD: So, what are you working on at the moment?
Dan Jay: At the moment we are pushing new music out and rehearsing for next years live circuits. We have a new single out late November and our new EP ‘Desires’ launches December 6th. To top the year off we are performing on New Years Eve at The Robin in 
bilston which looks like it is heading for a sell out. As for 2025, as I mentioned earlier we’ll be tearing up the tarmac as much as possible, reaching as many people as we can. Super exciting times!
PD: Where can we learn more about you and buy your music/merch online?
Dan Jay: Head to our socials you can find all our music there, as for merch we’re putting together some cool concepts for next year and you can always buy our merch at our shows. We will for sure be launching more physical copies of our music and again this stuff will be available at our live shows.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2XZAC9am6Ha1st2ganAGFs?si=9z1YUb1YTIaujWKl-vETiw
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/paradise-sins/1710736193
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ParadiseSinsBand
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089636072241
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paradisesins
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paradise_sins
Website: https://paradisesinsmgmt.wixsite.com/paradisesins
PD: What music have you available online and where can we buy it from?
Dan Jay: Our tunes are on all major streaming platforms worldwide. We have an EP out currently, ‘Untamed’ which features the singles ‘UnDead’ and ‘Voodoo Love’. The latest single ‘Love Like Hell’ is also out and as I mentioned we have another single due out late November and the ‘Desires’ EP is out December 6th. Head to our website, you can find everything there https://paradisesinsmgmt.wixsite.com/paradisesins
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