Meet Matt from Parachute Youth

Meet Matt. 

Matt plays in a band that is living abroad all for what they love and or what you could say is 'their thing'.

Matt K Von (Mathew Gill) is apart of a band with a gentlemen called Jonny Castro (Johnny Courtidis).
They started on whim, through mutual friends and before you know it were making music in the blink of an eye. 
Their music has taken them out of aus and they are writing more for us to hear.
I chatted with Matt from Parachute Youth to find out how Europe has been, where Parachute Youth began, the direction of their sound, how they've been with the label 'Sweat it out' and tried to get some info on what to expect next..

Hannah: Hey, How are you Matt? I understand you've been a busy boy, where about are you living at the moment, I herd somewhere in the midst of Europe? How has it been?

Matt: Yeh living in Putney, London! Feeling very privileged for this experience to date, feel like we have been busier here in the past 3.5 months than the last 12 months in Oz to be honest.

Hannah: London, I bet that the new culture has been incredible. Take us back to the start. How did Parachute Youth begin? Where, when and how did it all take off? 

Matt: Johnny and I had a similar circle of friends whilst I was living in Adelaide, we finally crossed paths at a mutual friends birthday and a few pints and laughs later we were back at my house making music together. Total Bromance story huh?

Hannah: Haha it’s great though, the meeting of creatives. How have you both developed a direction for Parachute Youth? Do you both have different tastes or has it been smoothing sailing? The single 'Can't get better then this' was huge for you guys, do you want to continue with that sound?

Matt: We developed the sound for PY out of pure chance and luck from the influences we each have, and we have a very special chemistry in our friendship that allows us to get through hard times, enjoy the good times and still keep focused on the project itself. We have a new single coming out in September and we are quite new kids on the block, so I don't think we are going to deviate from the sound we have for ourself, but we are writing ALOT of music for our album.

Hannah: We can’t to hear it. I understand your on a pretty cool label 'Sweat it out' home to Ajax, Yolanda be cool, What so not, Danny T, just to name a few; tell us a little bit about how it has been with them?

Matt: It has been a good experience for us to see how a label supports its artist, we are learning about 'the biz' all the time, but mostly we stay focused on music, as everything else is pointless without the music.

Hannah: Well we all know its is a competitive business, it’s good to see the higher teaching the musicians also. So what's next for the now Europe living duo, what can we expect from you guys?

Matt: We have remixed Foals single "My number" and we are waiting for a release date for that and we also have a our next single coming out via Warner Records here in the UK in a few months, which is very exciting.

Hannah: Well thanks for joining us Matt. From HWC we wish you all the luck with your Euro Trip and hope the music keeps going well.

To see where Parachute Youth are playing in Europe next visit their website and check them out here.

To stay up to date with them visit their Facebook here.

Enjoy Dope Bitchez,

Love Hannah.
Photographs: Sourced via Parachute Youth Facebook.