Until Death Do Us Laugh With MATT BATY From PIGS, PIGS, PIGS, PIGS, PIGS, PIGS, PIGS

Interview by Kris Peters
In case their band name wasn't enough of a hint for you, listening to their music will ram the point home that Newcastle, UK outfit Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs are a musical force unto themselves and their care factor should you disagree is a resounding zero.
Since bursting onto the scene in 2014, Pigs have almost gone out of their way to ensure they drank from no-ones well of musicality other than their own, uniting normally opposing forces of music with flawless inhibition for maximum results.
Essentially a rock band but with enough alter egos and personalities to conquer the world, Pigs have always quietly gone about their business, in the process drawing fans and their peers increasingly into their own sonic paradise and sweeping all before them in eclectic waves of passion.
In setting their fifth musical child out into the wilderness earlier this month, Pigs also unleashed a powerhouse of musical disparity that highlighted their growing stature while simultaneously sending purists reaching for their notepads to scribble down notable forms of blasphemous intent. That album is titled Death Hilarious, an album name that says pretty much everything you need to hear about Pigs without lowering the needle to the record and setting off down another magical and whimsical adventure, destination unknown but satisfaction guaranteed.
Openly touted as a body of work infinitely more hostile than previous release Land Of Sleeper, Death Hilarious evokes the same type of reaction as a person would feel standing in the mosh pit at one of Pigs notoriously frenetic live shows.
It was a deliberate hardening of the arteries by Pigs, once more showing their disdain for familiarity as their journey into the abyss grows darker and more dangerous along the way.
Vocalist Matt Baty kindly gave up some of his time to chat with HEAVY in what turned out to be an engaging, informative view of the music industry as a whole and Pigs place in it.
"We're a weird band," he shrugged when we ask what Pigs were going for musically with Death Hilarious. "In the sense that we don't all get together before we start writing an album and discuss what direction we'd like to take it in, which I think is pretty odd and probably not very efficient (laughs). We just get together in a room and everyone will have worked on different things or have different fragments of ideas for songs. And we just get together in one room and present those with each other. Some things kind of click amongst all of us, and some things don't. And those things we'll just park for a rainy day and see if it works at a later date. But we'll kind of focus on everything that people bring that all of us as a five-piece unit are all in on. From that point, once we start developing the skeletons of what the songs are, Sam - he also records and produces our albums - takes them further."
"I think with this one, the songs were presenting themselves as being a bit more… maybe a bit more assertive and a little bit more aggressive," he continued. "A little bit more immediate. So that's where Sam took the production as well and maybe just pushing things a little bit harder and slamming it against the wall a little bit more than they were on Land of Sleeper."
In the full interview, Matt shared insights into the positive reception of the album and the tour, describing it as their best experience yet due to enthusiastic fan engagement. He emphasized the challenges of measuring success in the current music landscape, where streaming metrics often overshadow live performance feedback. Matt elaborated on the band's collaborative songwriting process, which allows for organic song development without a predetermined direction. He noted that their latest album aims for a more straightforward sound compared to previous works, with production enhancing the music's immediacy. The title Death Hilarious, inspired by Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, was chosen for its representation of the band's identity and humour.
Matt highlighted the band's journey in defining their sound, showcasing a variety of styles across albums, and mentioned specific tracks that exemplify their creative exploration before admitting he still doesn't know exactly what Pigs definitive sound is, but is also happy to keep exploring the realms of musical possibility.

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