Rewiring Project
Fresh from their recent appearance at Winter’s End Festival, Welsh collective Last Flight To Pluto are ready to embrace Random Karma, Fate And Destiny. Vocalist Alice Freya and drummer Darren Joseph tell Prog why they’ve taken a different approach on their third album and how they hope it’ll help them to reach larger audiences.
Words: Stephen Lambe Images: Woody Woodster
Last Flight To Pluto: heading for the stars.
"At one point, I had men swinging punches at me. It’s a good job I can handle myself.”
Prog is talking to Alice Freya and Darren Joseph, vocalist and drummer/songwriter respectively of South Wales-based band Last Flight To Pluto. Having asked them about the band’s origins, Alice – all 5ft 3 of her – is reminiscing about a particularly arduous gig on the Sandfields Estate in Port Talbot.
“All the members of Pluto were in the covers band that Alice and I ran,” continues Darren. “It’s a hardcore circuit in South Wales, very rough and ready.”
“Every dive you can think of. We’ve played it,” chimes in Alice.
Darren continues. “At this particular gig, I don’t think the locals took a shine to me. I’m tall – 6ft 5 – and at the time I had a foot-high Mohican. This dislike carried through to the entire band. It wasn’t pretty.”