Rockin' With... Masketta Fall

Masketta Fall, a 5 piece Pop/Rock band from Melbourne, Australia. You may know them from the Red Bull Bedroom Jam or the catchy support act from Tonight Alive or maybe you just know them as that addictive young fast emerging band hitting the scene.  Having been releasing some great music and touring around Australia thoroughly, I thought it was time to catch up on the Masketta Fall craziness, and lead singer Braden Daniel was just the person to talk too!

For someone who has never heard of you, how would you describe ‘Masketta Fall’?

I would describe Masketta Fall as an upcoming Pop/Rock band, inspired by artists such as Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Panic! At the Disco, and Story of the Year.

How did the band form and how did the name ‘Masketta Fall’ come into play?

We were all friends in high school and aspiring musicians, and the band formed through mucking around on our instruments at school.

‘Masketta’ was the name of a puppy we adopted. We took the puppy to the beach where our guitarist (Ben) through a stick off a cliff, the determined pooch unfortunately followed it and plummeted to fatality… ‘Masketta Fall’.

You’ve recently been touring a lot, what has been your favourite show to date?

Our favourite show has probably been our self-run show at the Phoenix Youth Centre in Footscray on June 24^th which was sold out with approximately 300 fans.

Any interesting or funny tour stories?

Our most recent show in Sydney, our drummer (Rolph) thought it would be a great idea to swim in a fountain in the city. The weather wasn’t exactly appropriate for swimming, especially at 4:00am.

What are three words that sum up your live show?

Energetic, Fun, Party

Now I also understand your debut EP will be out in a couple of months, Can you tell us a bit about it? Title? Release Date? Recording & Writing Process?

Haha, I wish I could give you that information, but it’s still currently being planned and we don’t have specifics yet.

What I can tell you is; we recorded the 6 tracks at Electric Sun Studios with Dave Petrovic and we’re very happy with the product.

Usually a debut EP is like a first impression when you meet someone, what kind of impression are you aiming for? How do you want people to remember Masketta Fall?

We would like to be remembered for our catch hooks and melodies. We also want to be remembered for what the songs are about. Our lyrics have meaning to us, and listener can also relate to what is being sung.

We much prefer that over the kind of lyrics you would hear in a Nicki Minaj song.

You’re unsigned, are you looking to be signed? Do you think the need to be signed has decreased over the last couple of years?

We are absolutely looking to get signed; we all have the dream to pursue a career with what we’re doing.

We have big aspirations, and in order to achieve our goals, we’ll need to be taken under the wing of a record label.

Who do you sight as your musical influences? And musical acts you personally enjoy listening to?

As I stated in the answer to question, we are all influenced by Pop/Rock heavyweights such as Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, and Panic! At the Disco. Whilst we all enjoy listening to Story of the Year.

Each of us have a completely different taste in music ranged from light acoustic to death metal.

What’s one thing myself and the readers wouldn’t know about Masketta Fall?

The first thing that comes to mind is, although Moli wears basketball jerseys 24/7, he doesn’t actually watch basketball nor does he have any interest in it.

What do you have planned for the next 6 months? What shows do you have coming up soon?

Throughout July we are on support for the For Our Hero tour, and after that we’ll be looking at running our own shows in each major city.

Amongst all or that we’ll be back in the studio recording some fresh songs that will feature on the release following the EP.

Where would you like to be in 3 years?

Within 3 years, our major goal is to be getting our songs played on commercial radio around Australia.

Any finishing words?

Masketta Fall loves Tori, sorry we took so long to answer the questions. <3

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Without You (My Personal Favourite)

I’d love to Thank Braden for answering some questions, and wishing Masketta Fall all the best for the future!

Tori Hyland