Knives At Noon sharpening up

'We don't fit into a genre' - Knives At Noon. Photo / Supplied

Watch this space. That is stamped on pretty much everything you read about Knives at Noon right now.

The Dunedin four-piece has just released the EP Glitter Guts and is tipped for big things. And you'll get no objection from keyboardist Oli Wilson, who says if you like what you hear on the four-track, which features the single Violins and Violence, brace yourself for what's around the corner.

"This really does feel very much like it's just the beginning," Wilson says. "The EP is only a snapshot of what we were doing for literally a few months before November last year. Expect to see lots of development ..."

Knives at Noon - which comprises Wilson, singer Tim McCartney, guitarist Paul Gauvin and drummer Tim Couch - describe themselves as the "initiators of doom-pop."

It's their way of poking fun at labels, explains Wilson. "Genre has become less and less important in the way people talk about music. Words like 'indie' and 'rock' have lost all meaning. We don't want to fit into a genre - we don't fit into a genre. So we just call our music 'doom-pop' to write off all references to genre."

Although most up-and-coming bands tend to gravitate towards the north, Knives at Noon are happy to stay put in Dunedin.

"We're staying here because it's where we live - it's where we all call home," says Wilson. "It's easy living compared to somewhere like Auckland. Everything's a walk away, it's a slow pace and everything's really cheap."

With the city's rich musical landscape, it is also a great place for a band to hone its craft.

"We definitely see ourselves as a live band," says drummer Tim Couch. "There is something you can't capture in a recording, and that's the energy of playing live."

Adds Wilson: "Plus we all flat together here, we have a really sweet studio set-up and we're recording our album here."

*Knives at Noon's EP Glitter Guts is out now.