NEWS 2024/09/11
“So, what are we going to talk about?” Tobi Duncan asks eagerly. He crouches on a small staircase next to the dressing room of an East London photo studio, where Trash Boat are currently in the middle of their Kerrang! cover shoot. Guitarists Ryan Hyslop and Dann Bostock, bassist James Grayson, and drummer Oakley Moffatt are bustling around the space, teasing each other on their go-to poses. Slow-motion showers of feathers drift over them, a box of which Tobi has already requested to take home for his cat. “I just don’t want to leave any stone unturned,” he informs us, stroking his majestic facial hair and gazing upwards. There’s a duality to Trash Boat that becomes apparent within the first 30 minutes of hanging out with them. On a surface level, the Hertfor...