AN INTERVIEW WITH NAUTICAL MILE
3-25-26
PHOTO CREDIT: NICK HENRISSON
1. Very delighted to have you guys featured on the site with this interview! Before we jump into it, would you be so kind as to introduce yourself and what you do in the band?
Thanks for having us. This is Caleb here - I’m on the drums in Nautical Mile.
2. Would you please provide a little context about the band—where you’re from, your origin story, etc.?
Nautical Mile surfaced in 2016, based in Perth, Western Australia. Our music might be described as an amalgamation of Post Hardcore to Pop Punk, with heavier elements instrumentally and predominantly clean vocals up front. We’ve released various singles, including our debut album ‘The Only Way Is Through’ in 2019 with various follow up tracks since. Some of the memorable acts we’ve supported over the years include Hellions, Senses Fail, Trophy Eyes, Hawthorne Heights and Hands Like Houses. We’re finally back for another round after close to 4 years’ hiatus and excited to get back to business.
3. Who would you say are the primary influences that inform the sound of the band?
Across the board bands including A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Sum 41, Beartooth, The Story So Far would be a good start (and several more). These are all bands that we grew up listening to and bring back memories from those times, with most of them still active today, which is impressive.
4. What about yourself personally? One and the same, or are there some others that might be unique to you?
The bands listed resonate on my end. Only additions would be some of the big guns on the drums like Luke Holland, Thomas Lang and Dan Searle to name a few.
5. So you’re coming back from a hiatus with the new single “Daydreamer.” What can listeners who haven’t heard it yet expect? What themes does the track explore?
Daydreamer is a song that we had written right before we took our extended break, and when we got back together and started jamming again in 2024 we felt it was the perfect track to bring us back. The song is about reminiscing on better days, before the stresses and strains of life take over in adulthood. During the time away we all had a fair amount of life happening, so coming back to the band felt like us recapturing the spirit of those happier times. There’s a few quotes mentioned in this one being non-fictional, but best to leave it at that!
6. The track will make its live debut March 28th when you return to the stage for the first time in four years—what details can you provide about the show?
Indeed we’re back after quite a few years away from it all. March 28th at Amplifier Bar in Perth. We’ve got Pontianak and Belgravia joining us for the night. It’s going to be a pop-punk filled evening with a breakdown here and there to round it out. Tickets are via Oztix and are on sale now so if you’re in Perth, do yourself a solid and grab one.
7. What’s on the docket for the rest of the year?
Will be taking it one step at a time this year. Nothing is locked in although keeping an open calendar for the time being. We’ve spent a fair while writing new songs and revisiting old demos that didn’t make the cut previously. Safe to say it would be no surprise if we end up back in the studio to lay a few of these down.
8. This is a new chapter for the band, but looking back, what were the pre-hiatus highlights you remember fondly, and what was it that made you want to return?
There's a hefty catalogue of memories from ‘the good old days’. Some of the touring over to the east coast up until Covid cut things short is definitely up there. This includes sleeping in 5 star hotels, which quickly became floors of friends' apartments after we realised that’s not how you tour and our finances were punished to reflect it. Climbing Mt Kosciuszko on our day off between Melbourne and Sydney, getting stuck in a storm, returning covered in bruises from the amount of hail that was unleashed. This all doesn’t sound that great and it wasn’t at the time, but on reflection it really was a laugh. The best memories, whilst also touring, would have to be playing to new faces every night. That part never gets old and some of the people we met, that we wouldn’t have otherwise, who we are still friends with today.
9. Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my questions! Any last words for the reader?
Thanks again for having us onboard and if you’re in Perth, I hope to see you on March 28th at Amplifier.
