1. Please introduce yourselves
DARK MILES is a solo project. It’s me, Pete Miles. It’s my voice, my wounds, my anger, my hope. I write, I sing, I bleed into every track. No masks. Just the raw, unfiltered noise of someone who’s lived too much and still has more to say.
2. Favourite moment of the year?
Playing a small, packed venue where nobody knew the lyrics, but still felt every word. There’s something about that kind of gig, it’s very fulfilling.
3. What’s your dream festival & who would you love to perform with?
Dream festival? Somewhere lost in the woods, no Wi-Fi, no influencers, just music and people who need it like oxygen. I’d love to share a stage with Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, or Depeche Mode. Artists who don’t perform, they exorcise.
4. What’s your take on AI and fake bands flooding streaming services?
It’s noise without soul. Fast food music for a distracted world. I’m not against tech, but if it doesn’t come from a place of pain, joy, or truth, it’s not music. It’s code pretending to feel.
5. Physical vs Streaming. What’s your opinion on how they affect the music industry now & the future for both?
Streaming is convenience. Physical is commitment. One is a fling, the other is a relationship. There’s room for both, but let’s not pretend a playlist replaces holding a vinyl that smells like your past.
6. People are making noise complaints when moving into properties near live music venues. What would you do to keep both parties happy?
You don’t move next to an airport and then complain about planes. Support venues. Educate people. Maybe soundproofing grants for venues, or disclosure laws for property buyers. Music shouldn’t have to whisper to survive.
7. What’s your take on shows with mobile phones being banned? Is it good for concerts to be documented or are cameraphones too intrusive?
Phones kill presence. Be there, feel it, scream it, remember it. But don’t live it through a screen. Maybe one song could be allowed to be filmed, the rest, just live it.
8. What song do you wish you’d written and why?
“Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails (and yes, I know Johnny Cash owns it now). Because it’s everything, confession, regret, rage, vulnerability. It strips you bare and leaves you grateful for the scars.
9. What’s your favourite tour story?
Got lost on the way to a gig. Ended up in a tiny bar in the middle of nowhere. Played three songs unplugged for seven people. One of them cried. That’s still the best gig I’ve ever done.
10. Any releases planned?
Yes. Maybe later this year. I still have a lot of songs inside me waiting to come out.
