Speaking of playing live, Ben names ‘Mean Girls’ as his favorite song to play live because “in the verses, I don’t have to play guitar, and I can …. sort of have a bit of swagger on stage”.  Another one of his favorites is an unreleased song called ‘Lipstick and Cigarettes’ which they have recently started playing on this tour. He describes the song as “high energy” and “Circa Waves vibes”. Reece likes to play ‘Deep Blue Sea’ live, as well as ‘Mans Best Friend’, which is also Javan’s and Jack’s favorite song to play live. Ben explains how there’s a part in the bridge in ‘Mans Best Friend’ where it all goes quiet and how “there’s something about it that feels wholesome and nice”. The four-piece band from Stockport would absolutely love to support bands like The Wombats, Circa Waves, The Lottery Winners, or even Catfish and the Bottlemen on tour because they claim that they have got the same audience and Ben adds; “If we got in front of that audience, we know that’s it”. 

The band ultimately started due to Ben and Javan meeting in primary school and eventually, they formed a band for a GCSE project with another guy from their school who ended up leaving the band later. Jack then joined as a guitarist and Javan remarks that “Reece just took photos of us, and we felt bad for him, so we let him play bass”. Ben declares; “We made the band in the first place because me and Javan are from a dead town where people go to live when they’re older but if you’re younger it’s just boring. There was nothing to do so we formed a band and played in local pubs. Eventually, we met our manager, and he started putting us on big shows in the city in Manchester and now we’re here”. When asked about how they decided on the name Bayboards, Javan explains that the name’s origins actually come from Birmingham; “I saw a baby on a board sign in a car and just squashed it together”. 

When asked about their favorite part about making music the guys all have a different opinion on the topic. 
Ben; “I just love writing a song and seeing people’s reactions when they hear it for the first time”. 
Jack; “I quite like the contribution process when we’re in the studio and how you can start with one idea, and it develops into one thing, and it just ends up in a beautiful song and you can look back and be like I’m proud of that”. 
Reece; “I like taking it from the studio and redeveloping it into something a little bit heavier and more energetic … it’s good to experiment with stuff and see what works and what doesn’t work”. 
Javan; “It’s a nice creative process and everyone’s got their own spin on the wheel and their own thing to bring to the table”. 

This tour will mark the first show that the band will ever play outside of the UK with a show in Paris on April 19th which is “a big moment” for the four-piece indie band. Ben mentions; “We’re playing somewhere called Supersonic where apparently when English bands play there it’s rammed so hopefully when we go, there will actually be people but knowing us there will be no one”. They talk about how they’ve been having a great time on tour so far saying; “People are turning up and we didn’t think anyone would be there so it’s just a big moment for us”. They go on to talk about how one of the biggest challenges when being on tour is having to “deal with each other” especially mentioning the long van rides as they had gotten stuck in traffic earlier that day on their way to Birmingham. 

Bayboards have definitely been making waves in the British indie scene, most certainly in North England, and their live shows bring an infectious energy on stage, which certainly shouldn’t be missed.