What inspired you to first start making music? And how did you come to be in your current incarnation? Or if you prefer, a brief bio about you.

Having released three albums with Odd Box Records; Get Back in Line 2015, Don’t Take My TV 2016, I Won’t Hide 2017; and a self-titled album in 2021 with Reckless Yes Records (whilst touring extensively) we have gained a steady following throughout the UK and beyond. 2022 sees the release of Some People Never Change, again with ethical record label Reckless Yes.

We have had the pleasure of supporting artists such as Shonen Knife, Kid Congo Powers, Dan Sartain, The Rezillos, The Darling Buds; appeared at festivals such as Indietracks and Wales Goes Pop; and performed live radio sessions for BBC 6 Music (Marc Riley, Mary Ann Hobbs

Provide us with some info about your latest release…

With this one we wanted to explore a range of new (to our sound) genres and styles, from 80’s British indie to 90’s American alternative college rock, whilst maintaining our usual Twitch pop sensibilities. 

Personally, we do think its our best to date, everything seemed to fall together effortlessly, a suitable progression from our last release. We are genuinely excited for everyone to hear it!

Which ones would you consider your main influences both music-wise & non-music-wise?

We feel our influences come across abundantly in our sound, from The Shangri-las to The Ramones, The Breeders to The Vaselines. Basically, a lot of the ‘The’ bands!

Collectively we take large inspiration from those who are so uniquely and unforgivingly themselves, who stick to their guns, motivated by their drive and transcend their issues or barriers and turn it into their art. This does not always come in the form a celebrity, sometimes just people we meet.

In what way does your sound differ from the rest genre-related artists/bands and why should we listen to your music? In other words, how would you describe your sound?

We are not institutionalized (so to speak) within a scene. We span a range of genres and are happy to have our fingers in all the punk and pop music pies, playing a variety gigs from the vintage garage scene to trad punk to indie pop gigs. It’s easy to fall in line with the latest musical trend, we have worked hard at what we do for years and carved out a spaced in many music communities and are always very proud of the different kinds of people we reach. I feel there is a lot to be said for that, and it definitely keeps it interesting for us

Please name your 3 desert islands albums, movies & books…

Frankenstein

The Catcher in the Rye

Roots Radicals and Rockers (By Billy Bragg)

Ramones – Leave Home

Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual

Television Personalities – And Don’t the Kids Just Love It

The Damned United

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Jaws

Do you prefer studio or performing live and why?

They are both comparatively so different, and each provide us with their own joys that I don’t think one could take preference. I guess if we didn’t like one or the other we wouldn’t have 5 albums and play on average 40 gigs a year!

There is a huge satisfaction of ‘getting a song down’ after you have been meticulously constructing it in the practice room, inspired by the knowledge that your idea has started its journey into being a song that will soon be playing on a record player in someone’s living room. it’s a special feeling. And it comes with the territory; the thrill of performing live, meeting like-minded souls, exploring a new city or a new band is a different sort of excitement yet again.

Is there any funny-unique story you would like to share with us, always in relation to your music ‘career’?

Liverpool is one of our favorite cities to play, and just generally one of our favorite cities in the UK. We find there is such a welcoming crowd, and we always have a great show. But the biggest cause of excitement for our guitarist Jay is (of course) because Liverpool is Beatlesville.

We played at a slightly tired looking venue, with intriguing but kitschy décor, and with a super nice bunch of people. The club had apparently been around since the 1950s. Jay was chatting with the owner, eager to hear a glimmer of any Beatles connections they may have. “Yeah, they used to frequent this club back in the sixties” luring Jay in with their Beatle tale. “In fact, George Harrison, unfortunately, had a bit of a bad night here with a run in with one of our locals, ending up leaving the club in a bit of a huff. He actually ended up writing the song Don’t Bother Me when he got back night”. Jay reveled in the tales of his heroes and enthusiastically relayed the story back to us. Well, it was quite exciting to know such an event happened in this slightly odd venue, but non the less, one we had played in. And resulted in a song which we knew!

A few months later (being the Beatles nerd he is) Jay was watching some Netflix documentary on The Beatles discussing a time when George Harrison visited California. The narrator, showing hotels he frequented, explaining “In this very hotel that George visited is where he first put pen to paper for the lyrics to Don’t Bother Me”.

Which track of your own would you point out as the most unique and why?

This Mad at the World (Some People Never Change). Although we have recorded acoustic tracks before (Even Though I Have Regrets, And We Did) we always added additional percussion or guitar. This is just a simple guitar and vocal track.

Would you like to share with our readers your future plans?

In the short term we have a tour coming up to promo our new album. Excited to be playing some new towns and cities on our roster, we like to hit new places; so tell your local promoters folks if you want us to come play your home town!

We are of course planning to start work on our next release, maybe slightly less ambitious than the last… but we don’t want to give too much away!

Free question!!! (Ask yourself a question) you wish to answer and haven’t been given the opportunity…

If you could collaborate musically with an Artist(s), living or dead, who would it be?

Joe Meek. With Kim Deal joining the band for an album, on additional guitar. Maybe with guest vocals from Joey Ramone.

Curated by: Christos Doukakis

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