You’re known as musical freethinkers, how does this affect your writing process when it comes to write something that’s personal yet chart friendly?
I think because we have been doing it for a long time now it’s getting easier than it used to be. You get through a lot of ideas and you kind of record a lot more stuff than you use we’re
definitely never short of ideas but we don’t necessarily sit down and write a song and think this is going to be a hit track. I think we remain conscious of it but it think if you let it be part of your song writing process it makes it really
difficult.
What do you use for motivation when you’re writing?
For me lyrically when we made this album, with the track “ Need Some More” I actually had a burning need to have a poke at the music industry and the state that it was in. In my opinion there
wasn’t much quality music around at the time and I got a bit frustrated about it. Most of the album was more about having a good time and I guess there are bits about my ex’s. I had recently broken up with my boyfriend but in the whole
it was just about having a good time dancing enjoying it. Surrender was really about doing something good and that was my motivation throughout the album.
How is your new home at one two records going?
It’s great! Thanks for asking that, no one ever asks us about it. We actually named the label in a creative meeting it’s kind of our label as well
What was the last band you watched and thought wow they are really good?
Angie stone at the Hammersmith was amazing, Jill Scott was really great also. We all love live music but we haven’t had any really chance to get together and go and watch anyone. It’s just good
to go out and do something different to the usual bowling and stuff like that.
What song sums up your mood today?
Show me the way to go home? Nah, only joking. There’s a track called Sphynx on our very first album autonomously called “The Brand New Heavies” and I’m feeling a bit like that today,
it’s quite a dark track but it has a hopeful message. Shake Down could be another, We are all having a great time today so I guess that one also fits.
Ok so if you were to create a super group who would be in it?
Simon Bartholomew, Nicole Russo, Andrew Levy, would be rather good. I guess the real problem about super groups is that they are all full of super egos and you might have a group in your imagination but in
real life they would refuse to be in a room together! I we would take James Brown, Elvis Jimi Hendrix, Chaka Khan and Madonna would be in there to get are sales up and maybe Bach Cheryl Tweedy for a wild card and Spiderman on guitar and The Hulk on
drums. I guess to complete the line up we would have miss piggy for the manager.
Are you not so good at anything?
Everything apart from music. I’m really rubbish about doing my accounts, organization has never been a strong point.
It’s all about funk for you guys, As you get older do you find it come easier or is it more difficult?
It hasn’t really changed! Our motto is funky forever! But it has got a little easier because we listen to so much more music and our pool of grooves and musical influences is getting bigger all the time.
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