The latest in news from the cultural universe
Just For Culture
  • Home
  • Art & Literature
  • Music
  • Day & Nightlife
  • Film & TV
  • About Us & Contact

Exclusive Interview: Girl Friend 

23/4/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture

JFC Talks New Eps And
Behind-The-Scenes info With Manchester
Synth FOur Piece Girl Friend

Described as Hurts-meets-Human League, synth four piece Girl Friend have been drawing vast critical acclaim since releasing their debut single ‘Monte Carlo’.

The Manchester outfit are now set to drop their much anticipated debut EP in the upcoming week, so we caught up with lead singer Amory to find out a little bit more about the band...

For those who might not have heard of the band, how would you describe your sound?

International Cosmopolitan Art Rock.

What’s your process for creating a new song?

Each one has it’s own set of circumstances. Often it will begin with a single idea, whether it be a vocal hook or a bass line. We don’t spend hours jamming. Songs are written at a piano or on a guitar. Once fully formed the whole band are drafted in to arrange the song.

You’ve said you like “to dress misery in something beautiful” in your work. Where does that come from?

I feel like we’re bombarded with people’s misery in music; we hear endless variations on the same, tired themes. I’m not saying I’ve created some new emotion, but when I write I try to apply my thoughts and feelings to situations that seem exotic and impalpable. I suppose I’m just bored of living so tirelessly in the real world. I’d prefer to dream of somewhere beautiful.
Your debut single was met so well by the critics that the Guardian said “in the pantheon of Manchester debut singles, it is in the ballpark of The Stone Roses’ So Young and Happy Mondays’ Delightful”. It must be pretty crazy to be compared to such artists?

It’s an honour. Sonically, we don’t derive much inspiration from either of those bands, but obviously we’re keenly aware of their influence on pop music. It’s great to be in that ‘ballpark’.

What artists do inspire you and who are you listening to at the minute?

We’re all into the most recent EP from Great Good Fine Ok, they’re an electronic act from NYC who are producing some pretty cool pop music at the moment. Tove Lo’s ‘Queen Of The Clouds’ is getting a lot of airtime at Girl Friend HQ as well.

How do you view the British music scene right now?

I’m really the wrong person to ask...however, well written pop seems to have come back into style. Girl Friend probably wouldn’t have gone down well 10 years ago, now feels like the perfect time.

Excited to be out on tour at the minute?

We are indeed. It’s our first headline tour. We're excited to gauge how people will react to our new material as well as visiting a lot of cities that we've never been to before.

What’s next then? An album to follow up the EP?

After the completion of the tour we'll be back in the studio. We don't have a date set for the album yet, but we've got lots of new material that we're excited to record.

Girl Friend drop their debut EP ‘Arrive Alone, Leave Alone’ on April 27. Find out more about the group here.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Music

    Bringing you the latest music news, features and opinions from the JFC mind

    Archives

    May 2021
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    April 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    June 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    June 2013

    Categories

    All
    2013
    2014
    2015
    Abandon Ship
    Aberdeen
    Album
    Alex Metric
    Alternative
    Austin Carlile
    Band
    Becky Hill
    Beyonce
    Biffy
    Biffy Clyro
    Blackened Sky
    Blog
    Bono
    Broken Social Scene
    Calvin Harris
    Camden
    Charlie Simpson
    Chart
    Chris Martin
    CHVRCHES
    Clyro
    Coldplay
    Dance
    Dangermouse
    D&B
    Deadmau5
    Decade
    Drum And Bass
    Dublin
    EDM
    Ella Eyre
    Exclusive
    Festival
    Full Crate
    Gecko
    Genre
    Ghost Stories
    Giorgio Moroder
    Girl Friend
    Glasgow
    God Level
    Gorgon City
    Gwyneth Paltrow
    Handguns
    Heart To Heart
    Hit The Lights
    House
    Hudson Mohawke
    If I Go
    Indie
    Infinity Land
    Innovative
    Interview
    In The Lonely Hour
    Ireland
    ITunes
    Jesse Glynne
    Jess Glynne
    JproD
    Jurassic 5
    Kanye-west
    Kilmainham
    Kings
    King-tuts
    King-tuts020c7650de
    Knife Party
    Latest
    Liquid Room
    Little Matador
    Little Mix
    Live
    Live Review
    Living Without You
    London
    McBusted
    Mentirosa
    Metric
    MK
    Monarchy
    Money On My Mind
    Motion
    Music
    Myspace
    Neck Deep
    New
    New Music
    News
    New Wave
    Of Mice & Men
    Oliver $
    Oliver Heldens
    Online
    Only Revelations
    OPM
    Opposites
    Overdrive
    Paloma Faith
    Paul Epworth
    PAWS
    Pendulum
    Pop
    Pop Punk
    Pop-Punk
    Punk-Rock
    Puzzle
    Rating
    Reasons
    Remi
    Remix
    Review
    Ric Ocasek
    Rivers Cuomo
    Rob Swire
    Rock
    Royal Hospital
    Rudimental
    Ryan Tedder
    Sam Smith
    Scotland
    Scottish
    Simon Neil
    Single
    Singles
    Slam Dunk
    Sleep Deprived
    Social Network
    Songs Of Innocence
    Soul
    Synthpop
    Technology
    The 1975
    The Pierces
    The Story So Far
    The Xcerts
    Tour
    Twin Atlantic
    U2
    Video
    Wah Wah Hut
    We Are The In Crowd
    Website
    Weezer
    Xcerts
    Yeezus
    Youth Culture Forever

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.