Sitting across from the brand new band, ‘Author’s Note’, in
the Mix Tape studio; I can barely contain my excitement. With their coffees in
hand, they are glowing with the success of their debut album’s release. Where to start? Their immense growth into
fame in just 6 months is kind of daunting, but their cheery smiles and laughter
is an encouraging start. As I set down my drink, their nerves begin to show but
with a few jokes tossed around we’re ready to start.
Prue Sierra (Left) and Morwenna Scott (Right) first met in
2008 when Morwenna‘s dad was offered a new job in Canterbury; so they moved
from their cottage home in Cornwall to find a new one. Of course with a new
house and city comes a new school, this is where the pair first met; in a GCSE
French class where Morwenna was seated next to Prue. They instantly hit it off
and through the next coming months got together to make the band- they didn’t
do too well in their French exams, however, after finishing school in 2010 they
were busking on the streets of Canterbury and were spotted by, their now
manager, George Kase and it is from here that their career escalated into what
it is today.
So, David Ives has
named you “the most original indie band he’s heard in a long time” How does it
feel to rise into fame in such a short time?
[P] Ha, I thought you said you’d being going easy, that’s a
loaded first question...[M] I suppose we’re still getting used to it. It’s a
pretty daunting prospect but really exciting.
Is there anything you
have been doing to prepare yourself for the fame?
[P] Not really, [M] Sorry guys you’re going to have to deal
with our weirdness! [P] Ha! Yeah sorry about that but on the seriously note, to
be honest, we want to promote ourselves as truthfully as possible so we can
relate to our listeners more. We don’t want to be the people that everybody
looks to thinking ‘I wish I was like them’ we want to be the people who you could
just go and pick up a guitar and be on your way!
I’ve got your debut
album here with me, which I have been listening to nonstop all week- It’s
amazing! Can you just tell us a bit about it?
[M] Yeah, it’s really just about all the fun to have in
life, not really caring and getting on with things- it’s upbeat and we really
hope it will get through to people.
So, what was the
inspiration behind it?
[P] We were really fed up with the majority of music being
about bad breakup and sad times, and yeah bad stuff does happen but why dwell
on it! Think about the good things in life! So we wrote the album in hope that
it would lighten someone’s day!
As we come to the
close of our interview I just have one last question for you guys. What is your
favourite song of the album?
[M] Well, mine is definitely ‘Caring isn’t an Advantage’
because it was the song that made us, really, the first we ever wrote that was
actually any good. [P] I’m really proud of all the songs we’ve got on the album
but I’d have to say it’s ‘Runner’ because it’s a really uplifting song that
hits everybody in different way and it was our first song with a music video
and it was just great fun to do!
Well, it’s been great to talk to you and I urge everybody to
buy your album. Any parting words?
Just to say, it’s been great, thank you!
