which is good ‘cause I’m quite fussy really. It’s got to be a really catchy pop song to get on there!
With the sound of 60s pop still enjoying a timeless resonanceamong music fans today, Cardiff Indie pop band Te School pick up the baton to take it forward a generation. Having graced ‘best of 2010’ lists with their first release, we catch up withlead singer Liz to talk about their second…
You’re coming to Norwich for the headline leg of your tour – how do you feel about it? We’re looking forward to it. We’re getting to play with loads of local bands that we’ve handpicked. And we’ve got the new album, which came out this week, so we’re looking forward to getting a longer set to play to everyone ‘cause we usually only get a half hour!
Do you know who you’ve got supporting yourself for Norwich? A guy called Zach who came to see one of our shows and liked us and he asked if he could play and we said, ‘oh, go on then!’ We’ve got to add one more band as well, so we’re just looking out for one more Norwich band...
Te second album’s been out about a week now and I read on Twitter the night before its release, you said it felt like Christmas Eve – were you really excited to finally get it out there? Oh yeah, by the time you finish all the mixing and mastering, it takes quite a while, then you’ve got to wait for Christmas to die down and then you just get delays and delays, and finally it’s out in May! It’s two years exactly since our first one came out and we’re really happy with it.
So apart from the mixing and the mastering, was it an easy ride getting it out, before all of that? Yeah, we started pretty much from the first one, where we were writing songs when we recorded the first album and now we’ve whittled it down to our favourite ones,
You’re strong in numbers now – does everyone have a say, or do they leave you to make the decisions? I think I can be quite bossy in the right places, but then I’m also open to everyone… I mean, there’s eight of us so you have to be bossy on some level otherwise you don’t get anywhere! Deciding where you wanna go for food can be quite a big problem!
You guys are signed to a Spanish label, and I wondered what that meant for Te School other than sneaky trips to Spain?! Yeah, we’ve had a few of those! Tey’ve got quite a fanbase so there’s loads of Spanish bands over there who sound quite 60s ‘cause they love all of that over there and they’ve welcomed us, I mean, I’ve lost count of the amount of festivals we’ve done there – it’s amazing!
Now Liz, you’re gonna bring us an awesome show when you come to Norwich, but what can we bring for you? Oh, well it’s a 14+ show so we want 14+! Our average audience is normally a bit… well, not 14+, shall we say! So we want some kids there - I’d like to try and encourage young bands and get people starting to write music, and stuff. Plus they’d make us look cool!
Emma Garwood
starting to write music, and stuff. Plus they’d make us look cool!
I’d like to try and encourage young bands and get people
Te School come to Te Waterfront Studio on June 13th. For tickets, go to
www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk. Read the uncut version of this interview at
Outlineonline.co.uk
24 /June 2012/
outlineonline.co.uk
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