I wondered if there was less pressure - because you've headlined so many times now - is there less pressure being support? Do you get to have more fun? Erm, I think even
they leave thinking, "oh, that was a dope show."
Well you've certainly been putting the hours in. Philippa, who's part of our team, says she saw you three times at Glastonbury - in terms of performers' equity, you were really racking up the hours! Glastonbury was actually the craziest weekend of my life, because we played the Pyramid Stage - and it's weird to even say that out loud! Te Pyramid
Te Pyramid Stage is just the most epic stage and I couldn't believe they'd even let me
stand side-stage, never mind fucking play on the stage!
because it's Glastonbury - every band dreams of playing that festival.
You've had such an impact in the UK though, haven't you? I can't believe it's coming up to a year since you were named top of the BBC Sound of 2013 poll. I know, it's crazy.
when we're headlining, we treat it as if it's a support slot, 'cause I mean, we were a support band for, like, six years at this point and we've only just started headlining. I mean, I still can't believe we're headlining shows. But even when we're headlining, we think of it as a support slot because we still feel that we want to win over an audience. I always like it when a band goes the extra mile though and like, freak out on stage and look like they're having a lot of fun. We're always trying to win over a crowd and make sure
Stage is just the most epic stage and I couldn't believe they'd even let me stand side-stage, like, I’m not foolin' off - I'm not important enough to even stand side-stage, never mind fucking play on the stage! So that was crazy! Ten literally the day after that, we played the BBC Introducing stage and then we played the Park Stage, then back to the Pyramid Stage and played with Primal Scream, then played for BBC3! Glastonbury is just awesome; it's the best festival I've ever played. I think it's every band's favourite
What was that like, because we must seem like this tiny place across the pond, but you've made such huge waves here? It was really crazy, I mean, at that point we'd been a band for five years, coming up six and we'd only been an opener in LA, you know, playing every venue, every weekend that we could get but nothing was really happening for us. So we stopped playing. We used to be the band that everyone wanted to play to open and we were always like, "ah, I wonder if we're ever going to headline?!" So finally, after so many years, we just stopped playing, wrote all new songs and wrote the 'Forever' EP. We played SXSW and when Mary- Anne Hobbs started playing our song on XFM in the UK, we thought people were lying to us to keep our morale up! I used to dream about going to the UK - just to go, not even to play because I never thought we could go beyond LA as a band. But then to be like, OK, you're going on tour in the UK as a band was a fucking joke! I was like, "stop fucking with me! I really want to do this - don't lie to me!" It just happened and now I do feel, and I know it's really, really cheesy to say this, but I really do consider the UK to be our second home. I feel more comfortable in the UK than anywhere else, other than LA. We kinda owe the UK our lives because they gave us our first shot. Tey trusted us enough to be the BBC Sound of 2013. We got a number one in the UK as well, which was just crazy.
What I really like about you girls is that you've really bedded yourselves fully in to UK culture. I watched five minutes of you online, rating different types of Percy Pigs. [Laughs] I mean, I love the UK so much! Especially London; London's the only place that I've actually thought, 'I'm gonna move here at some point in my life. I need to just live here and experience London life.'
I saw also that you girls love Da Ali G
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