count of how many sessions we’ve done for him. He’s a good good man. You’ve toured extensively over the years – what’s the funniest or most memorable gig moment for you? Well the 21 date tour of America sleeping on a beach towel with nowhere to stay every night was pretty memorable! We’ve had a lot of funny and memorable gigs though. We’ve done gigs in scrapyards, charity shops, on industrial estates in France. Te more mad and obscure the gig, the better! But recently we’ve had some corkers, just cos we’re getting more people coming to our gigs so the vibe is always full on party! Who, musically, have you always admired? Bloody hell there’s loads. Too many to mention. Off the top of our heads, Te West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Ivor Cutler, Neu!, Nirvana, Te Flaming Lips, John Coltrane, Grandaddy, Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground,


Can, Daniel Johnston, Half Japanese, Red Crayola and Negativland. How did you manage to get the legendary John Shuttleowrth onboard for the video to Don’t Look At Me (I Don’t Like It)? We knew him before. We’d met him in Lancaster and bonded over the Mike Leigh Play For Today Nuts in May so when we were doing the video we asked him if he’d be in it and he said yes. We then had to ask him if he’d be prepared to put a sausage roll on his thumb! And also Gruff Rhys who produced Allergies for you, and was in the video? Yes, that’s right. He produced the single and we filmed the video in Cardiff anyway so he was around and said he would do it which was cool. Tere’s a definite regional feel to your music - it’s obviously important to you to retain your Lancashire accents and northern sense of humour. Have you ever played to a crowd that just didn’t get it?


Probably. But most Eggs fans usually do. We just don’t think that people should pretend to be from somewhere they’re not. We’re just ourselves. And we think the spirit of that sentiment is universal. What was it like touring when you were five months pregnant Holly, and then with a baby? Do you hope to become a trio when the little one is old enough? It was tough cos I couldn’t drink and I like a drink when we do gigs. For us touring is about a big party, so it was hard work having to abstain. Once we had him, to be fair it was pretty much the same as before but instead the giant hangovers and puking in carrier bags were replaced by 6am wake ups and being pelted full in the face in a ball pool at 10 in the morning. We’ve got touring with a kid down to a T now. Piece of piss! Do you ever wonder why you’ve always remained underground as a band despite your popularity and cult following? Is it something you actually like, that you can pretty much do what you like? We don’t think it’s a healthy thing for bands to analyse their popularity. It’s not good for your mental health and it can drag some bands down. So we try not to focus on that at all. We just live up in Lancaster, make the music we make, release it on our own label, book some shows and get on with it. But yes, musical and artistic freedom is very important to us and it is great to be able to do what we like. We like plenty of cult bands so yes, we are happy to be a cult band, but it’s always nice to be able to gain new fans along the way.


Yours songs are brilliant – incredibly catchy, witty and hilarious. I love ‘em. But what’s your favourite Te Lovely Eggs song and why? Te last thing we’ve done is always our favourite so probably Drug Braggin’ or Magic Onion. Really our favourites are all on the new album but that’s not out until early next year. When did you first write a song, and what was it about? When I was about ten. It was about Roman times. What do you hope an audience will go away feeling after a Lovely Eggs gig? Joyous and drunk. Have you ever been tempted to add other musicians or outside influences into the mix? Well we’ve just finished making our new album with Dave Fridmann who produced and mixed it so he was a definite outside influence. It was great working with him. Our identity is very much a duo though so we don’t know whether we would add any new members to the band. But never say never! How do you mostly go about writing songs, and what tends to make you want to write one? Who knows? Ask the universe! You’ve recently spent some time in the States working on your new album. What can we expect from it? Te new album sounds like a chip shop on fire! Beware! What keeps you wanting to make music? We can’t help it. It’s just something we do. Why does an alcoholic wake up every day and want to drink?


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INFORMATION Te Lovely Eggs play at Open on 31st October. Tickets available from ueatickets. ticketabc.com


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