Nova Twins have recalled their devotion to supporting artists within the rock scene, and revealed their plans to work on new music in a brand new interview with NME. Watch the video in full above.
The duo caught up with NME at this yr’s instalment of Mad Cool on Thursday (July 6), shortly earlier than kicking off their set on the Ouigo stage. Right here, they shared their secret to delivering electrical performances, regardless of having over 26 competition appearances lined up this summer time.
“Each competition has been insane to be truthful, it’s so good,” started bassist Georgia South. “Clearly we’re not vampires, we do get so drained! However I believe when you hit the stage the adrenaline does its factor, it kicks in and the gang provides that vitality again and you’ll’t assist however trade this vitality throughout. We like to carry out.”
Guitarist and vocalist Amy Love agreed: “A whole lot of the time currently to get round all these festivals we’re on like two hours sleep… but when the gang are wonderful it simply doesn’t matter. We all the time wish to do good by them, as a result of they’ve proven up, they’re typically within the warmth, they’re typically thirsty or within the rain, battling towards the weather, so it’s our job to verify they’re having a good time and feeling good about themselves. We’ll all the time deliver that vitality.”
Elsewhere within the dialogue, the group mirrored on the reward they’ve obtained from artists together with Fever 333, Elton John and Rage In opposition to The Machine‘s Tom Morello, and the way the recommendation they obtained from them has formed their angle in the direction of different artists in rock.
“We’re simply tremendous grateful for the artists which have supported us through the years. It’s been unimaginable listening to their tales and getting recommendation from them,” defined South. “We all the time attempt to assist different artists in the identical method that different artists helped us…it’s not about being like ‘Who’s the very best band?’ or no matter, it’s about working collectively as a unit and simply creating music for everybody.”
“It’s very straightforward for bands to have a look at different bands and be like, ‘Oh, how come they’ve acquired this?’ It’s not about that, it’s nearly actually taking your second and simply having fun with what you’re doing and celebrating your friends as nicely for his or her wins,” added Love. “Particularly in alt and rock music, we all the time get type of sidelined. [But] rock is such an enormous, big affect on festivals usually or reside music usually. So I believe it’s nearly celebrating one another, simply doing what you do and having enjoyable with it as a result of that’s what it’s, it’s enjoyable!”
Reflecting on the primary anniversary of their second album ‘Supernova’ – though they like to think about it as their debut LP – Nova Twins additionally confirmed to NME that they’ve plans for brand spanking new music and are planning on “getting caught in” to the writing and recording course of later this yr.
“We’ve positively acquired some stuff cooking,” admitted Love. “We’re actually enthusiastic about writing new music, [however] it’s actually necessary typically to go away, do gigs and reside your life so that you’ve acquired one thing to write down about. I believe we’ve been doing that… We’ve by no means performed this sort of circuit earlier than, ever, so for us, it’s nonetheless fairly new and thrilling.”
As for what followers can anticipate from the brand new music, South confirmed that Nova Twins won’t ever prohibit themselves to 1 style and plan to simply comply with the vitality of the room. “Truthfully, we simply write and we by no means set ourselves any boundaries so if we find yourself writing one thing that we’ve by no means written earlier than, we’ll by no means shut it out,” she mentioned. “We’re very open to various things or no matter feels good for us. If we’re in a room like ‘Yeah, that is fucking sick!’, then we’ll simply really feel that journey and go along with that vitality.”
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