{"id":24017,"date":"2015-09-08T18:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T16:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=24017"},"modified":"2015-09-08T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T16:28:33","slug":"itw-girl-band-irish-punk-band-shania-twain-thierry-henry-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/itw-girl-band-irish-punk-band-shania-twain-thierry-henry-common\/","title":{"rendered":"ITW – Girl Band | What do an Irish punk band, Shania Twain and Thierry Henry have in common ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we first listened to\u00a0their discography, yes we actually sit down and listen to the entire discographies of the bands we want to sit down for a chat.\u00a0Albeit young career starters. Girl Band<\/strong> first appeared to give us a headache. How loud can their sound be was the first thought that rushed through our brains.<\/p>\n

However, the more you dig in. The more you get their drift. It is Punk. Very punk, with an under-layer, inviting to always read between the lines.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The latest single they dropped, and managed to get the video treatment, \u2018Pears For Lunch\u2019, is a good first foray into their terribly addictive signature sound. The four-piece hail from Dublin, Ireland. And formed in high school, not too long ago. Band members\u00a0Dara Kiel (lead) and Alan Duggan (guitar) dropped by in a swanky label loft-like open-space \/ office in the heart of Belleville to meet up with us, so we could chat and ask them a few questions. Turns out, the boys were in high spirits. Unlike on their forthcoming “Holding Hands with Jamie” out on Rough Trade at the end of September (25th). It is live thought that the force really hits you : full-frontal. Read the interview… See them evolve on stage, and pre-order the album now !<\/p>\n[separator type=”space”]\n

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Interview by\u00a0Sophie<\/a>. Additional introduction by Sodwee<\/a>.\u00a0Photographs by\u00a0Michela Cuccagna<\/a>.<\/h6>\n
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\"GIRL<\/a>Given your stage name people do not expect to see four guys on stage. I know it started with a joke but finally, would you have it any other way\u00a0?<\/h5>\n

Alan\u00a0: It\u2019s hard to tell because there\u2019ll always be some aspects of your band that people ask over and over\u2026<\/p>\n

Dara\u00a0: I like it\u00a0! I think it\u2019s good that it provokes that kind of thing.\u00a0 If it\u2019s just the name and the music didn\u2019t match in some sort of way but I think it does, in a weird way. I like it, I wouldn\u2019t change it\u00a0! (laughing)<\/em><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been making music together for four years now. How did you meet each other\u00a0?<\/h5>\n

Dara\u00a0: I met Daniel at school and we met Alan through a mutual friend when we were 13\/14. Then we met Adam when we were 19.<\/p>\n

Your first album will be released this month. I read somewhere that you experimented with unusual instruments.<\/h5>\n

Alan\u00a0: Yes, it\u2019s very much a textural thing. We had like hubcaps from cars, spoons, broken cymbals, just different kind of various metal objects that would give us a certain kind of tone. We all got sticks and started hit them against wood blocks. You get a bit lost walking around and just like hit the wall and say \u00ab\u00a0does that sound ok\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb (laughing)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dara\u00a0: It was weird because we were going really mad on the first track with all the metallic stuff and then I looked across the room and Alan just threw his spoon across the room and it clapped\u00a0! (laughing) You can\u2019t hear the clap but it\u2019s there somewhere.<\/p>\n