“We strongly felt there was a part of each of us that
is kawaii.
”
Sheffield has to make its own fun.
“If you’ve got a body and you’re existing in summer, you’ve got a summer body!”
“Life is in the little things, like going for bubble tea.”
Breathlessly accelerating the pace one moment and reclining into lush pop orchestration the next.
A slice of 90s-inflected R&B balmy enough to melt the chilliest of hearts.
“I never answer my phone calls, but I’ll still complain about being lonely!”
Little did she guess she'd experience her own adulthood during an era nobody felt like celebrating.
A lighthearted lo-fi riposte to rubbish suitors.
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between mountains and molehills.
Shaky camerawork evokes smalltown boredom and weathered Converse have a starring role.
“It’s in those times of real grief and loss that you finally find out who you are.”
“I hope our music can make people feel like they are a bit more seen.”
Chances are the guy sipping pilsner to your left is moonlighting in about three of the bands.
“Having limitations can make you more creative in some ways."
“I can’t be the person to swoop in and try to save the scene.”
“I can understand why people say songwriting is like therapy.”
“This is what I love: giving room for all your emotions.”
“I wanted to bring the sass back!”
What young band doesn’t quake at a salty
Pitchfork review?
“Whatever came out, we stuck with it.”
Sipping aguardiente with women in bikinis.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just outsource your problems to a cult?
Outside the chapel people compete for his attention.
Apparently Sports Team showed up, but I only had eyes for the Spanish quartet.
Is she ringing up some other blonde girl in a lilac bedroom, surrounded by Beanie Babies as she clasps the receiver to her ear?
I’m informed he's had the audacity to wear a pair of tight white jeans.
I was floating somewhere outside of myself, impervious to the bedlam from the speakers.
“Everyone’s a bit sad, aren’t they? And I feel like laughing about it helps.”
“Let me just say that I had to down a lot of tea to digest the bugger.”
“You end up with a kind of distorted reality, because you’ve turned the original sound on its head to find a whole new perspective.”
Times were bleak, and the world wasn’t listening — or worse still, it was listening to Simply Red.
“The Tories are dismantling our country.”
“She was right there on stage, cradling this panther under her arm because she was real shy.”