Got to say that’s some start the band have made. Tell me how on your fourth gig you got asked to support a band like The Charlatans?

We can’t believe how quickly things are progressing for us to be honest – the support and encouragement we’re getting both locally and nationally is pretty overwhelming. I mean we’re only eleven gigs in (as of July 17th) and it feels like we’ve been around forever, it’s exciting.

That gig came about because we were at Jabez Clegg doing our second gig. It was a bit of an after-party for XFM Winter Wonderland which was happening at the Manchester Academy across the road. A few members of The Charlatans, The View, Mystery Jets and local photographer Craig Barker made the journey over to do DJ sets, I guess they must have liked the tunes and remembered our band name.

A month or two later Craig was organising a fund raising event for the MS Society which he’s heavily involved in. The Charlatans were headlining, and I guess through mutual agreement and a bit of luck on our part they decided to give us a chance.

…and how did the gig go?

I think a bit of history was made that night. We were given a platform to showcase our abilities and more importantly to play our songs to a sell out crowd, and the response we got was phenomenal. There was some pretty influential people in the crowd that night, and by all accounts we made a lasting impression. The next day there was a bit of a surge on all our social media stuff, notably we got an email inviting us to play at the Friends of Mine Festival, which featured some of our favourite bands – we couldn’t believe our luck!

So how come the band have made such an impact so quickly, what’s your secret?

It’s probably a standard response you get to this question, but it’s the one that springs to mind first: I’d say we’re definitely four of the hardest working individuals you’ll come across, and collectively, I think our drive, passion, commitment and ambition is starting to come to fruition. Whilst a lot of bands are out propping up bars and telling people how great they are, we’ll be locked away in our practise room – its not uncommon to be walking through the Northern Quarter in Manchester at 9/10am on a Saturday morning and you’ll hear our sounds echoing through the streets from our lock up. That’s testament to how much we want to be doing this – we’re not afraid to put the hours in.