Getting to know... Her's

Merseyside duo Audun Laading and Stephen Fitzpatrick - aka Her’s - make off-kilter tongue-in-cheek guitar pop full of irresistible hooks and a cheeky smile. Today they’ve dropped a new song, ‘Love On The Line (Call Now)’ about a romance gone wrong. It’s the first single from their upcoming album, and precedes loads of tour dates including Are You Listening? Festival, Handmade Festival, Live At Leeds and The Great Escape.

Hey Stephen, Audun, how’s it going? It's going very good, we're currently sweating in the studio, it makes for happy boys.

When did you first realise you wanted to make music? We both experienced 'the music spark' as kids. That spark of realisation you get after hearing a banger for the first time. Audun’s was 'Ce Matin La' by Air, it entered his life at the tender age of six and he learnt to whistle so he could follow the brass section. Ste’s spark was an early encounter with 'Up Town Girl' by Billy Joel, he attempted to learn the words on the back of the sleeve, so some artist freedoms were probably taken in the interpretation.

What music were you into when you were a teenager? Who was your fave act? Audun was expressing his teenage angst by being heavily invested in the mid-2000's French electronica scene (the whole Ed Banger shebang) ‘Cross' by Justice made a lasting impression, to say the least. Ste (although he had no Gothic tendencies) was avidly into The Cure, making it his mission to know the catalogue inside and out.