APRE: "See you in the charts"

It's going great. We are stuck in our little studio mastering the upcoming mini-album and just writing some new tunes! Feeling more inspired than ever in terms of writing; it's probably a subconscious reaction to what's going on around us right now.

'Always In My Head' is eight tracks long, some of the tunes are over two years old now. We didn't feel like we wanted to release our debut album this year, due to all the current goings on on planet earth, so a mini-album seemed pretty appropriate as we knew we probably wouldn't be able to tour it yet. This collection of songs are all linked to the goings on in Charlie's head, where music is a platform for him to escape from all the negative, worrying thoughts that often overload his head. The whole thing is a message of escapism, we repeatedly asked each other 'what's life really worth?' and 'Why do we fixate on pleasing other people constantly?' and these songs are us attempting to answer those questions.

All the songs were actually written pre-COVID. But everything was finished during the pandemic as we had so much time on our hands to really delve into the sonics of each song and perfect everything. We even got an orchestra to remotely perform on a track called 'I Know I'll Find It' right at the start of lockdown which was a weird experience.

Now I wouldn't say so, but during the months in which households were not allowed to mix we really realised how special it is writing in the same room as each other. I think Charlie and I thrive off constantly trying to impress one another, so the songs we were writing separately sounded pretty shit. However, that did mean when we were eventually allowed in a room together that we were suddenly creative geniuses!

Music has always been an outlet for us to escape too I think, our happy place. So surprisingly all the songs that have sprung up recently all seem to be pretty jolly, that's probably us unconsciously trying to escape the happenings around us right now.

The full album is already written, and is pretty much nearly finished. So we are in a nice position musically, just wish we could get back out on the road asap.

'Always In My Head' is quite different sounding to what the main album will be like, it's quite sample-led and could almost be a sort of concept album as all the songs tie into one subject. The full album, however, is sounding much grittier, more guitars and some really intimate moments too, we are super pumped about all of it. The debut album is looking great, put it that way - long and winding, but it will be worth the journey.

Tour, please just a single tour! We are itching to get out and play the new songs so we will definitely be playing all over the UK and Europe too (if we can). The debut album will come out in 2021, that will be massive. See you in the charts.