I Am Frank! Interview for Double Page Spread

Carried out my interview with I Am Frank! and managed to get an answer from all four of them for each question, which was lucky :)

Here are the results:

What do you think of your upcoming album Lovers In Lisbon?

Jim: "Well, yeah, I'm very excited about it. We've dedicated a lot of time and it's got potential."

Sam: "I'm quite excited. It's a whole new experienced for all of us to be out there. We're proud of the album."

Luke: "We've been working for a long time on it and it's going to break down barriers and blow people's minds! (He laughs)"

Gaz: "We've put a lot of time and effort into it and i think it's pretty damn good!"

How did the group form / how did you guys meet?

Jim: "We met at college because we all have the same enthusiasm for music."

Sam: "As everyone else will probably say, we all met in the first few weeks of college and basically said 'why not?'."

Luke: "We all do music and music tech at Ludlow college and decided to make use of the recording studio here to lay down some tracks."

Gaz: "Yeah, same as the others, we met in music at college and bam, it all started."

Who or what are you guys influenced by?

Jim: "Alternative bands like Coldplay & Muse as well as Oasis and other bands like Kasabian."

Sam: "The Editors, We Are Scientists, Coldplay, Muse and general Indie/Alternative music too."

Luke: "I'm influenced particularly by 80s sounding synthpop and The Cure."

Gaz: "I'm influenced by many different genres... Red Hot Chilis and Bullet For My Valentine are two examples.

Do you write all your own music and lyrics? If so, why?

Jim: "Yeah, we write our own stuff, It's how we can express ourselves, like a sort of poetry."

Sam: "Yes, of course! It's a way of displaying our independent thinking."

Luke: "Yep, we write it all our own because it's original and more unique to us."

Gaz: "Yeah, we do. We play a couple covers, but we generally start jamming and just go from there really."

What was the experience of recording your EP and first album like?

Jim: "It was a great experience, we put so much time into it and all share the passion for our records. It was great fun!"

Sam: "Very good! It was great, we all realised our musical ability and how they fit together when we were recording."

Luke: "It was tough as we had to produce it ourselves and it was all new to us, but don't get me wrong, it was definitely a lot of fun."

Gaz: "Hard work! But definitely worth it and we goofed around and have a good time."

Finally, for any readers hoping to get noticed by record labels, what advice can you give?

Jim: "Never give up, if you have something you want to achieve, set yourself a goal and work as hard as you can to achieve it."

Sam: "Go to gigs, get a fan base and following going and just go from there."

Luke: "(He Laughs) You need the tunes to start with, be original and send your EPs off to as many labels as you can. Get yourself out there!"

Gaz: "As Jim said, NEVER give up. That's it really, just keep on pushing yourself."

QUOTES SECTION:

If you had one sentence to describe the impact of music on your life, what would you say?

Jim: "Music is my life"

Sam: "My soul is musical"

Luke: "I'm so 80s it hurts"

Gaz: "Music is epic and always ongoing"