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RIFFED this week caught up with Frankie and The Heartstrings and grabbed an interview with the Sunderland rockers. 

Quick note, Frankie wanted the interview in capitals, so we obliged...

1) What's been the biggest moment in your career?

IM NOT SURE, IVE ENJOYED MAKING & RELEASING 2 ALBUMS, PLAYING ALL OVER THE WORLD. OPENING OUR OWN RECORD STORE. MAYBE OUR BIGGEST MOMENT IS YET TO COME !!!!

2) What can we expect in the future from Frankie and The Heartstrings?

A NEW RECORD THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW, AMAZING LIVE SHOWS AND THE UNEXPECTED

3) Favourite gig you've played and why?

HMMMM EVERY GIG WE EVER PLAY IS SPECIAL. I ENJOY FESTIVALS AS MUCH AS PLAYING IN GREAT CITIES ALL

OVER THE PLACE

4) What made you open your own Record Store?

PEOPLE CARE ABOUT MUSIC, WE DO, OUR TOWN NEEDED THIS PLACE TO OPEN.

5) Who's on your playlist at the moment?

AT THE MOMENT

COURTNEY BARNETT

TODD TERJE

KING KHAN & THE SHRINES

ST VINCENT

MAC DEMARCO

THANKS FRANKIE AND THE HEARTSTRINGS X

Cheers to Frankie and The Heartstrings for the interview. Check them out or visit their Pop Recs LTD record store in Sunderland.

'Like' them on Facebook for information on tunes, their record store and much more : https://www.facebook.com/frankieandtheheartstrings

Or follow their Twitter under the handle : @FrankieStrings

Or visit their webpage : http://frankieandtheheartstrings.com/

We caught up with Bath triplets The Family Rain and asked them a few questions. We recieved some answers that will excite all you Family Rain fans out there. 

1 We've heard you're releasing a track named 'Hunger Sauce', coming out on the 28th July? Tell us a little about that?

Although our album came out early this year, we were ‘Hungry’ to get some of the stuff that we have written since the album was recorded.

As the tracks go, we really wanted them to sit next to each other with a definite connection so the extended play has a sound of its own.

We recorded it with Tom Dalgety who recorded our first single ’Trust Me…I’m a genius’ it was wicked to go back into the studio with him,

he has definitely put some ingredients into ‘Hunger Sauce’ that will excite the pallet. We have been listening to allot of different things to get ideas

from Harry Neilson to MGMT.

2 You made your new video yourselves, is that true? How and why did that come about?

Yes it is, we have made a few of our past videos, and with Hunger Sauce we are going to make one for each song. We have worked with a few

music video directors on various other videos, which was great, but feel like the best people to express our music in video form is ourselves.

The ‘You should be glad you’ve got a man’ video took a while to figure out and film, but once we and the logistics sorted out it was a case of driving around

and thinking of the best places to have as a background. We didn’t pay for any location, there was a lot of blagging and white lies.

The main inspiration was the single point perspective film directors like Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson.

The look was definitely Wes Anderson inspired.

3 Can we be expecting a new album in the near future?

At the moment we are just writing, not for any specific reason or deadline, just because we like to. When we have a collection of songs that we think work well together we will see what happens.

4 Are you looking forward to your 'Bad Weather' tour?

MASSIVELY!! It is going to be amazing to get out and play some of these new songs, and it is our first tour since the release of our album, judjing by the one off shows we have done

this year this tour it is going to be good fun. We have a few tricks to show off which will make it an interesting ride, Fingers crossed its bad weather.

5) And finally... Who's the biggest joker of the band ?

Well to be honest with you. I’m pretty fucking hilarious.

We would like to say a huge RIFFED thank you to The Family Rain for the  interview, and you've certainly got us all very excited. 

Keep your eyes peeled for more from The Family Rain on their Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/thefamilyrain

And

Follow their Twitter under the handle : @thefamilyrain

And

visit their webpage : www.thefamilyrain.com

Purchase 'Bad Weather Tour' tickets via : http://www.seetickets.com/tour/the-family-rain

RIFFED x

Curb were formed in the West Midlands in 2013 by Lee Booker (bass) and Tom O'Ryan (Vocals, guitar), Booker and O'Ryan later acquired Joe Booth (lead guitar) and Sam Hunt (Drums). They when went on to release a demo titled, "How Are You Now?", in August 2013  which was followed by various gigs including supporting Royal Blood and Loom. Earlier this year Curb released "So High" which at this point in time has managed to get 46,327 plays on Soundcloud. The West Midland lads will be playing various gigs throughout the year and are gearing up to release an EP in the late summer followed by a tour around the UK, and we cannot wait. After discovering Curb we asked them whether they fancied an interview and they said yes. So, here it is, our interview with Curb.

We recently posted individual playlists by each member on our social network sites if people wanna check those out. We'd like to give a shout out to Heavy Waves though, we'll be playing a gig with those guys and a few other bands at the Hare & Hounds on 20th June.

A big thank you to Curb for taking time out to be interviewed by us and it was a pleasure. If you'd like to check Curb out follow the link : https://soundcloud.com/curbsaysmile

Also, follow curb on Twitter under the handle : @CurbBand

Or 'like' them on Facebook : facebook.com/Curbtheband

RIFFED HQ x