Formed in November 2005 when a bass player known simply as Izzy answered an online advert placed by vocalist Nicci Duty and Jake Bexx, they've since played relentlessly around South Yorkshire spreading their name and securing opening slots with acts such as Trashlight Vision and Victory Pill along the way.

Currently they are busy promoting their album and on the verge of finally recruiting a permanent guitar player ahead of UK tour dates in August and September.

Time Out gets to know them better with a few questions and answers courtesy of Izzy.

HOW long has the album been in the making?

We started writing some of the material when the band was first formed and the songs have been altered and/or dumped over time for newer songs until we felt we had enough material to put an album out – although a few of the songs were written in the studio on the spot.

It took us close enough to six months to finish recording and mixing all the songs – and each has its own memory, being done over such a stretched period of time.

YOU seem to have a variety of styles on the go. Was it tough deciding a direction for the album?

We wouldn't say so, no. We all have very varied tastes covering almost all genres and because of that we never had a set direction.

Most of the time the outcome of a recording session depended on what mood we were in that day and what style of music we had been listening to that week.

It was never a case of 'we must have this sound and stick to it'.

HOW does having boys and girls in the band influence the outcome of the music? Who has the stronger opinions?

Having a female singer has a huge impact on what the finished song sounds like.

We may have an instrumental with some really heavy riffs in it but as soon as the vocals have been put down it changes how it sounds completely.

And Nicci definitely has the stronger opinion or at least the most influential anyway.

When the boys are being boys and arguing among themselves, she is the voice of reason.

n DO you think Sheffield/Doncaster has a decent hard rock scene or is it too busy trying to establish its Yorkshire credentials via Arctic Monkeys etc?

It does have some very good hard rock bands that I would be more than happy to pay to see such as Disarm or Flatline.

But the scene in general seems to concentrate on the 'in thing' such as the Monkeys etc, which you can't blame them for because venues will make more money putting on the current music trend than a style that isn't as fashionable.

The album is available via iTunes and in CD format at gigs. The album contains 10 tracks and each can be downloaded for 79p or £7.90 for the whole 10 tracks.


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