How are you and what have you been up to recently?
We’re very well, thank you. We’ve recently completed our debut album, The Shapes We Fear Are Of Our Own, and have been building up our profile by playing a lot of London shows in preparation for the release of our Departure EP due out September 7.

What are the five albums that have most influenced you?
Untitled - Sigur Rós; OK Computer - Radiohead; Grace - Jeff Buckley; Solaris (soundtrack) - Cliff Martinez; American Beauty - Thomas Newman;

Where did you grow up? What was it like for a budding musician?
We all grew up in different parts of the UK although I spent two years in America when I was younger. For us being budding musicians was quite an insular thing; it felt quite lonely and had a nomadic quality I guess. Forming the band and all settling in Canterbury was the first time we felt a connection to place and a community.

If you could be a musician in any era when would it be and why?
That’s a strange question because knowing what we know now musically speaking would mean that if we appeared in the 60s or 70s we’d be pioneering a new sound or ideas I guess. To be honest, despite the huge loss of potential revenue through the birth of the internet and file sharing, and the fact that the music industry is tougher than it’s ever been to break through, it’s still also the most exciting time for artists and bands because of the potential to be your own record label, maintain control of your work and reach people all across the world.

Is there any particular venue you’d like to play and why?
We have a few venues on our list that we’d love to have the opportunity to play one day. Unfortunately one of them was The London Astoria no longer exists, so, it would have to be: The Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver; Madison Square Garden, New York; O2 Arena, London; and Glastonbury.

What was your first musical instrument?
Technically it was a piano but I never mastered it and was then a while before I started playing guitar. It was a Spanish guitar and I think I used to thrash the hell out of it which they’re not really designed for.

Do you prefer playing live or recording in the studio?
Well we love them both and we see them almost as two separate professions, so it’s difficult to pick out a preference. We love the studio and that creative environment of piecing parts together, capturing great performances and seeing our songs come to life. There’s nothing like the adrenaline rush of performing live though.

Any burning ambitions?
Lots! And all of them are extremely ambitious - particularly when it comes to the music. To tour different countries and hear your songs being sung back to you by people you have never met and will probably never get to know is one of the most exciting possibilities - musically speaking - we can imagine.