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PG: We've had a variation, there's an overlap of stuff that we do like…especially now that we've got older
and we think about more areas of things. Growing up, we had very different influences. I was into guitar
music and Tom was more into hip-hop and rap. It kind of works out that as a 2-piece, that all comes together.
In the 90s, I was a Britpop kid, into Oasis and all that sort of thing, whereas Tom was listening to Dr Dre. But
these days, I've gone back and had another listen and there's so much of that music that I love. It's not all
about the lyrics. Now we've got a studio, we listen to the production, the beats and the grooves of those
tracks.

TG: We've kind of fallen in a bracket now where we've been called urban rock, and when we're likened to
stuff, people struggle saying what we are. With us being a 2-piece, it's easy for people to compare us to
White Stripes, Black Keys, or Royal Blood, but then…

PG: They don't do half the things we do.

TG: At the same time, we get likened to The Beastie Boys, Jack White, Jay Z, Eminem, Dr Dre.

PG: When you listen to these guys’ albums, they use a lot of electronic backing. But we are a live band, playing
real drums and real guitar. We're creating our version of those twists and grooves, but with real instruments.

MW: Can you tell us about the compilation album you guys are involved with at Fat Elephant Studios? How
many bands are involved in that?

PG: Well, we set out with a core of ten or twelve artists or bands,
each bringing a track, so it'll be a full album. The idea is that it'll be
a collaboration album as well, and there may be as many as thirty
artists as we've got different friends that might play banjo,
saxophone, or harmonica…so they'll come along and guest on
people's tracks.

MW: So, all the tracks are going to be totally unique then?

PG: A lot of the bands are putting a track down on this album that
they've never released before on previous albums or EPs. A couple
of the bands have recorded songs that have been released before,
but they are completely new recordings done in a different way.

TG: Every track is going to be unique and fresh.

MW: Is there likely to be a volume 2 or are you going to see how
well this goes first?

PG: Oh, I'd imagine there'd be more, but there may be different
themes. This first one is called “A Taste Of Honey” as it’s comprised
of bands and artists that have played for The Honey Bee Blues Club
in Sheffield. And although the tracks may have that foundation of
blues, there'll be an urban feel added to it.