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Libby: Me and Charlotte like creative control.

MW: So, you were the main songwriters were you?

Libby: Yeah. The lads wanted to make it a metal band, but we had a different vision for it. It was like
two bands amalgamated into one. We saw some success by winning MMG Battle of the Bands, but it
was clear the lads wanted to do something else, which was fine.

Charlotte: I just used to be the singer, but when they left, I took up playing bass and we grew together
as a band again. It was difficult at first, but it ended up being good because we work well as a 3-piece.

Libby: We did consider bringing someone in on bass, but it would've changed our dynamic massively
because we've known each other for so long.

MW: What's the difference between being in an all-girl band and a mixed gender band? Do you
get treated differently by promoters and venue staff for example?

Charlotte: We've definitely experienced sexism at gigs, but luckily we can stand up for ourselves.

Libby: About three gigs ago, this guy was saying to me, ‘Where do you want your amp? Do you want it
here? Have you got a speaker cable?’ I said, ‘Yeah, it's there.’ And he said, ‘No, that's a jack to jack. I
want a speaker cable; one where there's a jack like this and it looks like this.’ I said, ‘Yeah, mate, that's
a speaker cable right there.’ He said, ‘You do know the difference then?’ ‘Of course, I've got three
degrees in music!’

Charlotte: Yeah. Some people can be a bit creepy with their remarks about how we look or dress. But
we just shrug it off and do what we do.

MW: Did you both take up music at the same time?

Charlotte: I've always written lyrics and Libby learned guitar at a very young age, but we didn't join
forces until our teens. We went in for a talent contest at school, but they wouldn't let us play as they
said we weren't ready because we weren't good enough. We entered again the year after as a band
when Claire and the lads joined us, and we won it. We made a video of the story with a song called
‘You'll See.’ It's on YouTube.

MW: Who writes the songs? Do you all write them together?

Charlotte: Depends on the songs. Sometimes one of us will bring a song in to rehearsals. Other times
we'll sit down and write together.

Libby: Claire always writes the drum parts. We might say to her, ‘This bit goes crashy, crashy, smash,
smash.’ And she'll be like, ‘Oh, shut up.’ Cos we've got no idea. Ha, ha!

Charlotte: The best feeling is when you've written a song just on a guitar and you bring it to the band
and it comes to life with everyone playing it. It's like, yeah, this is how it should've sounded all along.

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MW: You've got a new album ‘Sister Psychosis’ that's being released on May 18 via Sound-
Hub records. What was Sound-Hub like to work with?