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Charlotte: We love Sound-Hub! They're based in Belper in Derbyshire and they're passionate about
what they do. The end-product is always the best it can possibly be, and they won't put anything out
that's less than that. And that's our ethos too.

MW: What sort of feedback did you get from having your music on the BBC and Planet Rock?

Libby: Quite often the presenters at the BBC don't give opinions on tracks they play. They just
introduce them and are quite impartial. But on this one ‘Wasted,’ he said it was an incredible track
by a great band from Nottingham…one to blow the cobwebs away.

Charlotte: Obviously, he gets hundreds of tracks sent to him every week, so it was great that he said
that about our track. We're releasing the video for it soon. That was dead good fun as well. We filmed
it where we practice, and we literally chucked neon paint about all night.

Libby: Yeah, we threw neon paint at each other all night and I had to hose myself down before I got
in the car. Ha, ha!

MW: How have you changed since you started Desensitised in 2013?

Libby: We are savvy.

Charlotte: Massively. There's no guide book to being in a band. We've learnt as we've gone along.

Libby: We have to do everything and just make sure that we don't get ripped off. So, we not only
play in the band, we also book the gigs, manage the band, find decent recording studios to work in,
design the merch, do the admin. Sometimes you think you're doing all this work and what do you
get back? But what you're getting back is doing the one thing you love…making music.

MW: Do you get out to see many bands yourselves?

Charlotte: Yeah, we're always doing stuff. To be fair, we're from Nottingham and it's got a good
music scene. I think social media's good for keeping up with who's coming to play in your city.

Libby: There seems to be a lot fewer big bands playing than there were last year. Last year we saw
Green Day and Halestorm. This year we've seen a lot more of the underground scene. It's really
nice to know that we're part of it to make sure that it's still thriving. When you think back to the last
few decades, what music do you think of? In the 60s, you had The Beatles. In the 70s, you had punk
rock. And then you think, ‘Well, what's happening right now?’ Then sometimes I realise that actually
WE’RE what's happening right now! DIY bands are what's happening right now.

Charlotte: It's hard to define the movement when you're in it.

Libby: It's great to see that it's fan-supported and not big chain-supported. It's not mainstream, it's
underground. and that's what's so amazing about it.

MW: Yeah, all the good music these days tends to be the DIY stuff. Keep it up guys. You're
doing really well. Good luck with the album and thanks for coming along for the chat.

Charlotte: Thanks for having us!