ones to watch How would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard you before? It’s influenced by a whole range of things from 80’s pop gems to some of the nitty gritty indie bands that we all like. We wouldn’t really choose to put it into a category ourselves - But it’s guitar driven, chorus led indie at it’s most simple description. Hot to trot indie rockers Fever have been busting out and about all over Southampton for the past couple of years but have recently struck out with some great festival bookings that made us stop and take a little bit more notice. Having wowed crowds on the Uncommon Stage at Common People in May, they’ve just been announced for Truck Festival and Southampton’s newest indie festival offering, iNDEPENDENCE which hits the University Campus in November. FEVER began as a “Heavier take on surf rock, featuring distorted guitars, vulnerable yet passionate vocals and memorable melodies” according to the NME. The South Coast four-piece have picked up momentum since then with their take on the darker shades of indie. With the perfect blend of pop combined with all the guitar based edge Fever are on everyone’s hot list as one of the brightest stars rising in Southampton’s music scene so we caught up with them recently to find out a little bit more…
What’s your name and what do you do in the band? Jamie – I play the drum kit and answer questions. What made you first want to start playing music? I grew up with Sunday awakenings of T-Rex, The Beatles, Oasis, and Thin Lizzy etc., which made me want to play an instrument. I often went to see most of the bands my Dad listened to (if they were still alive), and I always thought I’d love to be in their position, playing music that means so much to so many. Meeting 3 others that have the same mindset helped to form FEVER.
What other bands are you listening to at the moment? We played a couple of shows recently down south with YAK, they’re great and we can’t stop listening to them. Some other bands we’re listening to are The Big Moon, Slaves and Baby Strange. What’s been your biggest achievement to date? We get a great feeling of achievement from everything we do – but the most notable things would probably be our piece in NME Radar, playing Common People festival, having our single played on KEXP (Seattle) and being announced for this year’s Truck Festival on main stage (playing with the likes of Temples, The Charlatans, Fat White Family, Slaves etc!) What’s coming up for Fever for the rest of the year? We have a few exciting shows coming up and some festivals that we can’t wait to play - including Truck Festival and of course iNDEPENDENCE later in the year! After that we have a bunch of music recorded and hopefully we can get that out ASAP! Why should we come check out your live show? Because we always hold a great party afterwards and everyone’s invited.
Catch fever live @ Lennon’s | july 11 iNDEPENDENCE Festival | nov 14
How did you get together? It’s actually pretty boring - We were the only people we knew that played instruments after playing together since school… we were looking for a bassist with the curliest hair and dreadlocks and Fraser appeared through a friend. How did you choose your band name? FEVER came out of a dictionary raid for names, it really doesn’t mean a lot but it looks good on a logo.
SOUTHAMPTON MUSIC | JULY 2015
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