The Jebs
Fresh Fresh : Talent Talent
The Mic catches up with one of the latest bands to be walking through Nottingham's doors. With the rising success of young bands like our feature band, London Grammar, there’s never been a more perfect time to rummage through new talent and try and find something special. Just like London Grammar, indie band The Jebs are fairly new on the scene, and with drummer Kieran Magill starting as a fresher here at UoN this year, their name could be just a few years away from becoming a boasting right as Nottingham alumni. Having played alongside bands such as The Milk, Wolf Alice and touring giants Palma Violets, The Jebs are starting to make their mark on the music scene, selling out shows in their hometown of Bedford and recording their new EP. Young, energetic and full of promise, the four track EP has been worked on with the dab hands of producer David Leighton, whose roster has included the likes of Babyshambles and Tom Odell. Their sound will be a perfect addition to the Nottingham music scene, offering music with a youthful and raw edge to the indie-rock fans of venues and gig nights of places such as Rescue Rooms and complimenting the ever scene populated by locals such as Dog Is Dead. They are definitely something to look out for over the next couple of years in Nottingham and around the UK as they all go off to their university towns. We had a little word with Kieran to see how he felt about the band and starting uni.
How did the band get started? We started at school, 3 of us were playing for an A Level Music Performance. We had me (Kieran), our drummer, singing and not being bad on me, but it just was not sounding good. We'd heard Tom sing along to songs outside at parties and stuff so we called him in last minute just to jump on a couple of Arctic Monkeys tracks with us. From then we knew something could be made of this, so we found ourselves a proper bassist, Sonny, as Billy is a guitarist at heart. We then booked out first gig in the February of 2012 and from then it's been a whirlwind on our local scene.