Band Interview.

Where did the name Unfocused Rose come from?

Well we both actually share the same middle name, Rose so that was inevitable. And we’re not perfect, we like the fact that we can just play for the joy of it and sometimes we get good music from it. Music is never 100% polished and that’s just how we are, unpolished but enjoy-able.

How long have you been playing together?

Well it was sort of an accident. Since we were 13/14 we both loved to sing, we would sing alone and together all the time and it just gradually went form there. We’d sit about messing around on guitars and pianos singing songs we loved and we just realised that maybe we could make it a reg-ular this.

What inspired you to write your new single, ‘Today’?

N: Us. We’ve been writing and playing for so long and now all that hard work is seriously paying off I mean we’re the font page article in Bassline, always been a dream for us, for any musician and we’re here, we made it. We want the world to know we’ve worked so hard for this. Even when la-bels knocked us back we carried on, we never gave up. We need people to know that they shouldn’t give up. S: Whatever you’re doing right now, Today matters.

What does it feel like to play in front of thousands of people?

N: Surreal. S: We’ve always played gigs but only recently have we got this big following and singing in front of thousands of people is the most incredible feeling but yes, it’s not sunk in yet, I don’t think it ever will really. Each and every show is different and amazing in it’s own way.

What’s next?

S: Tour, we’re going off around the Uk and Europe starting next month.N: It’s going to be so much fun, we’ve been in the studio working hard on our music recently and now we get to travel all over the place and show people what we’ve got to say.

You’re playing a lot of festivals this year, which are you most excited for?

S: No doubt about it, Glastonbury. Who wouldn’t be excited to play that crowd, I’m ecstatic that I’m going to be attending let alone playing it. N: Glastonbury is going to be incredible, as long as we don’t screw up, but I’m excited to play Lati-tude actually. I’ve been to the festival multiple times and you always wish that you’re on the other side of the barrier and this year we will be.

You’re album’s out on 13th April, how does it feel to be able to say that.

N: Incredible, I never would’ve believed we could say that, we started off playing in our living rooms, sometimes recording in our bedrooms and now we’ve been in a state of the art studio working with some amazing producers helping us get our first album together.