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“It’s all about the girls, man” Lead Singer Tom Bell jokes and winks at fellow bass player Joe, as the band are sprawled out across their dirty clothes and old food thrown around their apartment. Its shown the band clearly have more care of their skater- rough and ready appearance than their living environment. “But seriously” Tom starts in the husky voice we are used to hearing from their debut single ‘Under your skin’ “We love the attention, but, for me anyway, its more about the thrill of people listening to your music and seeing them enjoying it as much as we do when were making it”.

The band formed last summer after all meeting at Leeds Fest and realized they all attended the same university. “We were inspired by the music that had enveloped us whilst at Leeds Fest, and felt we should have a go creating our own” Lead guitarist Ash Wray expressed. “Yeah I mean, we’ve all been playing since the age of like 6 or 7 so we knew what was expected of us”, drummer Callum Beverley informed us.

Now signed with leading indie label Stand Out, The Frames tweeked their image to fit in with the music genre and really promote their style of music. Their ripped black skinny jeans and oversized parkas emphasise their rough style and especially the leather jackets make the girls weak at the knee’s when linked with the masculine voices projecting their emotional lyrics.

Their first gig was at Fruit in Hull in November 2013. The band performed their debut single along with lots of new material they had been working on since September which proved to be a hit with the crowd as the screams roared through the bar and out onto the street. The nature and personality of the band oozes through their music that seemed to appeal to their listeners and their relatable and heartfelt lyrics had the girls screaming for more. It seems that The Frames have more to add to their newly found fame as their new album is being released at the beginning of 2014. It will be available from iTunes from the 2^nd of February. IND*E suspect this band will maybe be the next Arctic Monkeys?