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Prodigal Flare
Prodigal Flare have been named the hottest up and coming band of 2012,
their ever growing fan base are helping them to creep up in the UK charts. The
band consisting of Danielle London and Nancy Halliday reached No.6 in the UK
charts with their debut single, Raw Intentions! Their sudden rise to fame has
seen them invited to perform at a number of events including festivals such as
Sundown, and Reading where they were one of the favourites from the BBC
introducing stage. With both Danielle and Nancy being only 17
years old, they appear to have a long career ahead of them.
Prodigal Flare only formed around
5 months ago when they met through college. In this short period of time they
have had no trouble being noticed by many labels and they have even received
attention from Rough Trade, one of the biggest indie record labels in Britain. Danielle
London and Nancy Halliday are from different small villages in Norfolk where
there are no real opportunities to shine in the music industry but have both
striven to succeed and eventually found their break when both met at college
and decided to enter competitions and shows as the indie band, Prodigal Flare.
Interview
IND have managed to
grab an exclusive interview with the rising stars:
How are you finding
your sudden rise to fame?
Danielle: “ It’s
really quite odd. Especially for me, coming from a tiny village that doesn’t
even have a shop! Don’t get me
wrong, it’s a good odd, I just can’t believe how people have taken to our
music.”
Nancy: “I completely
agree. I mean, I’ve done performances on my own for years but only to an
audience of around 50 people, usually through school productions to be honest,
and doing covers. But now we’re getting the chance to perform our own material
to thousands of people at festivals!
Nancy, you mentioned
performing when you were younger so what inspired both of you to start singing
and how old were you?
Nancy: “Well for me it
was just my love for music, I’ve always loved listening to music for as long as
I can remember so it just seemed the natural path for me to follow. I suppose I
actually decided that I wanted to become a singer when I was about 9 or 10 when
I started to get opportunities to perform in the school shows.”
Danielle: “I never
really had a passion for music when I was younger, that came more recently for
me, around 10 or 11 I’d say, but I just used to sing along to songs when out
with my friends. I often got comments from my friends about my singing and they
used to tell me that I had a good voice and should think of becoming a singer.
I enjoyed singing and with this added confidence I realised that music was
where I wanted to go with my life. So I’d say I was about 13 when I chose to
take up singing.”
We here at IND have
been told that your single, ‘Raw Intentions’, was entirely your own work. Is
this true? If so, can you tell us the meanings behind the song and the
inspiration for it?
Nancy: “Yes, it is
true. I began working on the lyrics whilst in high school but had trouble
finishing them and coming up with music to go with them. When Danielle and I
found out about each other’s aspirations in the music business, I showed her
the lyrics I had and we began to work together on finishing them and then
managed to come up with the music to fit it as well.”
Danielle: “We just
seemed to click and once the lyrics were complete we experimented with my
guitar to find the right sort of sound for the music and then it all seemed to
flow from there.”
Nancy: “The meaning
behind this song is about showing your love before it’s too late. The
inspiration came from something that happened in my life. A family member of
mine passed away when I was 14 and we were never really very kind to each other
whilst she was alive. I started to write this song when she passed away because
I did love her and missed her greatly but I never showed my affection and
regret that now. So this song is about her and is called ‘Raw Intentions’
because that’s all my good intentions with her will ever be now.”
Who is the artist or
group that you would most like to do a collaboration with?
Danielle: “Funnily
enough, we discussed this fairly recently. We decided that we would love to
collaborate with Arctic Monkeys. We both love their music and think that our
style and sound would go well with theirs too.”
What are your plans
for the future?
Nancy: “Well we plan
to start making our album and have it released by the end of the year and
hopefully experience a successful 2013 and then we’ll see where it goes from
there.”
Danielle: “Who knows?
You might even see us appear at some more gigs and festivals this year.”
Does that mean that
we will be seeing you performing at gigs and festivals then?
Danielle: “I don’t
know, does it?”
Well, thank you for
talking to us. We here at IND wish you all the best with your future and hope
this single is the first of many.
Nancy: “Thank you,
lets hope so!”
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