First times can be gloriously memorable or spectacular fails. Either way they’re bound to be indelible. Picture your favourite band in the whole wide world – do you remember the first time you saw them play? Or the first time you heard their music? Duh. That shit’s imprinted on you like a questionable Twilight character.
What if I told you that you’d have that same kinda experience this Friday circa 7pm at Clarkes in Bree Street when your new favourite band hits the stage? And not just any band… a new girl band. It’s been a minute since the Mother City has birthed one of those.
And since this is a season of firsts, I caught up with Your New Favourite Band to chat about their first time milestones.
On their first writing season together…
July 2025! The first session with all three of us felt so natural and just plain cute. Josh laying down instrumental parts whilst Jade and I got comfy on the floor bouncing melodies and lyrics off one another. All of us were busy pushing our personal projects, and this first session was the start of a creative space where the focus was just to play and have fun with no concern for what the outcome would be.
On their first instruments…
Maybe you can call the vocal cords an instrument. I suppose that’s what got me into making music. I started singing lessons with an ex opera star at the age of seven. Suffice to say, it wasn’t a good match. Even back then, my voice was deep. I did, however, spend a lot of time wandering around my garden and home singing to myself and coming up with little melodies and fantasizing about how the other instruments in my imaginary song would sound. At age 10, I attempted a ‘real’ instrument for the first time – piano. Unfortunately, I was too fidgety to learn anything so it really didn’t stick. 16 years later and I still wouldn’t say I can really ‘play’ an instrument.
On the first song that inspired them to make music…
All Star, Smashmouth. Shrek. Generational
On their first kiss…
On the brink of turning 16 some guy that I was talking to came up to me at a Halloween party and handed me a “ticket” and said if you take this it can buy you a kiss (in reality it was actually a train ticket from Kalk Bay to Muizenberg) I am shocked to say that line worked.
Your New Favourite Band goes live at Clarkes this Friday at 7pm. After party at House Of Machines for Band Or Bust.
