An Interview with Neils Children (4/4) By Caroline Murphy

(1/4), (2/4), (3/4), (4/4).

The Jam were fuckin brilliant. Style Council, they did some good stuff and they were really cool, even now they're still doing good stuff. I think it's great. Other than that, it's really hard to say. Maybe someone like Ian Curtis because I mean Joy Division aren't exactly one of my favourite bands, I think they're ok, but I can't listen to too much of it, but there are certain songs that I think are amazing, but I just think he had that whole thing where he didn't even try to be cool, he just looked fuckin great and had a great voice, and amazing lyrics as well, and he was like the whole thing about that band -that was him in my opinion -the whole thing was him.

So maybe him or Weller. They're two different types of people you know. Weller's got that star quality and presence, whereas Ian Curtis is more of an anti-presence maybe. Maybe the thoughts and the atmosphere surrounding him makes it a bit more mystical and a bit further to reach. I like that.

I like people who are a bit aloof -not being rude as such, but maybe not having to please everyone all of the time. I don't mean the fans and stuff, but some people are a bit too eager to please. That's great, but I hate that desperation. I'd never sell my soul to anyone. Cari: What's your biggest ambition as a band and individually? John: At the moment I'd say mine is to get this next single to the top forty because I think we deserve it, and I think it's going to happen soon and I can't see why it shouldn't happen now.

So that's the biggest ambition I've got for the band at the moment. Sometimes I wish I could read more and maybe become a bit more intellectual, not in a pretentious way but maybe gain a bit more knowledge and understanding things a bit more, cos that'd also help in writing lyrics and stuff and trying to have a few more literary assets. So maybe just something like that for me as a person.

Brandon: I think for me like, to see this band achieve a top forty single. For me that'd be the ultimate, for this band to be in that ball park with everyone else. It just proves that what we've done and what we're doing is kind of valid, and we've got a chance, and why not.

I think it's important that a band like us kind of get there because none of the other bands in that region between 30 and 40 - they get a deal, release the most commercial hit that they've got, do what they're told - I think that's easy, but when you've done it your own way with your own beliefs and with no one telling you what to do or helping you out, I think it goes to show it's more than having a big label and that sort of stuff. Cari: It goes back to that trying to please people....

Brandon: Yeah! However well this single does, it's just the first step anyway for us, and we're only going to get better. I don't want it to go so quickly.

On a personal level, I think I just want to maybe do what I enjoy doing as a living, my whole life, whether it'll be the band or after that something in the industry, you know, doing my own thing, just something that I enjoy doing for my living. James: Yeah, I just want everything that we do to get better and better and progress more, so like top forty with this single and the next one a bit higher in the top thirty, and just go on and on, eventually so that we get some proper success, and hope to be releasing more and more records. John (Turned interviewer): Personal level? James: Same thing. Brandon: Be a cabby?

...a cabby? I think not. This band is so full of self-belief, enthusiasm and individuality that they deserve to realise their ambition. Despite not playing to the packed audiences they're used to nearer to home, the gig itself was full of energy and passion and judging by the reaction of the crowd I'm sure that Neils Children will have some new converts after tonight. They've certainly won me over, both as people and musically, and they may even have won themselves the coveted position of Cari's new favourite band!

Neils Children's latest single, Always The Same was released on June 6th. Listen to their music on www.neilschildren.co.uk

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