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<\/a><\/p>\nAlice Fox and Jack St James must be feeling the autumnal chill with their brand new pop track ‘Shiver’, which is exploding all of the musical blogosphere this month. The pair, who formed after realising they share an avid interest in the same bands, create electronic pop gems that have been infiltrated into the mainstream this year via the likes of CHVRCHES and MS MR.<\/p>\n
The new single ‘Shiver’ is admittedly the pairs most “poppiest track to date” and the adjoining video displays to full effect the bands keen interest in the Arts. Designing footwear for Farfetch|Swear and applauded by Dolce & Gabbana’s Swide, Avec Sans are also a dab hand on Production duties, previously remixing for Swiss Lips and creating all tracks on their forthcoming releases.<\/p>\n
Tonight they support Little Boots at Heaven, London.<\/p>\n
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So guys, tell us a bit about your journey, how you met and how you found yourselves here?<\/b><\/p>\n
We originally met through friends, I (Alice) was still living in Manchester and Jack in London and I was down here a lot. We\u2019d ended up at a lot of the same gigs and at Field Day it was suggested to us that we work together. It made perfect sense as our music taste overlaps so much, but it took someone pointing out the obvious.<\/p>\n
Were there any previous projects previous to Avec Sans?<\/b><\/p>\n
We\u2019d both been involved in bands since we were in our early teens. Ending up at a place where you\u2019re really happy with what you\u2019re doing usually takes time and there are usually a few trial runs.<\/p>\n
Has it been a compromise to create the overall aesthetic of the duo?<\/b><\/p>\n
Not compromises as such as we\u2019re both really happy, but it took a while to find what we sounded like. It was really important for both of us to go out into the world having that locked in. We spent a whole year writing and re-writing our first song, it was agonising at points. But once we put it out there we had a lot of interest from day one, so we were glad we\u2019d taken the time to go out into the world knowing what we were.<\/p>\n
Any in-house bust-ups?<\/b><\/p>\n
We get on brilliantly. We\u2019ve been in previous acts with some big egos and seriously, even if you are the most revered artist on the face of the planet, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever room for feeling you\u2019re somehow special and that your \u201cartistic genius\u201d means you can treat others badly. We\u2019re both pretty mellow, we watch box sets together, we hang out, we\u2019re actually friends. I think you have to be as there\u2019s no point spending all your time with a person who you wouldn\u2019t choose to be friends with. That would make life miserable.<\/p>\n
How did you react to the overwhelming reaction to the tracks you’ve put out?<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s really nice when something you\u2019ve laboured over gets positive feedback. Musicians are really lucky in that there is often an emotional response from people to their work. That\u2019s an honour, not everyone gets a handclap for their work. By the same measure you have to take the rough with the smooth and we\u2019re ready for that.<\/p>\n
Tell us more about the EP and ‘Shiver’?<\/b><\/p>\n
Shiver is our new single, perhaps our biggest pop track to date. There\u2019s an accompanying video from director Sing J Lee who also works a lot with Chvrches and PINS. It incorporates 3D footage filmed on an Xbox camera which it\u2019s been getting some tech write-ups for, he\u2019s a very clever director and stylish guy who worked on the video for ‘Hold On’<\/em> too, hopefully it\u2019ll be an ongoing relationship. The song itself is essentially a pop song about death.<\/p>\n