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<\/a><\/p>\nForming during the indie boom of the early noughties, Au Revoir Simone created their own unique stand out sound, with storytelling lyrics and melancholic melodies. Annie Hart, Erika Forster and Heather D\u2019Angelo released their fourth studio album \u2018Move in Spectrums\u2019 towards the end of last year, after a notable four year break and have since been playing their dreamy synth pop stories to an ever growing audience. Always accompanying their album with a remix offering, which comes out on the 25th<\/sup> August, we chat to Annie and Erika about Brooklyn, babies and Pee Wee\u2019s Big Adventure.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been playing together and creating music as a band now for ten years, how do you feel your musical style has changed in that time?<\/b><\/p>\n Erika:<\/b> Yeah, the time has really flown by since we first started playing music together. I think we’ve all become much more skilled and intuitive as musicians since the beginning which has influenced our songwriting and especially our live shows -we’re able to do more live. Stylistically we dip from the same pot of synths and electronic drums but the sounds that appeal to us have changed over the years. On “Move In Spectrums” we leaned towards more sophisticated drums and lightly layered distorted synth sounds, mostly early 80’s synths.<\/p>\n Annie:<\/b> It has been a pretty long time together. From the very start it felt very natural to create songs together; we\u2019re all perfectionists in different ways, so we trust that the other ones are looking out for the song\u2019s best interest, even if we don\u2019t always agree. I think for me, the biggest change is understanding that I can create music that I would like to listen to. I know that sounds simplistic, but for a long, long time, I was only playing because I liked the way it sounded at the time, and not really believing that anyone else was listening or hearing it. As I\u2019ve gotten more in the art world, and being friends with all kinds of artists whose work I\u2019ve admired from afar, I realize it really is just a matter of having a vision and following it, and looking for help when you need it. It\u2019s not just, oh, F really goes great to A minor and then to E minor and these two synth sounds really sound nice, it\u2019s also about creating an atmosphere and a message, and empowering yourself to find the people you need to fulfil the song to the fullest.<\/p>\n And how has your relationship as a band progressed, how did you all meet and go on to become Au Revoir Simone?<\/b><\/p>\n Erika:<\/b> We got together when the project was really a hobby, after work hangout kind of thing. We all wanted to be better musicians and learn some of our favourite songs as covers. It was silly and fun and then swiftly became the focus of our lives. It had a mega magnetic pull.<\/p>\n Annie:<\/b> We pretty much met because <\/i>of Au Revoir Simone. I started hanging out with Erika because of the band, and Heather and I met at band practice. My friend Sung Bin, who was also in the band in the early days, was also drawn to me through music, going to shows, playing together, making a music zine, all that.<\/p>\n