<\/a><\/p>\nNovella are a London-based group who are making waves with\u00a0a line in woozy dream pop with a strong psychedelic streak; they have their beginnings in\u00a0Brighton, 2010, when two guitarists and a bassist \u2013 Hollie Warren, Sophy Hollington and Suki Sou \u2013 became friends through a mutual love of Black Sabbath and 60s counter-culture (as you do). Fast forward a few years, add a drummer, Iain Lewis, and that essential keyboardist, Isabel Spurgeon, and Novella have a debut album under their belts, Land<\/em>. The record manages to take their wide range of influences (Krautrock, Shoegaze, psych-rock\u2026you get the picture) and distill and condense them into a cohesive sound that is all Novella\u2019s own.<\/p>\nWith a distinct visual identity, the video for the track \u2018Land Gone\u2019 features the achingly millennial mixture of a beret, a Western shirt and a backdrop of marbled psychadelica, as well as a thoughtful, considered approach to making music (their limited output thus far is evidence of their quality-over-quantity philosophy, a rare thing in our digital age), Novella are destined for good things. We sit down with them to talk influences, the gender dynamics of an almost-Girl-Band, and the importance of quitting your day job.<\/p>\n