![]() So I’ve done a lot myself, with the help of Garageband, and then once we can get back in a room we can use those as the foundation and then see what the guys come up with on top of that. To start with, we did try and do a bit of track swapping and the like, but without the three of us together in a room, there’s just not the same kind of energy. But they are much, much better musicians than I am, so anything they add is always better than anything I can suggest. I do the writing and suggest parts for them. Because, we’re less of a band and more me as singer / songwriter with a band. Katie: Yes, it’s an interesting one, though. P3dro: So have you been able to swap files and tracks with the other two? And then we start working on those songs and then, hopefully, have something recorded, at least, by the end of the year. I’m coming to the end of that process now, which is good timing, because hopefully we’ll be able to get the guys back in a room in the summer. So, I’ve been doing that for the last six months. Seeing what works live and what works on record. I’ve been able to work through the songs and try and improve them. Which I hadn’t had the opportunity to do before. I’ve been using the time to demo an album. Katie: Ha! Yeah, it’s still very much due. I think it’ll be a case of getting a cheap plane ticket and then renting, or buying a cheap guitar over there and try to sell it off at the end. P3dro: Well, going to Europe will be tricky? But hopefully all these things can happen. We’d also been hoping to get over to Germany at the end of the summer, as well. So, really great timing, just as everything imploded.Īnd, then we were really hoping to build on the back of that. That was to have been our first proper tour and I think we were going to start on 19 March last year. A tour booked and an album due to be released. P3dro: Looking at your website, you had quite big plans for last year. I think I’ve seen Tobias and Ben once each. And that’s pretty much the last time I saw those guys as well. #Folk punk chords full#It’s just about a year since our last full band gig. But, yeah, I’m really excited, hopefully for some form of normality towards the end of this year. I managed to get a couple of gigs in last summer, reduced cap and outside kind of thing. Otherwise, frustrating, boring and I just can’t wait to be able to play again to a room full of people without feeling anxious about it. So, things were good from that perspective. I’ve been quite lucky as I have a job outside music and I’ve kept that. Katie: Up and down, which I think has been the same for a lot of people. Katie: Yeah, I’m in this room, where I have been spending a significant amount of time for the last year or so. ![]() P3dro: Well, you’re not the only one, so cheers. I’ve been trying not to drink in the week during this lockdown. Katie: I am in my flat and having a well earned Friday beer. P3dro: Where are you and what are you doing? In that regard, we gave Katie the chance to rethink and / or amend any of her responses where we spoke about equality issues. ![]() We should make it clear, this interview took place before the discovery of the remains of Sarah Everard in London and the events at the vigil on 13 March 2021. We caught up with Katie on Zoom for a chat. With two EPs now out there in the world as well as a follow-up single (including a b-side because well, why not), Katie and the band were scheming on the next steps – a UK tour in spring 2020 was planned, but, well, guess what? Covid put paid to the planned album release as well. Their raucous, energetic and thoughtful live set is not to be missed, from the all out punk of Apocalypse to the Clash-inspired Leather Jacket, with a sprinkling of political comment in-between: Brexit and break-ups go well together. The band (also called Katie MF, but they’re working on that, so they say) also embarked on their first tour to Scotland in support of second EP, Everything Trouble Meant. Together with her band, Tobias (drums) and Ben (bass), she’s been creating a groove and getting noticed. Her contagious, punch-the-air folk/punk has gone from strength to strength, including the mid-year highlight of supporting Frank Turner at his No Man’s Land album release show. With two powerful EPs and an album on the way, this was a band about which we wanted to know more.Ģ019 was a pretty awesome year for Londoner Katie MF. ![]() Katie MF deliver a classy genre crossing punk / folk / country style of bar rock. ![]()
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