Girls Can't Catch: Interview .DigitalSpy.

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Friday, July 17 2009

Girls Can't Catch are, from left to right, Daizy, Phoebe and Jess, they're signed to the same label as Girls Aloud and The Saturdays, and their debut single 'Keep Your Head Up' is a fat slab of electropop that introduces the word "romantasies" to the English language. Always ready to welcome a new girlband into the DS bosom, we hooked up with the girls for a chinwag. Oh, and naturally we took the opportunity to ask them about those pesky D***y R**k**s.

When did you all first meet?
Jess: "We came together at the beginning of the year. We were all doing our own things musically and the label wanted to put together a three-piece girlband, so they scouted us individually and asked us if we wanted to get involved. It's been really, really fast-paced."

Did you bond quite quickly?
Phoebe: "It did take a little while. Obviously if you chuck three people who don't know each other into a band, you're not going to be best mates straight away. But we were literally working together every day - we did two weeks of straight choreography because we were about to tour with Girls Aloud and we really bonded over that."

Who came up with the name?
Daizy: "Oh God, that was a bit of a nightmare actually. Because we didn't know each others' personalities, it was really hard coming up with a great name that suited all of us. It was the label who said, 'What about Girls Can't Catch?' and we all just fell in love with it. It's a bit different and quirky and that's what our band represents."

Were any really terrible names suggested?
Phoebe: "The Decibels!"
Daizy: "We were nearly going to be called The 11.59s, which I just hated so badly."
Jess: "The Forgotten Graces was another suggestion, Jeopardy, Hoodie Love..."
Daizy: "What about Gracie La La? That was the worst one of all!"

What do you think Girls Can't Catch have that other girlbands out there don't?
Daizy: "Obviously we come from the same family as Girls Aloud and The Saturdays, but we're providing a little bit of variety. We're grittier and a bit dirtier - the way All Saints are to Spice Girls, Sugababes to Atomic Kitten."
Jess: "Also we're three lead singers, so it's all about our vocals."
Phoebe: "Our songs are quite different to what other girlbands sing. 'Keep Your Head Up' is probably the poppiest track on the album. One of our songs has a Basement Jaxx vibe to it, and one is a kind of piano ballad with a really cool beat."

Have you finished recording your album?
Jess: "Pretty much, but we're re-recording some of the early demos to get them just right. We've done about 15 tracks so far, so we're getting to the stage where we choose which ones we want to go on the album."

Have you been involved in the songwriting process?
Daizy: "Phoebe wrote 'Stop', which is the B-side to 'Keep Your Head Up', but we're going to be writing more on the next album."
Phoebe: "It's a song about keeping your strength when men are pr**ks. We've all had experiences like that and I think it's important for girls to know they're not the only ones who get given s**t."

Do you feel pressure to match the success of Girls Aloud and The Saturdays?
Jess: "I don't think there's any pressure really. I think it's a privilege to say we're on the same label as these really successful groups. There's no rivalry or anything."
Daizy: "I like that Fascination has kind of become the girlbandy label. It feels really nice and sisterly."

Do you feel any rivalry with the Dolly Rockers?
Daizy: "Ooh! We haven't been asked about them yet!"
Jess: "We've heard that they don't like us, but we haven't heard any of their stuff yet so we can't really say anything about them."

They don't really like you?
Daizy : "No! They called us manufactured crap or something like that. That's their gimmick though - to slag everyone off. They're like 'We're stage school, but we're gonna pretend that we're not and be really outspoken'."

You've described 'Keep Your Head Up' as the Girls Can't Catch anthem. How so?
Jess: "I think because it's one of the first songs we heard when we got together. We loved it straight away and we were like 'This has got to be the first single!'"

The video shows you playing croquet in a rubbish dump. Whose idea was that?
Jess: "The director suggested it and..."
Daizy: "... we were like 'What?' Then she referenced Heathers and The Lost Boys and I love both of those films, so I was sold."
Phoebe: "The video's got a kind of eighties vibe to it and I love that."

What chart position are you aiming for?
Daizy: "Number one! How can we say anything else?! Imagine if we got to number two and Dolly Rockers got to number one."
Phoebe: "Haha! I'd have to buy some weapons and sort it out! Seriously though, we'd be happy with anything in the top ten."
Jess: "Nah, top five! We're ambitious girls."

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Stephanie x