Interview With Famy: Inspiration For Writing

Quartet FAMY have been building a name for themselves on the live circuit.

With a couple of successful EPs already under their belt in 2014, the quartet have upped their game with their début album 'We Are Econo'.

With a wealth of ambition and an amazing amount of musical ability, FAMY tell us what inspires them.



When did you first realise you wanted to make music?

I am not sure I ever wanted to, it's just like that.

If you could go back to that day, what piece of advice would you give yourself?

Keep writing but get a job.

What is your writing process?

We talk together about what themes we want to discuss and what we want the art to look like or songs to sound like, then we read lots of books, articles and listen to lots of records and then the songs come.

Where do you look for inspiration?

Most of the time just talking to friends.

If your music were a person, what would their personality be? Where do you think it would live?

Our first album would be a boy who's just learnt to play La Bamba on guitar, but he lives in South France.

If you had to cite your biggest three influences, what would they be?

Our parents, our friends from Manchester, Minutemen.

What are your three favourite records of the moment?

Darkside's Psychic, Ought's More Than Any Other Day and FAMY's We Fam Econo

What song do you wish you had written?

Oh wow. Too many, so many great songs...

If you could collaborate with any living artist, who would it be?

We'd love Adam Bainbridge (Kindness) to direct a video.

Touring is a big part of a musicians life, what are your tour must haves?

Straws.

What makes a good live show?

Lights.

What has been your favourite performance to date?

We played our first few shows on Vyner Street in London. All the art
galleries there used to stay open until late on 1st Thursday of each
month so it was always busy and fun. We played a residency each 1st
Thursday and the first of those shows felt really really good.