Meet Isle Of Wight’s new duo: CHAMPS

 

Isle Of Wight’s Michael and David Champion aka Champs herald the New Year with news of their second album ‘VAMALA’ on 23rd February 2015.

The duo first came to light just twelve months ago with the release of their much lauded debut album ‘Down Like Gold’ and the onset of the festive season, has seen a flurry of activity from the brothers.

We catch up with these new Kids on the block for a quick Q & A

 

1.Who ARE CHAMPS (three words only)

 

Michael, David Champion

 

2.Your sound has been described as up-tempo and panorami –  would you agree with this?

 

Our producer recently described us as a mix between MGMT and Simon & Garfunkel. We have quite a variation in our sound with some songs being really up-tempo and full, and some being stripped back to a guitar and two vocals

 

3.Who are you listening to right now?

 

Loving Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs, Broncho, Reputante, Angel Olsen and we’ve always got the classics on repeat – Cash, Presley, Orbison, Young, Dylan.

 

  1. If you could work with any Singer/Producer or band in the industry currently who would it be and why?

 

I think Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton or Roy Orbison would be the raddest singers to work with. Really love Dave Friedman’s production.

 

 

  1. Pick two Celebrities to be your parents – Who?

Florence Nightingale  and Larry David

 

 

  1. Rate yourself(s) on a scale of 1-10?   4

 

 

  1. What are your favorite movie(s) of all time?

 

Buffalo 66, The Darjeeling Limited, The Thin Red Line, Stand By Me, Full Metal Jacket, Home Alone 1 and 2

 

  1. If Hollywood made a movie about your life who would you like to see play the lead role as you?

 

I think Adrien Brody would play Mike well. I’d be pretty stoked with Joaquin Phoenix

 

  1. If you could trade places with another person for a week- famous or non famous/living or dead / real or fictional who would it be?

Genghis Khan

 

10.NY or London?

Never been to New York but we’d love to go there more than pretty much any other city in the world. London is a pretty amazing city though. We’re reminded how good it is every time we return from a tour.

 

11.Longest time you’ve gone without- A shower/brushing your teeth?

I’ve gone maybe 4 or 5 days when camping at music festivals. It’s not so bad in that environment though as everyone else is in the same boat.

12. Any gigs/events planned for this / next year?

We’re touring the UK and Europe in February/March and we’ll hopefully have a nice run of festivals in the summer

13.Finally what’s the most bizarre message/ tweet you have received from a fan so far?

A fan once asked us if we could sign a melon and post it to them. We didn’t do it though as the postage was too expensive.

 

Where can we find you?

 

Champs :

www.champschampschamps.com/

 

champschampschamps’s• Instagram

instagram.com/champschampschamps

 

CHAMPSOFFICIAL

https://twitter.com/champsofficial

 

CHAMPS undertake live duties with shows throughout Europe as follows:

 

March 03 Brussels ABClub

March 04 Paris Le Boule Club

March 05 Hamburg Molotow Bar

March 08 Cologne Blue Shell

March 09 Amsterdam Paradiso (upstairs)

March 10 Rotterdam Rotown

March 11 Berlin Bang Bang Club

March 13 Munich Milla

March 15 Brighton Komedia Studio Bar

March 16 Bristol Louisiana

March 17 Manchester The Castle

March 18 Nottingham Bodega

April 01 London Borderline

 

Ticket pre-order link –

CHAMPS on Music Glue

www.musicglue.com/champs/

iTunes album pre-order link – http://po.st/vamalaitunes

 

Released though Play It Again Sam,available on vinyl, CD and digitally though all reputable outlets – ‘VAMALA’ is

 

01 Desire 02 Sophia 03 Running 04 Forever Be Upstanding At The Door 05 Send Me Down 06 3000 Miles 07 Vamala 08 The Balfron Tower 09 Blood 10 Down (Alone On The Avenue) 11 Roll Me Out 12 The Devil’s Carnival

 

www.champschampschamps.com

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