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Turning that magnetism on and off as required, she saunters around the small east London studio to the strains of Jay-Z, an oasis of calm amidst an array of ramshackle props and artfully mismatched furniture.įrom the outside looking in, Simz’s life can seem a strange tangle of contradictions.

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Statuesque, and exuding an aura of quiet serenity, the 27-year-old proves a photographer’s dream today, malleable enough to take direction and yet secure enough in her own skin that she needs no instruction to bring out the best in each pose. Little Simz is a lot taller than you might expect.

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I’m getting the itch.Little Simz is on the cover of Loud And Quiet Issue 147 – grab your copy of the full issue now. But I’m excited to finish playing live and go into the studio for a while. “We probably won’t get officially into writing together - like in the writing room and the rehearsal room - until I would say sometime this summer. We always felt like bringing that to what we do,” said Hawkins. Those are the ones that changed our lives and really helped us through tough times and things like that. “I think for us, all of us personally grew up and had those life changing moments listening to a full record that was a full piece of work and piece of art. While Nothing More rarely takes a direct political stance on album, their social consciousness has manifested itself on tour, as they bring groups like HeadCount (promoting voter registration) and Write Love On Her Arms (offering help to those suffering from addiction, depression and more) with to each city on the current trek.įollowing tours alongside hard rock stalwarts like Five Finger Death Punch and Breaking Benjamin, this current headlining tour gives Nothing More the opportunity to stretch out a bit, with performances built upon longer sets that allow for a deeper dig into The Stories We Tell Ourselves and the rest of their catalog.Īs the group wraps up the current tour, Hawkins looks forward to getting started with his bandmates on the next Nothing More album, the group’s preferred method of music delivery despite the digital times. I think a deeper record equals a deeper fan.' can actually become a part of their life and a part of their journey and their story. It creates more of a lifetime fan rather than someone who likes your band at this phase of their life. 'And it turned out that a lot of our fan base reacted to that - they connected to that depth. It’s allowed the art to really slow cook and mature and develop into deeper, more timeless concepts rather than flash in the pan,' Hawkins explained. So we were forced to find a different way to connect with people.

'When we first started live, no one knew who we were. Addressing their world is important and Hawkins has opted for deeper, more introspective lyrics which hit upon topics like mental illness, empathy and materialism, creating a relatable bond with the listener. Key to the band's continued growth is the unique relationship it’s forged with fans. That type of album success is rare for any band in the internet era, where it’s become difficult to monetize recorded music, but it’s especially uncommon for a rock band in a culture driven by hip-hop and electronic dance music. That album sold 20,000 copies in its first week, debuted at #15, spawned four more hit singles and saw the band nominated for three Grammy awards. It's the culmination of a nearly two year tour in support of their fifth studio album, 2017's The Stories We Tell Ourselves. winter tour that moves from the west coast and through the Midwest before taking the group south, wrapping up at home in Texas in late March. 'We’ve gotten to see firsthand now what people mean - whether it’s fame, power, money, success - a lot of those things, if they come too quickly, you either don’t appreciate things fully or you get a little lost from reality. But, looking back, there’s a big part of me that’s thankful that it’s taken us the long road,' said Nothing More vocalist Jonny Hawkins of the group's path. 'I think that if you would have asked us years ago, we all would have wanted to press the speed it up button as quickly as possible.

The album not only gave the group the breakout success they had dreamt of but set the table for even more.

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It cracked the top 40 of the Billboard 200 albums chart upon its debut, tallying four singles. Nothing More caught the attention of the Eleven Seven Label Group who reissued the album.

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