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Weather Happy’s Harry and Holly Carter join Lewis Eyre ahead of their debut EP, “Moth”, which charts a very exciting new vision.
When we speak with them, they are fresh from the release of a third single, “Day Storm”, which is a rumination on Holly’s experiences with OCD. But when you’re reading this, we’re on the eve of the EP itself. It’s called Moth, and explores themes of mental health and connecting with nature.
“I feel like I’ve written so many songs over the years about mental health and OCD, in particular,” says Holly. “They normally take on a melancholy sadness, whereas Day Storm is more of a punch to the gut experience. It’s more the anger and frustration that goes with it and it felt like a good time to put that out. It’s an aggressive OCD one!”
Release day is a particularly emotional time for any artist, and for Holly, the release day of this latest single, Day Storm, coincided with a lot of frenzied checking.
“I always get nervous that the wrong song has been released so I have to wake up immediately and check everything - Spotify, Apple - and then there’s a few woo-hoos and some celebration, because it’s a big journey to get to that point, with the artwork and the videos, so it’s a huge, we did it.”
“There’s also a lot of time spent with our mums,” Harry adds. “Who send us lots of lovely messages and listen to it on repeat, so that’s a good moment as well.”
As Holly says: “Life things come out in the EP”. This description of Moth, an ethereal, utterly human record, hits the nail on the head. “Our track “Leak Out”,” she adds. “Is about being angry with certain parts of your life and then that anger coming out.
Harry adds: “There’s a whimsical connection to nature in these songs so underneath all the difficult situations with mental health, there’s a yearning for a bit of a grounding in nature, and some of the artwork is reflecting that.”
As a project, Weather Happy is in early days but ambitions are high for the next year or so. After our conversation, the guys are heading to the studio to put together some demos for their debut album which, with any luck, will drop in the new year.
What makes Holly and Harry’s dynamic so special - aside from the fact they share a surname - is that they are good friends and have been since long before the project came together. Springing from BERRIES, a renowned indie three-piece, Holly says she feels “Spoiled” by the love and mutual respect that has formed in her work with Harry: “We both kind of champion each other, which allows us to be really honest when we’re playing.”
“We don’t just big each other up,” Harry adds. “We’re critical with each other and how we can compliment each other with our playing. We push each other quite a lot.”
Starting out as a band, conversations along the lines of “You sound like…” or “This music is for fans of…” are bound to crop up. So far, the Carters have felt more flattered than insulted by the artists they are being compared to.
“The best one,” Holly says. “Was, ‘you sound like the first three Biffy Clyro albums’. I was doing cartwheels. They’re my favourite band and my favourite albums of all time.”
Back when she was with BERRIES, there were a lot of confusing comparisons, like when they were called “the female Oasis”.
“The one that really got me,” Harry adds. “Was that some of the guitar sounds sounded like early Foals, and that was a very influential album for me, so it felt like I’d achieved one of my indie boy goals.”
A big month is incoming, too, as Weather Happy step onto stage to support Desperate Journalist for a show at Brighton’s Hope and Ruin.
“At our last show,” Holly says. “Our energies were very different. Harry’s a lot more chilled, lying down in the dressing room, taking a moment, and I’m running around like an excitable puppy. We balance each other out, but then it suddenly shifts, and Harry’s the one flapping about.”
As for what’s next beyond that, Harry jokes: “Headlining Wembley!”
“We’d love to get over to Germany,” Holly says. “The music’s amazing over there.”
You can listen to the new Weather Happy EP wherever you get your music, but please over to Bandcamp, buy some merch and support these brilliant guys, if you can!
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