I enjoy a challenge and experiencing new styles of modelling but I think certain types could harm the band and the band image. There will be certain types and styles of modelling you’d have to say no to? I guess we’ll have to see.”ĭo you think you have the band image to consider as well. As to how far I want to go with it? I just started it up as an experiment as something I’d like to do. They let me keep the clothes and I tag them in the shots and share it. I’ve had clothing brands like Iron Fist and Spin Doctor send me things like leggings to model. If I got offered a large sort of deal It’d take a lot of thinking about. It’s your look and what people like about you that gets you more work.”
With the band thing and modelling, do you think keeping that image and that brand is important? It’s nice to look back and feel positive about yourself.” Also you’ll look back and think hey I look good in that photo. It’s not about being better than that it’s about expressing yourself. Some mixed opinions with people saying you’re better than that but I don’t think that’s the case at all. I thought I’d try it out and did my first shoot around two years ago. It’s something someone suggested a while ago, why don’t you go into modelling, you’ve got the hair and the look for it. We’ve seen a few shoots up on social media. Moving on from music to something you’re pretty new to – modelling. It’s about making the world know about Skarlett Riot rather than just the UK.” We’d love to tour Europe and eventually get into America. Getting out to as many people as possible.
At the minute we’re still writing so we’re cracking on with that. Long term ambitions for the band? Everyone says world domination but realistically the next two or three years it’s a case of album, tours and possible festivals? They’re in it for the music, which is what you want.” These guys are really down to earth, they just want to help us as much as they can. It’s the first label deal that we’ve had so we wanted to make sure it was right. They’re just really enthusiastic about our music and they really dig what we do. The guys checked out our music, our Sentience EP and we’ve just got new management at Artery Foundation and they said come and check Skarlett Riot out, what do you think? They loved our music and they wanted to work with us on our new release so we’re going to be releasing an album with them. Who’s that with and how did it come about? The band have a new global record deal too. You can almost take a step back and look and say things are moving forward. It’s nice to get those compliments back because you know your hard work is paying off. A lot of other people have said my vocals have matured. “I think because it’s you and you’re just constantly cracking down with writing and new music you don’t really realise too much about yourself you’ve maybe grown and changed. Is that something other people have remarked upon or you’ve noticed within yourself, how your voice is developing? There is a comparison in a way to how Halestorm started out and Lzzy’s vocals and how she’s developed. Obviously that comes with maturity and using your vocal chords a lot. Combining them together is how I would describe our sound now, you’ve got your heavy elements but you’ve still got Katy Perry singing (laughing).” The music we’ve been listening to, like the guys are into bands like Architects and Parkway Drive and I’m still into rock such as Shinedown.
Now we’ve found where we want to go we kinda know where to develop ourselves. I think we’ve found our sound now because at one point we were still experimenting with different sounds. I think as musicians we’ve grown, we play together more naturally and we are pushing ourselves at the minute. That more polished sound, do you think that’s come from understanding more about the music you’re playing, what your capabilities are and the direction it’s going? We’re looking forward to releasing some new music later this year so we’ll be carrying on with the heavy side of things.” I think we’ve just matured naturally and developed a more polished sound. “From looking at our first music to now it was quite pop rocky but we’re more metal/rock now. Is that by design or just how things have worked out? It seems like the band are now moving in a slightly heavier direction.
Gary Trueman had a chat with Skarlett about music, pet portraits and self belief. Singer and guitarist, model and artist, there seems to be almost nothing the girl from Lincolnshire isn’t capable of achieving. Skarlett Riot’s purple mopped queen of the mic Skarlett is the kind of multi-talented person that offers inspiration to others.
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