There’s a bit of a buzz around at the moment, and it’s all because of the ever so wonderful Candle Thieves. The Peterborough 2 piece are everything their music is; lovely, playful and simply charming. Combining Casio keyboards, glockenspiels, harmonicas and all sorts of other instruments, the band are setting out… well, actually in a garden near you!
So I’d like to introduce you to the band creating music that will become the soundtrack to your summer; The Candle Thieves.

NOIZE: So firstly, how did The Candle Thieves come to form?

Scott: Well I started a solo project and Glock called me up after a long time and asked if I needed any help doing the live shows, and it developed from there. We had previously gone to college together but had lost touch shortly after that, so it was awesome to be hanging out and writing songs. Our diets have never been the same again.

NOIZE: For those people who haven’t caught on to the delights of your music yet, how would describe your sound? Was this a conscious decision or a natural development?

Glock: Hi! I like to think of our music as the sound a child stuck in an adults body wishing he was a child pretending to be an adult. But I suppose it's just pop music. We were both in other bands while we were making the record so The Candle Thieves was the side project where we just got to make the music we wanted to make & we weren't even quite sure was that was at the time. It was a pretty natural process.

N: There seems to be quite a buzz surrounding you guys already! Is that something your conscious of and if so, how are you finding it?

G: Well it's awesome that some lovely people are asking us questions. Up until now it's mostly just been our parents asking what we've been up to... When are you coming home?... Isn't it time you moved out?... Who's shirt is that?... Where did that stain come from?...That sort of stuff. It's all pretty new to us but it's amazing and thank you for asking!
 
N: Your EP is released this September, what can people expect from this?

G: Yeah it's out September 14th. We've probably been a little defensive about this EP. We're very proud of it but we want people to know that it's just an introduction to The Candle Thieves. It's kind of hard to put across your point in just 4 songs so it 's just the first paragraph of the album to come.
 
N: What was it like working with Midget bass player Andy Hawkins?

G: He's actually not that small in real life.
S: Ha! Yeah Andy's the man. A wonderfully talented man who we feel very lucky that he was so up for doing our album. I was a big Midget fan back in the day, still am. And plus he's been a really good friend of mine for about 10 years now, so it's good in the sense that we've built up that comfort where he can tell us if an idea is totally rubbish or anything.

N: Your up and coming August tour looks very exciting! Playing in back gardens is very unusual but such a great idea! How did this come about and are you looking forward to it?

S: Thank you! Well last year we did a Live In Your Living Room tour which was awesome, really intimate and just really personal. You tend to make friends for life on things like that because after your set you'll all sit round and have dinner together. It's so nice. Plus we are always insistent on throwing in random cover's that we want to try that we might not get away with in a venue. I really want to try out the Spiritualized song, "Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space" on this tour.

N: What are you hoping for The Candle Thieves' horizons?

G: We're just hoping for the best. We have a lot of new stuff we're quite excited about. I hope it will see the light of day. You never know what's around the corner though. I'd always thought about modelling. Anything clay related really...

The Sunshine EP comes out on Alcopop Records on September 14th, and to catch the bands busy tour schedule check out their Myspace page on www.myspace.com/thecandlethieves.

By Ellie Hannam