Blending hard rock riffs with punk spirit and a sprinkling of rap and pop, Nova Twins brought their unique genre-blending energy to TRNSMT.
We caught up with lead vocalist/guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South ahead of their appearance on the festival’s King Tut’s Stage.
How excited are you to be at TRNSMT?
Georgia: This is one of the first bits of sun we’ve seen this summer. Honestly it’s been so grey!
Amy: It’s beautiful. We love it up here, we love it even better that we’re playing the King Tut’s stage.
How has the festival experience been for Nova Twins this summer?
Georgia: It’s really fun. We started in America and we’ve now been going through the Europe and UK shows. Festival season is one of our favourite times of the year when we get to have fun, see old friends, make new friends.
Amy: It means everything to us. The only reason we’re here as a band is because of our audience. They’ve backed us since day one and the community grows together. It’s nice that it’s beautifully diverse. That’s something that we want to reflect in our music. All human beings that love music.
© Martin Bone/ShutterstockHow good is a festival setting for your energy?
Georgia: We started on the live scene so it’s very natural for us to be playing shows and touring. We enjoy the challenge of playing in front of people that don’t know you, at a festival it’s not always your crowd. We love going out there, doing what we do and just having that energy exchange.
Amy: You’re only as good as your crowd. We’ll always bring a certain level of energy but then there’s this higher dimension when everyone’s just going off and we’re all suddenly in this kind of moment together. It’s next to none, a feeling you can’t really get anywhere else, sharing this one big, crazy, euphoric buzz together, letting loose, letting go of problems we’ve had that week, month or year, and in that moment you can forget about everything. That’s what it’s about.
Georgia: Especially in Scotland, it’s so amazing for that. We played King Tut’s and it was just mad, there was sweat dripping off the ceiling. It was carnage but so amazing.
What’s it like having the support of Elton John?
Georgia: That was a pinch me moment. We watched his four picks for Glastonbury on TV because people were talking about it and we were one and it was just unreal. We met him there and he’s just the loveliest person, so encouraging and gives really good advice. It gives us that confidence to keep going and do what we’re doing.
A moment we'll cherish forever… Before Elton's Glasto show, he invited us to meet & hang out🥹🥹We can’t thank him enough for making us feel so special&seen. He's such a big believer in championing new artists! @eltonofficial you’re an icon, much love to you!
📸: @bengibsonphoto pic.twitter.com/8SDLNkbePz— NOVA TWINS (@NovaTwinsMusic) June 28, 2023
You’ve been close friends for a long time, how is it touring as best pals?
Amy: It’s the best thing ever. We always say that we feel very lucky to be able to do this journey together. We’re like soulmates, we have the same work ethic, we really drive forward. Big girls, big dreams. Two girls, two big dreams! We’ve had such a blast. We’re on the journey and it’s amazing. We’re also looking forward to seeing what’s ahead for us.
How are the energy levels before and after being on stage?
Georgia: You get a lot of adrenaline. Before we go on we’re always running around, pumping ourselves up. It’s definitely our gym regime.
Amy: You do get a comedown after it. You crash. That’s something we’ve learned to manage along the way. At first you play all these shows and are so buzzing and hyper and then you feel this weird, unexplainable low. We were like, what is that? We realised it’s spikes of adrenaline and when you reserve all your energy to suddenly go bang, it does mess you up a little bit! You have to look after yourself.
You’re blazing a trail for women in this genre, how important is it for you to have the next generation see you thriving?
Amy: We were that generation at one point. We looked at our history, did our research and found Skin, Poly Styrene and X-Ray Spex. There wasn’t many so we were looking up to people like Beyonce in the R&B world because that’s all we really had. We’re always thankful to them, we wouldn’t be who we are without Destiny’s Child! We hope that when we play shows and see kids, their parents making us their first show, little mixed race girls, people of colour, looking at us and thinking ‘her hair’s like mine’ or ‘she looks like me’. We feel so emotional. Because we didn’t see ourselves at all.
Georgia: When we see them in the crowd we feel we need to go a million times harder.
© Martin Bone/Shutterstock What’s in the pipeline for Nova Twins in 2024?
Georgia: We’re working on new music, so there’s definitely going to be some of that at some point.
You’ve had some amazing moments lately, like supporting Foo Fighters, do you have to pinch yourselves sometimes?
Amy: We do yeah!
Georgia: When we get offers like that coming it’s crazy. We’re lucky to have had so many in the last few years.
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