This month Indie-Go reporters managed to catch up with up and coming band Shared Light. Shared Light is a band whose lead singers are both twins, James and Oliver Norton who we caught up with in their home in Hull fresh after their release of new single ‘Just Smile When It Rains’ and their Debut Album ‘Same Face, Different Personality’. The boys barely 17, were both very willing to pose for the camera and answer our questions for you, their many fans.
Q, Who inspired you?
James: As we were younger we loved to listen to bands from Indie Background such as Oasis and Arctic Monkeys, I suppose that’s where our love for Indie music came from and that’s what inspires our music.
Oliver: Yeah I have to agree with my brother there, there are so many great indie bands out there. We love them all, they all inspire us. Not only that, but our family and friends inspire us, not to mention our amazing fans!
Q, What do you think to your recent success?
J: I suppose it hasn’t really settled in yet, but yeah it’s amazing to know that we have so much love from our fans, our latest single getting to the UK top 10 was amazing considering our age.
O: Being 17 you’re sort of shaded away from how successful you are, by people like you’re parents as we do still live at home. I may know how to shred a guitar but working an iron I have no clue, but yes our success is amazing. Also, yes I am excited for the release of our new album.
Q, What’s it like being in a band with your twin?
J: Well it has its perks I suppose (he winks at me obviously hinting sarcasm) the main one being I’ve grown up with him so I know him better than most so arguments are rare, but he can annoy me especially when people get us confused.
O: Eurgh it’s a pain in the ass to be honest, definitely the people getting confused about who we are but at school it had its perks as we could blame each other if we got into trouble, not like we ever did get into trouble of course…
Q, What do you like to do outside of the music business?
J: Well it depends; we do loads of stuff when we have spare time. Like spending time with our family, football, playing game consoles just general normal teenager stuff.
O: Honestly, I am the laziest person around, so when you see me outside of the music business I’m either, partying with friends, sleeping, Watching TV or playing on the game consoles, which are very important to me. But to be honest we’re very busy with music most of the time as that’s what we love to do.
Q, What is it like being so young but so successful?
J: It’s kind of weird to be honest. All the friends you make during your years at school, you very rarely get to see them, and they are all too busy doing their A-levels. Which we spend our time thinking about doing, but there just isn’t enough time in the day to do it.
O: I hate not seeing my friends but they are all proud of us so we keep going on knowing they understand. As long as we remember our routes we will be fine, also being young your parents still have a big influence on our life and as I said before, our mother still does everything for us. We owe so much to her, and we are so happy to make her proud.
Q, What would you say to your fans if you could?
J: To our fans we say thank you for all the support we have gotten over the past few months. We love you all and as long as our music keeps appealing to you and we have your support, we will be happy.
O: You are amazing; we owe so much to you. We hope you will keep supporting us in what we hope will be a long career for us, hopefully with some success. And remember our light will always be shared with the ones who support us.
Q, James is it true you have a lucky pair of boxers you wear when performing?
J: Ha ha can’t believe you just asked me that, but yes I do have a lucky pair of boxers I wear for performing. As I am very superstitious, I wear the boxers I wore when we got noticed by the scouts, who nurtured us on our way to our success. I wear them every time we perform.
Q, Oliver is it true you recently put your brother in A and E when you tried pranking him, involving a bucket of water falling on his head and giving him concussion?
O: yes that is true my brother and me have a very good relationship, but yes we are still 17 years old twin brothers. We play the occasional pranks on each other, there was this one time a couple of months ago, I tried pranking James with a bucket on top of the door, and yes I misplaced the bucket, which then smacked him on the head. You should have seen the fear in my mother’s eyes, when she found out he had concussion.
Q, Our competition winner wanted to ask you one question and that is if you could get with any female person in the world who would it be?
J:Hmm… difficult question, as there are so many gorgeous women out there. But if I have to answer then it would be the lead singer from Paramore, Hayley Williams. Not only is she stunningly beautiful, but she a great lead singer! Or I would have to say Gemma Arterton, she is also pretty actress. I met her the other day and I must say she’s fitter in person.
O: At the premiere we attended for the silly chick – flick called “A Week With Marilyn” we met some stunning women especially the young Emma Watson. As I’ve watched her grow up in the harry potter saga, i’ve always had a thing for her as she is so stunningly beautiful. Although I love Indie music and always will, I have also slightly fancied the beautiful country singer Taylor Swift.
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