Our intention and motive behind what we do is very real – the trio takes us back to where it all started and reveals their future aspirations.

With their unpretentious outlook on music, their refreshing honesty and their elegant tunes, Our Girl are definitely a band suited for 2017. As we stumble around The Waiting Room it strikes me how down to earth these guys are, in many ways not your most likely constellation of a trio, yet that is one of the features that makes Our Girl so special.

Finally seated in a corner of the room guitarist and lead singer, Soph Nathan, delves into the topic of how Our Girl came to be.

Josh and I were already playing together, and we were trying to get Lauren in. She wouldn’t reply to my emails for a couple of days, and I was like: Omg she doesn’t wanna play with us.

I was just in France – drummer Lauren Wilson shoots in.

So, Lauren finally came in, and we had one practice. When she went to the loo, I was like: “Josh, can we have her?” –  Soph finishes.

With their emotive and fierce melodies, and the grounded power in their lyrics, Our Girl have quickly risen as one to watch, but what makes them so special?

“Lauren’s drumming”, Soph says with a smirk. Lauren on her side quickly brushes it off before a moment of reflection. “No! Or partly. Oh god, now I’m gonna sound like a dick,” she laughs before continuing:

I think it’s the three personalities coming together, we’re all similar, but then we are all very different. I think we’re all very honest. It’s very natural the whole thing.

It just comes together through some creative pulse – Soph states.

Honesty is something that definitely stands tall for the trio, and the word surfaces again when we discuss their sound. “It’s honest and dynamic,” Lauren points out, and bassist Josh Tyler elaborates that “it’s quite calm but also really aggressive.”

It’s the three personalities coming together, we’re all similar, but then we are all very different.

This counter position is crucial in the understanding of Our Girl. As a band they embody several juxtaposes, both in their soundscape and in their structure.

I think our intention and motive behind what we do is very real. It’s raw. And it’s not necessarily that thought out in terms of we are who we are, and we’re not necessarily trying to please other people – Lauren reflects.

It is what it is – Soph says.

If you google ‘Our Girl’ you’ll 194 million results, first and foremost revolving around the war drama “Our Girl”. Surprisingly, this show has no links to Our Girl’s choice of band name.

We realised that after, like; great no one can find us. Like, no chance googling. It was just the name of the first song we put online, and we agreed on it – Soph explains.

It’s funny cause then all we had online was ‘Our Girl’ by Our Girl.

Hopefully one day people would have to google Our Girl and then TV after to find that show – Josh dreams out loud.

That’s the aspiration, to be The Our Girl – Soph sums up.

If you listen to Soph’s cleverly crafted lyrics you can hear that relationships influence the writing. It’s subtle, but it’s there. “It’s quite therapeutic. Sometimes it’s battling between wanting to express what you feel and not be to explicit”, she ponders. Does it change when adding music to it? “Sometimes it can capture the feeling quite well. Then, at the same time, Josh and Lauren just play something that’s their mood, and it can be quite different and add another element to the tune which I find the most exciting really”, she says.

The way that you write, and the way that we all play, leaves a lot of space for other people. Like, people have come up to us after the shows and have had such strong emotional reactions. And that’s the best thing cause they’ve obviously thought their own personal thing. I’m sure they’re lovely people, but surely they don’t care that much about our problems, they’re bringing their own baggage – Lauren resonates.

I like it when you have to find stuff in a song. When it’s not too obvious – Soph adds.

The way that we all play leaves a lot of space for other people.

It’s obvious that Our Girl don’t try to fit in with a specific crowd or please a certain group or demographic. This is also something that distinguishes them from the Brighton scene they’ve emerged from.

We’re not trying to fit in with a group, and not fitting in to the aspect of a Brighton. I mean, we don’t sound like those bands at all – Josh states.

Though they’re not trying to submit to a scene aspect, they still appreciate the place they come from. “It is a really healthy scene in Brighton,” Lauren states, and Soph continues that: “we wouldn’t have been a band in this sense if it wasn’t for that boost of confidence this scene gives.”

It’s not necessarily the same kind of music, I think it’s more like an environment, which is fruitful. It’s good that it’s there – Josh ponders.

As the doors open and the cheerful tunes of ‘God Only Knows’ fill the room we quickly round up. The next thing coming for Our Girl is working towards their debut, and with that “next big step” on the horizon, we can only wish them the best of luck.