FOSCAR made up of two students from
Norwich are creating a real buzz in the industry, but what makes them different to any other teenage musicians trying to make it big? We investigate to see what the fuss is all about....
With their jangly, indie sounds, they are definitely not the typical 16 year olds trying to be the likes of Justin Beiber and N-Dubz, but instead are creating their own identity and have been acclaimed as “A very refreshing pair, with a great talent and future” by The Daily Mail. There are lots of youngsters around at the moment,who all seem to sound the same, with no originality
and all fall into the same bracket of boring, however, boring is certainly not a word you could use to describe the pair. “Whats the point in doing what everyone else does, you just turn into a robot” States Oscar Knights, who never fails to speak his mind. The pair however never fail to state their admiration for bands such as The Stone Roses and The Smiths. “Yeah we really like both The Stone Roses and The Smiths. They weren’t trying to impress the mass market, much like us.”
Gathering quite the reputation for being very controversial and like ‘marmite’ according to guitarist Fergus Bobby.“We don’t really care if people like us. Were not going to stop making music if a few people criticise us.”
FOSCAR never fail to disappoint fans either, bringing out their debut album- la plage, and
gaining rave reviews. “Yeah the album was good. We really enjoyed
making it and people seemed to like it which was great”.Says Fergus Bobby. “A lot of people have asked where the name came from actually but plage translates to beach in French and we were actually at the beach when we decided to form the band, and as Oscar is half French, it just fits really.” The two have been tipped as the ‘spearhead of young music’ are unquestionably talented and have a gift for music, however they have been criticised of being ‘immature’ by Chris Martin from Coldplay. “They don’t know how to act at the moment, you can tell they are still young as the way they act is very immature.” Oscar however, as outspoken as always replied “Yeah we love banter, he’s probably a bit too old to understand.”
The pair are rumoured to be playing at Latitude festival in 2012 along side greats like Morrissey and Arcade Fire. With some really exciting times ahead you would expect the pair to be very confident about themselves, however they are keeping their feet firmly on the ground. “Were doing okay at the moment and were loving the music were making and having a great time, but we know how quickly peoples opinions change, we’ll enjoy it while it lasts”. Who knows how far the pair will go, one thing is for sure though is that they will be very entertaining along the way. ᗿ
Gathering quite the reputation for being very controversial and like ‘marmite’ according to guitarist Fergus Bobby.“We don’t really care if people like us. Were not going to stop making music if a few people criticise us.”
FOSCAR never fail to disappoint fans either, bringing out their debut album- la plage, and
gaining rave reviews. “Yeah the album was good. We really enjoyed
making it and people seemed to like it which was great”.Says Fergus Bobby. “A lot of people have asked where the name came from actually but plage translates to beach in French and we were actually at the beach when we decided to form the band, and as Oscar is half French, it just fits really.” The two have been tipped as the ‘spearhead of young music’ are unquestionably talented and have a gift for music, however they have been criticised of being ‘immature’ by Chris Martin from Coldplay. “They don’t know how to act at the moment, you can tell they are still young as the way they act is very immature.” Oscar however, as outspoken as always replied “Yeah we love banter, he’s probably a bit too old to understand.”
The pair are rumoured to be playing at Latitude festival in 2012 along side greats like Morrissey and Arcade Fire. With some really exciting times ahead you would expect the pair to be very confident about themselves, however they are keeping their feet firmly on the ground. “Were doing okay at the moment and were loving the music were making and having a great time, but we know how quickly peoples opinions change, we’ll enjoy it while it lasts”. Who knows how far the pair will go, one thing is for sure though is that they will be very entertaining along the way. ᗿ
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