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Chettri is taking the world by storm with their first brand new album “Imitation is suicide”. The underdogs of the indie/alternative scene have been pushing through the ranks with songs such as “Pulse” and “Weekender”. They begin by supporting bands such a vampire weekend and arcade fire and performing at small gigs around town Critics have not been so open handed about the album unlike the fans saying “it’s an original style but lacks the creativity compared to other artists. Over the past 3 months all gigs and events they have been at have been sold out over night, they have had compliments from bands like The XX and Jagwar ma. When we had an interview with them they told us that they are in the process of making two more songs which they say are “more personal”. Jasmine Smith had the pleasure of interviewing Chettri.

“Hiya Chettri, first off I want to congratulate you on the fantastic album you’ve produced I absolutely loved it.”

“Thank you, I’m glad you like it”

“Right, tell me where did you get your inspiration from?”

“Well, I’ve always been a massive fan of artist like The XX and Crystal Castles all of my life and music has always been a passion of mine so  thought I would give the music industry a go and well…”

“I we can all see it has definatly worked out rather well for you haven’t it”

“Yeah, I couldn’t of even imagined it going this far, it’s weird to think that just a small hobby of mine could of become so successful”

“Now in your new album I felt that the song “Pulse” was more personal compared to all of the others”

“Yeah, yeah I wasn’t very happy at the time and due to personal reasons so I thought I would express myself by putting pen to paper and then the song “Pulse” was produced”

“Yeah I was definatly getting are more personal vibe when listening to it, so the critics reviews… what your opinion on that Chettri”

“Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess, but the critics opinions are sh*t, that’s my opinion on the critics”

“Hahaha well the public must agree with you due to how much your album has exploded around the globe”

“Have you always wanted to be a solo artist?”

“To begin with it was just an idea I thought of with a few mates at college and so we decided to create a band together, I must admit we were not the best band you have ever heard but it was a laugh with the laugh and I really enjoyed it. After a few months of practicing and playing at a few venue we decided to end the band as we couldn’t make the time to get together as much which is understandable as two of us had jobs and the other two were at college, I didn’t mind ending the band but I still wanted to be involved in the music industry so I kept practicing and writing music in my spare time and tried to get in touch with a couple of producers and one thing led to another and now I’m here.”

"Its been fantastic having you here today"

"Its been a pleasure"