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Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux Podcast
and today our special guests are Josh and Jess
of The Ingrid. This is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox
giving you all you need to know about musical
entertainment. Oh yeah! Chatterbox! And now in
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Jess and Josh of The Ingrid. Hi guys, welcome.
How are you? I'm good, thank you. Great, great,
good. I see you met at university at Chichester,
I believe. Yep. How long ago was that? How long
ago have you sort of guys got to meet each other
and form the band? Really wasn't that long ago,
to be honest. It was in second year. Late? Late
2024. yeah okay oh uh now when it comes uh who's
the lead singer out of you guys usually i mean
i've only heard one song i mean does it differ
what the song is or is it just one lead singer
it's usually jess but i'm not good as she is
so okay okay Okay so Jess, you're the lead singer,
so let's go down this route, let's ask you the
question. The band's name, how did it get selected?
So honestly we like jumped around quite a few
names before we got to The Ingrid. At the start
we were the Wearing Dresses and then TV Light.
um which is still a really important name to
us but then we got to the Ingrid because we just
wanted a name that was more unifying and Ingrid
is literally a girl's name or just a person's
name and what could be more unifying than that
and it also it means um I think in some languages
like beauty and we just it just really we landed
on it really resonated with us it felt right
yeah okay Josh so um You met at uni, but I mean,
how did you actually meet? Were you on the same
course? Do they have jams? Was there jamming
nights in some bar in Chichester, or what? How
did it all happen? Then you think, oh, it's sort
of a band. Obviously, we had to get to that moment
somehow. Yes, I used to jam with Will, our lead
guitarist. We just used to mess about, really.
And then he came up to me one day. He was like,
there's this person on my course. you know if
she really wants to start a band like do you
want to like meet up I was like yeah yeah we
can see what happens and then we just met up
and me and Jess set it off pretty instantly and
we just you know got cracking on with it really
okay and so how long did it take for you you
played your first in front of a crowd for the
first time in was that a uni or was it in in
Chichester was it Brighton or what was that what
the first gig That is still in the works. We're
looking to hopefully play live actually kind
of this summer, this autumn kind of time, but
we really wanted to have, wait for that and have
a body of work first and take that sort of route.
Sure. Now we've got this beautiful song called
Lullaby, but this isn't your first song. Of course,
but I understand it's not. So tell us about your
release, obviously you formed in 2024, so tell
us about some of your releases and a little bit
about the debut album that's in the works as
well. So we have three songs out at the moment,
Limerence, Mother and Now Lullaby. Mother was
actually the first song we all did together.
although it wasn't released first it's the first
song there were other songs obviously around
that time but the song that made it from that
time and then Limerence we wrote in the summer
that was a song that came together quite quickly
and then Lullaby which we wrote late 2025 very
pleasant very nice very nice very pleasant uh
is it i mean are you guys still at uni now you
still at chichester No, me and Jess have graduated
last year. Okay, and the other thing is, of course,
probably being uni students and everything else
and musicians now, and you're talking about doing
live stuff now, I dare say that, I'd be surprised
if you said no, I dare say there'll be some festivals
on the cards perhaps, even if it's next year,
but I dare say there's festivals being planned
as well as live stuff, no doubt, yeah? Yeah,
there's definitely some festivals we're looking
at for next year that look really, really cool.
There's like a folk festival. We're just having
a look around at the moment. We're seeing what
we can do. Sure. Very exciting then. And so,
yeah, so we've got this album. I mean, we've
mentioned three songs that you've done already.
Were all three of these on the album? Or were
these just for, I believe, obviously, London
buyers? But any of these others you mentioned
on the album? When it comes? Indeed they are.
And what else? Sorry, carry on. Sorry, you carry
on, you carry on. What else can we expect on
the album? What other tracks can we be expecting?
I think you can expect it to be quite of, like
it's a concept album where all the songs work
around the same theme. I think there are some
different songs in there. One song we recently
recorded is definitely more Anthony. I'm sure
Josh can tell you more about that. And there's
some other ones which really just felt like us
as a band. And that's the best way I can describe
the music we make is we don't try and make it
a genre. We really just try and write the song
and serve the song. Sure, sure. Josh, something
a bit more anthem -y. Tell us about this potential
anthem then, because all good bands must have
an anthem, because there's going to be nothing
better than having the crowd singing it back
to you, of course. Has it been planned to be
an anthem, or has it just literally worked out
that way, naturally? Off that way. I didn't compose
it the way I do my other drums, but it just kind
of naturally flowed into it being a bit... we
will we will rock you you know a bit a bit stadium
we wanted to like include people in like us as
well past like just singing as you know and and
so it's it's quite a fun one to to play and like
you know see how it how it went okay And also
the album, am I right? I skim through the lines
so that I can sometimes miss stuff. Am I right
in saying that the debut album is going to be,
is the self -titled album The Ingrid? Is that
what it's going to be called? Not quite, but
we haven't quite announced our album title yet.
Okay. But it's cool, we like it. That's good.
Well, if it was going to be called The Ingrid,
it wouldn't have mattered because, you know,
The Monkeys and The Beatles' first albums were
called The Monkeys and The Beatles, so even the
greats wouldn't have mattered. It would have
been absolutely fine. OK, so I mean, obviously
I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't purchase
to what the name is going to be and stuff like
that, obviously, because I would be sitting at
home saying what the album is going to be called
so we can look out for it or whatever. And why
didn't Nick ask what the album is going to be
called? So I have to ask, even if you even if
you don't have to say I have to ask it. OK, so
any idea when this might be the proposed album?
Could it be this year? Could it be in the autumn?
It will be this year. It will be this year. Oh,
cool, cool, cool, cool. And in the build -up
to it, could we expect another single or are
we just going to be pushing what we've got at
the moment, especially this beautiful song Lullaby?
You can expect a new single before the album
as well. Cool, cool, cool, brilliant stuff. Right.
Looking a bit further, just say, where are we
now? Well, by the time this goes out, it's gonna
be, oh, the podcast will go out end of May, June,
June the 1st is actually gonna hit its first
radio stations on Monday. That's when it first
goes out. Okay. Indicated show. So we'll be June
when it goes out as such. So if I was to say,
if you guys were to come back onto Chatterbox
in a year's time, What would you like to be telling
myself and the listeners that you've actually
achieved? Definitely I think having some more
experience playing live and have some accounts
of what it's been like to play live with the
band and you know kind of in a year's time hopefully
see what the reception of the album is like and
see also what kind of music we're creating then.
Sure and also obviously we'd like to be uh it'd
be nice if you were naming all the festivals
with the dates wouldn't it so that'd be something.
and then of course I'll be asking the question
about what you'd be wanting to do in another
year's time something like that so let's keep
an eye on it and see what happens but every success
of course with the new album and you know the
singles that are out at the moment and the next
one leads me to go around to some social media
we got a website www .theingridband .com so we've
got that to start with and usually Yes indeed
nice website and if we scroll down then we've
got a link to Instagram and tick -tock straight
at the bottom there So it's nice and easy if
we go on the website in addition to that. I think
you've got some other social media So anything
I've not read out and it's not there Would you
like to give any other social media out to the
list and listeners that you'd like to now? You
know YouTube channels or anything else you might
have Right now you can just find us on TikTok
and Instagram at ingrid .band, but we're working
on a YouTube channel at the moment for a really
cool project that Josh has been working on actually.
That sounds good. Anyway, listen, you've got
the good website already, so that's more than
what some do. So yeah, so it's the ingridband
.com and yeah. No doubt when we chat next time
you'll probably have some more social media bits
and pieces. So I do also see on the website you've
got a little, obviously it's got the whole thing
about, you've got a news page. A little thing,
the contact, so I guess anybody listening to
this... or anybody on the podcast listening in
the future after your present campaign's finished
with Lisa Davis promotions. I mean the contact
thing I dare say people can contact you on there
if they were DJs or interested in booking you
or anything else. So DJs for interviews and that
there's the contact page on your website. So
there you go put your name, address, email, message,
click submit and yeah there you go. So people
I mean obviously you'll be welcoming DJs and
bookers and people for contact you uh you know
during the summer and all come on once wouldn't
you i guess yep cool wishing you every success
with that guys uh enjoy the sunshine i enjoy
it i don't i don't complain about the heat i
love it so uh i know people do stuff with it
but yeah enjoy the heat enjoy the summer and
just think next summer you'll be playing in a
festival in it so there you go yeah Once again,
nice meeting you and every success, guys, all
right? Yeah, lovely meeting you. Thank you. Thank
you. And cheers, Josh. So, Jess, Jess and Josh
will be in grid. Cheers, guys. Bye -bye. Bye.
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