Q&A How did your name come about? It came about through a lack of honesty and how for some people it can be hard to be honest and open with others. It’s quite a dark name too.

Is your EP Pillow Talk all about intimate conversations in bed? The title Pillow Talk is meant to be ironic. It’s about the lack of pillow talk and intimacy that has been experienced. There’s a line in the title track, which we repeat, ’Where’s the pillow talk?’. It’s about meaningless relationships we’ve experienced. But the EP itself centres around the theme of heartbreak and being emotionally torn apart by meaningful relationships that we have had. So it’s got that love theme, but instead of painting an image of hope, we focus on all the bad aspects of relationships.

How would you describe the process of making this EP? The process has been a long one and really started before the first EP. We’ve changed our sound and our lyrical themes, and we’ve developed a lot.

How long have you know each other personally? Donnie, Owen and Daanish have been friends for around seven years now, since we were all 12. We’ve known Matt for about two years now, but in the last year or so we’ve become much closer.

When did you realise you wanted to be a musicians? Donnie (vocals, guitar and keyboards): I started learning music from a young age. Choir boy at five, piano at six, violin at eight and guitar at 11. I started to play guitar more and more and write my own music when I was 12 and when me and Owen first started a band in 2005, it all took off from there.

Matt (guitar and vocals): I’ve been learning the guitar from the age of seven and my dad has brought me up all around music.

Owen (bass): I’d been playing the violin from a young age and began to learn bass when I was 12, and formed a band with Donnie.

Daanish (drums and percussion): the reason I started playing drums was because Donnie and Owen needed a drummer when the first formed a band. They’d had a drummer previously, but that didn’t work out, so Donnie told me to learn drums and that’s when it started.

What’s the stupidest thing you’ve done on stage? We were playing a show in Brixton, and Daanish’s phone started ringing. He stopped playing to answer the phone!

How would you describe your music in three words? Honest, melodic, creative.

What bands/artists are you inspired by? Our music is mostly inspired by style rather than any particular bands, artists or musicians. Though we do have our preferences, ranging from Red Hot Chili Peppers, to Rage Against the Machine, to Blink 182 and The Who. You wouldn’t be able to hear those influences in our music, but like we said, it’s about style rather than bands themselves.

Have you come across any fanatic fans yet? Yes, and we’re not sure if we can name them, but there’s a couple. And we have an Indonesian fan somehow.

Are there any ego clashes? Donnie with himself. We’re all good friends, we have disagreements but we wouldn’t say ego clashes. We are all pretty relaxed guys.

What would you say was your worst gig ever and why? There are a couple of contenders for this. In October 2008, Donnie managed to break three guitars at one show, two of which weren’t his, and belonged to an Italian band who were touring the UK. The gig was pretty scrappy.

Who is the alpha male of the band? None of us really would say we are the alpha male.

Have you come across any fanatic fans yet? Yes, and we're not sure if we can name them, but there's a couple. And we have an Indonesian fan somehow.

Are there any ego clashes? Donnie with himself. We're all good friends, we have disagreements but we wouldn't say ego clashes. We are all pretty relaxed guys.

What pays your bills? We each chip in equally for everything we do out of our own pocket at the moment as we are still fairly new. Though EP sales, ticket sales and merchandise sales can help.

What would you say was your worst gig ever and why? There are a couple of contenders for this. In October 2008, Donnie managed to break three guitars at one show, two of which weren't his, and belonged to an Italian band who were touring the UK. The gig was pretty scrappy.

What do you like to do before going on stage? Any superstitions/rituals? Donnie goes to the bar whilst the rest of the band tunes up. Just a little huddle and some words of encouragement is all we need as a band before we go on stage.

What's your view on swearing on tracks? We feel that using swear words on tracks should only be used if it adds to the effect of the lyric. Pointless swearing shows lack of lyrical imagination.

What do you do when you're not rehearsing, recording or performing? When we're not rehearsing we do mostly what any other person our age does. We go to the pub, sometimes to Central London to go clubbing, as well as work and study at university. We also are big fans of Chicken Cottage in South Woodford, so you can often catch us in there.

How many members in your band? There are now four of us, though we did start with five, but unfortunately we lost our keyboardist Nile Southwood who passed recently.

Pillow Talk has been released as an EP and available on iTunes, Spotify