Getting to Know Female Demand

by Frank Soto

I recently got the chance to ask Bradley and Jonathan from Female Demand a few questions.

1. So you guys have only been around since about July, but the two of you play so well together. Is that due to you two having a long term friendship, lots of rehearsal, or what?

Well, we used to play in this band called The Television Skies. You may or may not have heard of us. We were around for a little while and then that group eventually split. It was a pretty rough patch in both mine and Bradley’s music creation for a while. It was kinda like rebounding from a really serious break up with a girlfriend or somethin’ ya know? But over time we developed a really good bond and it just shows in our music I suppose. That and we do rehearse a lot too! Haha.

2.  So in the formation of Female Demand, what led to the decision that you guys were gonna be a two-man band and to hell with lyrics?

Well to be honest, we wanted to add 2 or 3 members to the band at first. A vocalist, a keyboardist and maybe a guitar player. But we both just didn’t want to sit around and wait to find these people, so just started writing music. We abandoned everything that we did in our last band and changed everything–the way we played, how we approached writing music and just ourselves in general. And eventually we kinda did away with the idea of adding any more members to the group, because it was already hard enough to find people, much less find people who have the time and dedication like we do. So we just kept things the way they were, and here we are now.

3.  I caught you guys  at the Westheimer Block Party, what’s up with the suits? Don’t get me wrong, I loved the the fact that I was getting blasted with sound by a Banana in Pajamas and a bumble bee, but where did the idea come from?

The idea behind the whole thing was to bring in as many people to our showcase at the Westheimer block party as possible, so we were thinking of crazy ideas and whatnot, and we finally got the bright idea to dress up like animals. Now the whole bumble bee and Banana in Pajamas was a fluke to begin with. I wanted to dress up like a Bear and Bradley wanted to dress up like a Bunny rabbit, but the costumes they had didn’t fit our budget, so we went with the cheapest things they had– a banana head and a bumble bee costume. It was hot as hell, but it was totally worth it!

4. Female Demand has been playing a few shows throughout Houston, but what is the long-term plan?

The plan now is to focus more on playing outside of Houston and write our first full length album. We’re in the beginning of this whole project right now. We don’t think we will have it ready until this time next year. But just be ready, because when we release it, nobody will know what to do with themselves. Thats all I can say about that at the moment. Haha!

5.  Since it is Christmas time, what did you guys put on your Christmas music wish list?

Well Female Demand’s christmas music wish list is this, lets hope Santa can deliver on time:

The unreleased and incomplete Tontons record
The new Tobacco album
Maybe some Squarepusher
umm…thats a really it. You have any suggestions????

I do have one suggestion– the brand new Something Fierce album.