dash and will.

• • It’s a cliché to say that good things come in small packages, and this was proved overwhelmingly when pint-sized performers “Dash & Will” rocked the stage at the FreeZa Battle Of The Band regional finals on October 3rd. After sharing the stage with the winning Bands across the region, Charlie Thorpe and Josie De Sous-ray took some time out to talk about their new album “Up In Something”, Tokyo and fake eyelashes, all in the name of getting “Out of Control.”
    Dash & Will, released their first album in late August, titled “Up In Something” featuring their new single “Painful.” To celebrate this milestone in their career, they hosted a launch party at the Ding Dong Lounge in the Melbourne CBD, with a theme they knew only too well, “Dash & Will.” “It was pretty insane.” Said Charlie, the Dash half of the duo. “It was a fun show and everyone seemed to get into it.” Their launch party was not the first of the promotion needed to attain this much hype for their first album. “It’s the same when you bring out a single,” Says Josie, while adjusting her ripped tights. “You do press for everything in the months leading. We’ve brought out 4 singles already. It’s crazy.”
    “We have a routine of no routine.” added in Charlie, stopping for a moment to attach her fake eyelash back on. “Sorry, I’ve been at Parklife all day and I’m wrecked.” When complimented on her make-up, she replies with a smile “I’m obsessed with fake eyelashes!” And it’s no secret that the girls are into fashion, having recently appeared in photo shoots in Dolly and Fashion Journal. “We just go and buy heaps of crazy old leggings, just crazy retro things.” Says Josie. The girls are not only known for their fashion but for their harmonising and catchy pop rock songs, dubbed too rock for the mainstream, yet too mainstream for the indie rock scene of Triple J. “We want to hit the mainstream,” says Josie “But in our own way.” When asked where their inspiration comes from, the girls look at each other and smile, replying together “Everywhere!”
    ““It comes from everywhere. Growing up as teenagers, just listening to the radio made us write the style of music that we do. “
    For the video clip of their first single off the album “Out of Control”, Charlie and Josie travelled to Tokyo. “The theme of the film clip was to have fun,” described Josie. “”To just be ourselves and catch peoples reaction, jumping on trains, running around streets.” The trip lasted for 4 days but the talented duo did the entire video in just a few takes. “We did something crazy in each location and cut it up and there was our video clip” said Josie. “We had no idea what we were doing. But it worked because we had fun.”