C2 Magda Cassidy: January 2010

After many, many drafts, I've come up with my finished article for my magazine! Here it is!

They're new. They're hot. They've sold a half a million copies of their new single 'Just another wasted youth' just in the UK. They are The Station.

Their catchy, indie rock tunes have been played nonstop by the nation for the past 6 months, and they still haven't stopped! It seems our country has fallen in love with the three indie-cindys that make up The Station, and their totally unique sound and style which has taken over the face of Indie as we used to know it by storm.

"Fame will never go to our heads" said lead singer and guitarist Jas at their first ever, exclusive interview with CLASH! magazine. And despite their success, wealth and public attention, this statement seems to be true. The three girls are really down to earth in the interview and talk to us as if we were old friends. Ha, we wish! "Even if nobody listened to us, we'd still be making music, to us this career is all about our passion for music, although all the attention is a bonus!" laughed Leah, the drummer in the group, who has made it clear on many occasions that she loves al the media attention she’s been getting. “Ever since I was little I always knew this is what I wanted to do, I feel like I was born to do this! A lot of people moan about the paparazzi constantly chasing them, but I love it! Its mental!” It seems Leah is entirely comfortable in the public eye, particularly now with the controversy of her newest (of many) relationships with rock stars. Leah was recently pictured looking more than just a little worse-for-wear on a number of occasions within the space of a month, each time with new arm candy. "Most of them are just really good friends!" she said, "The paps have made look stupid, it doesn’t bother me, as long as my real friends aren't fooled by all the crap that’s been published about me. I’m not bothered if the papers are saying I party too hard, at the end of the day, I’m eighteen, I’m doing a great job that I love, why shouldn’t I be celebrating!?"

Despite Leah's words being serious, the girls did have a giggle about the amount of boys Leah has been seen with. "Leah's the feisty one in the group.Me and Jas are really well behaved in comparison!" laughed Kimmy. "Thats why Leah plays drums; so that she gets to bash things really hard! Its just her way of releasing her agression!" It was great to see how close the girls were, and despite Kimmy's teasing, it is obvious how much they love each other! "I can't imagine making music with anyone else" said Kimmy, who plays bass guitar. "The girls and I are like sisters. We've known each other for so long it'd be wrong if we weren't making music together now!"

And the story of how they met is an interesting one as well, believe it or not, the three rock and roll divas were in their local youth orchestra in their home town in Essex, very hardcore! Jas and Kimmy were already close friends, Jas played the violin and Kimmy played the double bass, so they joined the orchestra together when they were thirteen years old, and it was at their weekly rehearsals in the cold, damp church hall where they met Leah, who played percussion. Despite playing only classical music, the girls all shared a passion a more modern sound, and formed the band first when they were just fourteen, playing covers of old rock tunes by The Rolling Stones (yes, really!) and The Stranglers, which Jas later revealed was the band that 'inspired' their own individual sound. "I first heard the Stranglers when I was nine years old, and I instantly fell in love their unique sound. I wanted to recreate that sound in a modern, up-to-date way that every teenager would listen to. I must admit I think were doing kinda well!"

Kinda well is an understatement, at just seventeen and eighteen years old the girls have been signed by Island Records, one of the UK’s biggest labels, and have had three numbers ones in just one year! And there’s more, The Station will be releasing their debut album very shortly, and are so popular that the tickets for their tour in the summer have almost sold out! “Nothings official yet, but were hoping to put on some more shows, because the tickets practically all sold out within a week of being on sale! It was an amazing feeling to know that our fans wanted to come and see us! We've had so much support, we feel so lucky, and we’re so grateful for everything, to all our fans and all the people who've helped us get to where we are today."

The Station’s debut album “Unleashed” will be available for download on Tuesday 26th of January.