Five minutes with… tim blunt and ally turner from fvneral

What’s the story behind your band name? Tim Blunt: A bunch of our first songs had some reference to death, dying, grief or suicide. A few of us had spent a weird amount of time at funerals. We wanted to draw on the imagery associated with funerals to show that despite their obvious sadness, they’re also super-beautiful and celebratory. Favourite time of day to write music? Ally Turner: I love writing (and playing music) late at night. I know there’s a saying about everything feeling worse after dark, but there’s also something cathartic about feeling the depths of it all in the middle of the night, getting it down on paper, and waking up to a fresh day having made progress. Favourite lazy-day meal? AT: We just got back from the US, where pretty much every meal was a lazy-day meal. Our go-to was an In-n-out grilled cheese. Dream venue to play? TB: It’d be so meaningful to play The Enmore. We spent many formative moments there – the most distinct was the time I saw Foals. My best friend and I must have been 14 at the time, and we’d been taken under the wing of some older kids who were willing to shepherd us through our first experiences of partying. I remember being totally transfixed by the show and felt as if I’d been initiated into some secret cult! I was grounded for a month after my parents found out (it’s not hard to tell when a 14-year-old is off their face) but it was worth it.