Who Are... Cruel Hearts Club

Edie (vocals/guitar), Gita (guitar/ vocals/bass/synths) and Gabi (drums), fill us in.

Describe Cruel Hearts Club’s sound in one sentence?

Edie: Trashy grunge pop. What was the first music you really fell in love with?

Edie: I was obsessed with ABBA when I was about five, and I remember holding ABBA parties at my house.

Gita: We had a pretty cool vinyl collection when I was growing up. I fell in love with the harmonies of the Mamas & The Papas, and played Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd on repeat.

Gabi: It was Queen for me. My dad was obsessed. I remember car journeys singing my heart out to Bicycle Race and Flash, and of course the headbanging in Bohemian Rhapsody. I would have that song on repeat until I learnt all the words.

Gita and Edie, pre-Cruel Hearts Club you collaborated with some big names. What was that like?

Edie: We did backing vocals for

Lou Reed and Shane McGowan years ago and it was pretty amazing. They are my favourite name-drops, of course!

Gita: I played violin with Muse in Paris. They took us out for cocktails after the show, which was pretty neat of them.

Let’s talk influences: who are your go-to guitar heroes?

Gita: Kim Gordon is a goddess.

And the best voices in rock’n’roll?

Edie: Brody Dalle and Debbie Harry are insane.

What for each of you is the defining moment in your musical life so far?

Edie: Supporting Iggy Pop in Budapest.

Gabi: When we supported Sting in this amazing amphitheatre in Lyon. It was an unbelievable show, and Sting was an utter gentleman. I was heavily pregnant, and one of my fave pics in the world is of him touching my giant bump.