What’s your all time favorite band? Who inspires you musically?
Elizabeth: Mine is Blur.
Jeremy: Mine is Radiohead. We are inspired by many people, but no one directly. David Bowie, Debbie Harry, John Hughes, even the TV show Freaks and Geeks—they are all important reference points for us.

How has online social networking helped your music career?
Jeremy: Well, when we started in 2009, Myspace was still quite a strong force in terms of online music. Now, radio stations, labels, and consumers use Facebook much more. We like Facebook a lot, it’s a great way to have direct contact with the people who like your music. 

Elizabeth, you’ve contributed to iconic music magazine NME. What’s it like now being focus of media scrutiny?
Elizabeth: I definitely never considered myself a music journalist, I just wrote a few pieces here and there. When we started the band we didn’t think anything would happen with it, we were just having fun. I’ve always been a fan of music though, so it’s nice to go from being a fan to someone making it.

When writing about music, you must have dished out some critical reviews. Have you been on the receiving end of any negative comments?
Elizabeth: We’ve seen loads of them! We are at the point now where we are comfortable with negative press—any feedback is useful. We want to be the best band we can be! Usually negative comments comes from a place of truth.

How do you define your music?
Elizabeth: Weird pop.

If your songs were people, what would they look like?
Elizabeth: Our songs are different people, we write about characters.  They’re probably a bit like us, just more extreme, more handsome, taller, funnier. 
Jeremy, you’ve had a number of solo projects.

Is Summer Camp just a side project? 
Jeremy: Summer Camp has overtaken my solo stuff. I always wanted to be in a band, so it’s fantastic to have finally found someone I can make that happen with.

What are your thoughts about your upcoming Bangkok gig?
Jeremy: We’re so excited to come to Thailand, it’s a dream of ours. We can’t wait to meet lots of lovely new people, plus we think Thai food is the best food in the world. We’ll be bringing our drummer Willliam, he’s great.