Interview by Kris Peters
Every now and then we at HEAVY get an album come across our desk that screams at you to listen and take notice.
Something out of the blue that not only looks like it could be fresh and daring, but also sounds like it.
When the new album from Indya called Leather N Lace came through there was something about it that made it stand apart from the rest. I'm still not sure whether it was the eclectic nature of the bands influences - Madonna, Enigma, Van Halen, Pat Benatar, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Bring Me the Horizon and Def Leppard - or the promise of a wild rock and roll fantasy ride, but whatever it was it has made me more inclined to listen to my gut feeling in the future.
With Leather N Lace coming out on May 6, HEAVY caught up with irrespressible vocalist Laudez Rose to find out more.
"I'm really excited," she gushed when asked about the album. "I'm so excited about the album launch - which is in a music store called HMV. The music shop is quite small, but we fit in (laughs). We've got about 70 people coming to watch and it's on the day of the coronation, so we thought that it would be dead but obviously not (laughs)."
We ask for more information about Leather N Lace musically.
"I started the album a year ago and it's taken me this long because obviously I've had to do the album while working at the same time, and I've had to juggle a lot of things," Rose offered. "Everyone's busy, it's like trying to herd a load of cats trying to fit everything in. Basically, I've been inspired by quite a few artists - Madonna, because I was a massive fan of her when I was growing up, and Lady Gaga, No Doubt, Bring Me The Horizon, Hendrix, Van Halen... and it's funny because every song you hear is totally different on my album, but you can hear all these inspirations coming through. Every song is completely different and nothing is the same."
In the full interview, Laudez talks more about the album and it's myriad of influences, musical experimentation and how far to push it, the singles released and how they represent the album, difficulty in choosing singles when everything is so sonically different, her vocal range and how to temper it throughout the recording, attending the Britain School for Performing Arts and Technology and what she carried from there into her music, the pitfalls of being an independent artist and more.