same.
I had the chance to visit the upcoming band same.—formed by brothers Jimmy and Harry Morris—in their studio, spending a day inside their creative space. It was fascinating to watch their process unfold. Their spontaneous, creative energy filled the room—ideas flying everywhere. Whether they picked up their guitars, jumped on the drums, or hopped on the piano, they always landed on something new and fun to explore. I also got the chance to ask them a few questions about their music and their style.
How would you describe your personal style, and does it reflect your sound or stage persona?
We are always wearing things that are secondhand or vintage and I would say we aren’t precious or fussy. Just anything we happen to see that takes our fancy, we will go for! We find most of our clothes from charity shops and occasionally from vintage markets that we happen to be passing. I guess it ties into our sound because a good number of the bands that influence us are from the ‘70s/’80s and wore similar types of clothing, like denim jackets, leather jackets, flared trousers, sometimes suits. I wouldn’t say it affects our stage persona really, because we just always show up as ourselves, but we maybe feel a bit more confident up there if we have a cool jacket on.
Which fashion era or aesthetic best matches your music?
I’d probably say the 70s. We love how The Clash looked, for example, we love our leather jackets and bombers. Harry went through a real suit phase and then what he was calling his ‘tie era’, where he was wearing ties without necessarily wearing a suit. We love acts like Talking Heads, The Cars, The Cure, Bowie, and Lou Reed, but also we don’t want to sound exactly like what’s come before, so we are open to being influenced by today’s music too. I’d say that is mirrored by our choice of shoes occasionally; sometimes we like a modern, new pair of trainers.
Is there anything you always wear when you perform — like a lucky item or something that makes you feel complete on stage?
Harry always wears his rings, and I always want to but feel like I can’t in case it gets in the way of my guitar playing. We both have these silver guitar plectrum necklaces from 877 that we wear most of the time, but I don’t really have a lucky item. Although I always want to wear a good pair of boxers and socks, nothing with holes in. Often, I’ll wear Converse as well because I feel like you’re locked in solid when you’re wearing them.
What do you hope your audience feels or connects with when they listen to your music?
Most of our music is quite upbeat and uplifting, so typically we just want to put a pep in their step for their car journey or commute and often we have a little bit of humour running through our songs. We want to put people in a good, light mood and give them an escape from whatever they have going on. However, some of our unreleased songs go a bit deeper and darker, and for those songs I guess we just want people to connect to the message of the lyrics. We feel like when we’ve heard our favourite artists comment on things we’ve been thinking about ourselves, it’s kind of comforting to have that connection with them. It would be cool if our music could do that for someone.
What makes this space feel like yours?
Everything in here is also secondhand and vintage, like the clothes we wear. The aesthetic of the studio is very old school, again 70s-inspired, and cosy, warm colours. We wanted it to feel like our grandma’s lounge whilst also being functional, so it’s a concrete floor rather than carpet, but it’s yellow, so it still feels warm. We picked up literally every item in here from somewhere other than a normal shop, mostly Gumtree and Facebook marketplace, for things like the rugs and the curtains. We also saw that a hotel was closing down near us, and they were letting people take the furniture, that’s actually where the desk and some curtains came from.
In traditional ‘same.’ style, we up-cycled the desk and added electric standing desk legs to it so we don’t have to sit down the whole time, but it still has the aesthetic of an old piece. A mix of old and new, I guess that’s our theme. We have moved everything around in this room so many times to get it exactly how we want it, like we used to record live drums here and then we switched to an electric kit, which meant we could then change the set up of the room around again and stuff. There are Beatles photos and our old Kerrang magazine posters on the wall, so the space really feels like ours because everything has a story.
If this space had a sound, what would it be?
Well, it’s probably got to be our latest single at any given time.
Listen to same.