Stonefield

Stonefield “We don’t want people to look at us for the wrong reasons.” Stonefield may be one of the youngest bands on the circuit, but they are not going to let their age get in the way. Nor will the four sisters from the Victoria Hills let the fact that they are pretty girls effect their sound…

Stonefield Second eldest sibling, Hannah, is happy to elaborate on their main issue. “People just think that girls can’t be tough when they play music.” Having grown up listening to their parents’ record collection, Amy, Hannah, Sarah and Holly fell in love with the seventies rock that moved their parents. So, when a music teacher moved in next door, the girls picked different instruments and set about practicing together.

Soon enough Stonefield was born and it fell to eldest sister Amy to delve inside herself and pen some lyrics. While Amy believes the reason for the responsibility that landed on her shoulders can be summed up simply as, “I just have the most life experience.” As Amy remains modest about her abilities, her youngest sister Holly determinedly sets the record straight. Giggling uncontrollably, she admits “we have all tried writing the words, but we just aren’t any good at it, so we leave it to Amy.”

With a lot of sisterly love on display, it appears there is little rivalry for attention in the Stonefield camp. Instead, there is a shared vision of changing perceptions. Sure, they may be young, pretty and girly but that doesn’t mean that their music needs to be. As if to assert the point, Amy confirms that they are “fun, heavily influenced by seventies rock obviously, young, tough,” before Sarah slips in, “we don’t want to be girly at all.”

By Jeremy Williams