First off, is it George or Georgina, how do you want me to call you? 
GP: George is good.  My real name is Georgina but everybody call me George. 
 
BBC says you are one of Oxford's hottest new artists. The Guardian had you, NME too. 
What's with all that hype (if I can call it like this) about you in the UK, it it feeling obscure, surreal or is it rather flattering you?
GP: It still feels rather strange when I get asked to do interviews for magazines.  I think it's all quite manageable though and it is flattering that people are interested to write about you be it good or bad.  It is better than being ignored.  I am grateful for any coverage because it means I can keep doing this.
 
Why do you think this is happening to you? now? 
GP: I don't know.  Maybe because music had become quite stagnant until recently and now there are a lot more people doing much more interesting things and I suppose I might be one of them.  I think that people are interested because what I'm doing doesn't sound like a lot of other stuff.  I didn't start doing music deliberately this way to get attention, it's just the way it came out. 

I do know what Garageband is, so can you give as an idea about how do you create your songs in GarageB?
GP: It depends.  Sometimes I start writing a song with a piece of writing I've done in mind.  Sometimes, I just play around with different sounds and see whether anything interesting comes up.  Sometimes I just find a loop I like.  It's different every time.  But I usually start writing at night because it's a better time.  You feel more isolated at night and I think that suits the way I make my music. 

Do you use samples or do you create your own patterns, modules and loops in GarageB?
GP: I just got a keyboard so I will probably be making my own loops once I've got my head around that. I usually use the beats that they give you on GarageBand.  They're perfectly fine although once you know them all by heart, you start noticing them everywhere in everyone else's music.  So I play around with the loops write a bit, like, I distort them or put them through different effects to make them seem more like mine.

Can you just sit down and compose? how do your work on your songs? is there any inspiration we should know about?
GP: I can.   But, sometimes I have to go for a while and not do a thing.  No writing, no composing.  Just sit around reading and watching films and doing things.  You need to store up and think about what you're writing about if you're a writer of any kind.  So that's what I do.  Sometimes I go and wreak myself up a bit too, too little sleep, get a bit drunk, have some arguments, live a bit, you know...It helps heighten everything and I believe it helps the creative process even if it's not such a great thing to do to yourself.  I also do free writing a lot too.  That's the best process.

Talking about lyrics, what kind of writer/poet inspires you? is there someone behind George's lyrics that we all shall discover, read and learn by heart?
GP: I write my own lyrics but I am inspired by other poets and authors.  I think it's sets of ideas I'm interested in.  People that influence George Pringle aren't always just writers or musicians but some writers who have influenced me are Truman Capote, Emily Dickinson, Ogden Nash, Bret Easton Ellis, Jeofforey Eugenides, Charles Dickens. 

Have you ever been in a band?
GP: Yeah.  I was in a punk band in school.  We weren't very good but we were fun.  I was the front lady and I played guitar badly which was so much more fun than playing the guitar well. 

Are you happier working on your own or collaborating?
GP: I am doing a few collaborations but honestly, I prefer writing alone.  I'm a bit of a control freak so it suits me best. 

At times, would you like someone (or maybe sometimes yourself) to rework or remix your songs?  
GP: Yeah!  Of course.  I'd love someone great to do a remix!  That's where I stop being a control freak.  It's great when someone can bring a whole different mood to your song.  That's pure science.  I want to remix other peoples and my own stuff as well.

How do you feel about shows? i mean, if everything can be pre-recorded in Garageband and played over live, is there any room for improvisation (jamming) on stage?
GP: I guess I could Jam along but I have so many words it's never really on the list of priorities.  I'd rather bring more to the live show with projections, lights and atmospheres to enhance the music.  Not instruments.  The only instrument I'd really want to Jam along with would be a violin.  A violinist could work well with me, or a string quartet for tracks like Carte Postale and SW10.

What's called "a perfect show" for you? would you like them to dance to your songs or rather listening carefully to your lyrics? Maybe both?
GP: Wow...I think that a good show would be one where people know some of the lines and clap loads and had fun and get drunk and smile and get a bit sad too.  I think, an ideal show for me would be like when you go out with your friends and you can go through every emotion externally and internally over a short space of time.  I'd like people to be quiet too so it doesn't put me off my words.  A bit of dancing too!

Are you following some music from the uk now? 
GP: Some...I don't know much good music.  I'm not really "on it".  I like Foals but I don't think they're quite as revolutionary as everyone are making out. I just think they're solid and good.  But otherwise, I normally look for small people doing interesting things online.  Errors and Friendly Fires are good, I still like Patrick Wolf.  I discovered this guy called Watching Arthouse Films With My Daughter and he's really fun.  He writes too.  Most of the time I am pretty disappointed by new music in the UK.  We have good DJs though.

Is there any friend/band/singer from your hometown that we've never heard about that you absolutely want to recommend us?
GP: Well, I suppose that you know who Foals are, they're from Oxford, where I was at university and I also suppose everyone have heard of them.  Oxford music is pretty dreadful.  Really, really insular and not very expansive.  It's very niche and very "back-slappy".  There's a band called Jonquil and they're good though.

Last question: Seen "Control"? Any thoughts?
GP: Yup.  Hmm, you should never let photographers make films.  Because...everything looks good but it's really not that engaging.  Too stylised.  Like, I think there were some nice moments but the female characters were so on one dimensional.  Also, I don't think the actor was really cold enough to be Ian Curtis.  Physically, he had these huge eyes and looked so sweet.  In my head, Ian Curtis was more squinty eyed and sly.  That's the myth I believe.  I know the director knew the band, but...you know, the Ian Curtis in 24 Hour Party People was so much better!