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Speaker 1: We're going to have to be super quick with our

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Speaker 1: music interview, so let me tell you straight off that

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Speaker 1: we're chanting to a band called Suits of Armor, formed

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three by singer songwriters Melanie Nash and

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Speaker 1: James Robertson making a couple of waves on the country scene.

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Speaker 1: This is sort of a country pop sound that they

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Speaker 1: are creating, and we've got a new track to share

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Speaker 1: with you in just a moment. But first let's say

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Speaker 1: a very quick hello to Melanie and James, who are

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Speaker 1: both with us on the line this afternoon. Great to

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Speaker 1: meet you both, and welcome to Cape Talk.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, thank you so much, thank you for having us.

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Speaker 1: It's a huge, huge pleasure. Melanie, if I may start

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Speaker 1: with you, tell us quickly, where did the story begin.

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Speaker 1: How did the two of you get together and start

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Speaker 1: making music together.

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Speaker 3: It's a long story, but in a very condensed version,

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Speaker 3: we basically knew each other for a long time. We

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Speaker 3: had mutual friends in common, and we'd be actually been

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Speaker 3: talking about playing music together for many years, and it

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Speaker 3: was only shot two years ago that we actually decided

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Speaker 3: this is it looks good? Yep, and yeah. We were

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Speaker 3: known as Melan James and soon after of the name

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Speaker 3: suits of Armor was born.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so I was going to ask what's the origin

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Speaker 1: of the name suits of Armor?

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Speaker 3: So basically suits of Armor. Yeah, we wanted a name

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Speaker 3: with a lot of meaning. So, like a soldier goes

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Speaker 3: to battle, he's got his armor, he's equipped with everything

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Speaker 3: he needs. So basically with us being on stage, we

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Speaker 3: are very confident in our songwriting. So like with a soldier,

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Speaker 3: he's confidence, you know, with his gun and his shield

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Speaker 3: and everything. So with us, our songs give us confidence,

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Speaker 3: but we are also very vulnerable in a sense, you know,

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Speaker 3: putting those songs out there. So your pretty much the

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Speaker 3: meaning behind that one.

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Speaker 1: Okay, thanks for the explanation, James. Country music, I know,

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Speaker 1: has a huge following in South Africa. You guys play

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Speaker 1: in a kind of a country pop space, don't you.

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Speaker 2: It's correct. Yeah. We started writing our first trick in

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Speaker 2: Cellar Pockets. I live in a sort of country environment

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Speaker 2: and it sort of inspired us to write something of

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Speaker 2: that nature here.

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Speaker 1: Okay, And the song that we're about to share with

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Speaker 1: our audience today is the new single called lights Out.

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Speaker 1: And before I played for the audience, tell us sort

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Speaker 1: of what the plan is here. Are you going to

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Speaker 1: carry on just releasing singles for the time being? Are

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Speaker 1: you planning to do any touring? Is there an album insight?

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Speaker 1: What's the plan for the rest of the year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we are releasing singles at the moment with

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Speaker 2: the view of putting out an EP. And then yeah,

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Speaker 2: we've got a whole host of conscience coming up. We're

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Speaker 2: playing a Splashing Finn in April.

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Speaker 1: Okay cool?

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Speaker 2: And then yeah, the plan is to branch out from

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Speaker 2: covidin and start visiting Cape Town and Joe Berg and we.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well that's great news for our Cape Town audience.

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Speaker 1: So is there a particular social media platform they should

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Speaker 1: be keeping an eye on just to find out when

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Speaker 1: you're going to make it to this part of the world.

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Speaker 2: Well, we are all over social media, so on Facebook,

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Speaker 2: on Instagram, on TikTok, wherever you want to find us.

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Speaker 2: We've also got a website and everything's on the links

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Speaker 2: to the music, the links to the social media platforms.

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Speaker 1: So you okay, so you're looking for the band Suits

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Speaker 1: of Armor is the name? Sorry, it had to be

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Speaker 1: such a short conversation with Menenie Nash and James Robertson,

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Speaker 1: but great to hear from you briefly, and more importantly,

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Speaker 1: we need to leave some space to play the song

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Speaker 1: for our audience and get them to like your music.

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Speaker 1: And hopefully once they've heard this one, they'll come looking

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Speaker 1: for more. Menonie Nash and James Robertson are suits of armor,

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Speaker 1: and this is their new single, Lights Out,