Hailing from Liverpool, Ninetails have a formation story that'd perhaps be more apt were it 1988 and Seattle; they met and hung out over cups of coffee, playing each other their favourite bands from Walkmen to kill time.

"It was our music taste that brought us together. They had the best iPods and didn't cite the fucking Red Hot Chilli Peppers as an influence. We bonded over Tubelord, decided to jam and the rest is history" says bassist/lyricist Phil when asked about that time. From such an inauspicious start, it's perhaps surprising that Ninetails should have found their trademark sound so easily and apparently painlessly. For anyone listening to their début, Ghost Ride the Whip, this is surely the sound of a band that have taken time and effort to develop; then again, they might just have special musical chemistry that belies their comparatively recent formation.

Though their sound is very much guitar-oriented, their influences are somewhat more diverse; "Jake's a massive fan of the Deftones, [while] Jordan's got the most eclectic taste, a lot of jazz and some techno... but we'll break him out of that," explains Phil, "Ed's been in a bunch of bands, and his old one supported Good Shoes a couple of times." Phil, of course, is the often outspoken driving force behind electronic mathniks Metamusic, now a growing force on the North West live scene.

So what can we expect from Ninetails?

"It's difficult not to bring the 'taboo' word into the game... right now we've got time and resources [a couple of band members attend LIPA]; when you've got a twenty-four-hour recording studio and practice room across the road from you, I guess you could expect big things. Ideally we'd like to hit the ground running, and I'd like to think with the quality of the music we've got to offer we can land on our feet."