The group's evolving lineup mirrors the fluidity of their sound - grounded yet experimental, with an introspective indie feel that carries arena sized emotion with every note. Named “ones to watch” by BBC Three Counties Radio for their debut single, ‘From Home’, performing at Liverpool’s Sound City Festival and The Isle Of Wight Festival, and later stepping onto a larger stage opening for Imagine Dragons before 35,000 fans, it’s no surprise that early acclaim came in swiftly. Their music doesn’t just fill a room, it reflects it.
We caught up with Rohan and Adam to find out ‘what’s to blame’ for their music so far…
Talk to us about your band name - what’s to blame for its inception?
Rohan: So, when we were at uni and we were just finishing up we moved back into my family home, which is the Fletcher household. We were writing a lot of music there, and so we were like, well, why don’t we name it FLETCHR FLETCHR? We've become brothers at that point after spending so much time in this house, there were two of us at the time, before the rest of the band joined. But it sort of evolved into an ode to my dad now, since he passed away, it's his second name, so sort of gained a new meaning later on down the line.
When you first said the name out loud, did it instantly feel right, or did it take time to grow into it?
Adam: I think it did. I think we started by going through lots and lots of names, but we didn't really know. There were a million iterations of what we should be called. We started off with Mellow Days. Then we started, just me and Rohan, making music together. I don't think we had a name for a while because we didn't even know it was a thing when we first started writing the music. But yeah, I think once we found the name, especially after Rohan’s dad died, it really felt right that FLETCHR FLETCHR.
Rohan: And also Sanders and Fletcher don't sound as good, so we weren't going for that.
What or who would you say is to blame for your music career?
Rohan: We started separately and then we came together. The main thing that started me off was my dad. When I went on holiday, he used to make me sing in the karaoke bar, because I used to have a really high voice so he used to love it when I went and sang Michael Jackson [laughs]. I was like ah, okay. I like doing this. I like getting up in front of people.
Adam: I got bought a guitar, an acoustic guitar, for Christmas and I just didn’t stop playing it. Then I started writing songs from that and then, yeah, I just did that for a few years and then met Rohan and it went from there.
Was music something you always knew you’d pursue, or did it catch you by surprise later in life?
Rohan: I think neither of us are the most academic in the world. So when the music started coming along, I think, after pouring so many pints I realised, this could be…
Adam: It was all or nothing there, do you know what I mean?
Rohan: You know, there are only so many beers you can pour. I still loved working in the pub, but as a whole future, I think music was the dream.
Every band has a moment when things shift from “we’re just playing around” to “we’re actually doing this.” What was that moment for you guys?
Adam: I think there's been lots of moments really.
Rohan: I think, playing live shows, I mean, playing live shows is our favourite thing to do. I think hearing the shift in just almost playing to a room of friends, and then it's shifting to people that we don't know and fans and like talking to them and seeing how the music affects them. I think that's one of the coolest things. I mean, we just played in Amsterdam at the weekend and the room was completely full when we played and it was just like, great that's even happening.
Adam: Yeah, I think just watching that. It was the first show, we joined this competition to play the Isle Of Wight Festival and you have to do three rounds as you go along, and that's when our bassist joined to play these shows. And on the final, I think, when we won the competition and we were going off to The Isle Of Wight and that was the first big moment of like, oh, shit,we’ve just done something with the band.
So do you have any specific venues or specific cities that you guys really want to play in the future? Or maybe you've already played there and you're like, oh, this is cool!
Rohan: I think my dream venue is the Camden Roundhouse.
Adam: Yeah, I think that would be our dream venue. Me, Rohan and all of our friends went and saw Ocean Ally there and that was like such a show. I think from that moment we were like, we've got to play that stage. We're just about to go on tour and our second stop is Dublin and I've never been to Ireland or Dublin, so I'm very excited to go see that.
Rohan: Dublin's going to be amazing. Going up to America eventually, we've just been dreaming of. and finally, like, there's some talk of it maybe happening down the line, and that's just gonna be unbelievable getting to do that. We’ll see, but playing around, just going to Europe and just seeing the world through playing music is, the past two cities we’ve been to, that's just been amazing, so going anywhere would be great. [laughs].
That’s so cool! Who would you say, are the biggest musical inspirations for the sound you’ve curated?
Adam: I think the thing, like, what we try to do is, well, we've got four members of the band. So there’s me, Oli, George and Rohan. We've all got such, like a different music taste. I'd say George and Oli had quite a similar taste. Heavy rock. They like that range, and we enjoy that too. I mean, we have, it started from me liking jazz, us both loving rock and old rock as well. Animals and started with The Stones.
Rohan: Yeah, with our parents playing us The Rolling Stones, The Beatles. Sort of seeing that whole 60s, 70s, band world, I think that's what interested us in the bands, but then later on, bands like Palace, Wolf Alice, Kingfisher at the moment we’re loving. Yeah, I think it's an eclectic mix, with a lot of bands and artists.
Has your list of inspirations evolved over time — and if so, who or what is influencing you right now?
Rohan: I think what's evolved is by playing all live shows sort of writing a bit more to be like, how's that gonna feel when we play it? It has adapted the new songs quite a bit. But it's always been, I mean, Adam produces all the tracks, and we do the songwriting together, I think it's always been sort of taking inspiration from everyone, I think it will always be that as it evolves.
Yeah, Your sound is sort of that line between introspective indie and arena-sized emotion. Do you consciously chase that scale, or does it just come out naturally that way when you play together?
Adam: I think the dream has always been playing stadiums. Getting to play in a stadium this summer was honestly amazing. It was so good. When we write songs we imagine what a crowd could sing back to and like, what we would enjoy as well, like to be in a crowd and hear. So I think that's where we get that anthemic stadium sound from.
Rohan: For sure, mixing that with sort of quite like raw emotion into it all as well, I think is what connects to people as well.
Yeah, definitely. In the past you’ve mentioned wanting your songs to spark honest conversation, whether about loss, love, or mental health. What kind of conversations do you hope your listeners have after listening to your music or perhaps seeing you live?
Rohan: We've been doing these pop-ups around London and they sort of create a space that can come for free and watch music and talk to each other. I think something great about it is you watch the crowd and you see people with their arms around each other and it's not necessarily just talking. It's sort of…
Adam: Being there for each other.
Rohan: Being there for each other and feeling the feeling of we all feel the same and see it brewing in the room. And then hopefully that just stems when they leave, they can get on to that topic. start talking about, we like that song and feel the same. It's about mental health, oh, how’s your mental health? Good, good. Let it stem out on its own almost.
If you could tell your past selves, before FLETCHR FLETCHR was even a name, one thing about what’s coming your way with the band and everything, what would it be?
Adam: Keep on going.
Rohan: Keep on going. Don’t stop. Keep playing in little pubs and the workload doesn't slow down. You keep on chugging along.
Now, with their debut EP ‘We All Feel The Same’ set to release on November 28th, 2025, and their headline tour due to kick off on November 11th, the band stands on a new chapter - one that promises to turn their collective pulse into something universal. Make sure to keep an eye out for FLETCHR FLETCHR’s future events and releases; they’re a band you won’t want to miss out on.
Anna Louise Jones
Image: Charlie Harris
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