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๐ข “We are really enjoying ourselves at the moment. Over the last couple of years we have become a better band essentially and we are really enjoying performing. We finally learned how to truly connect with an audience which is really important, otherwise things are very flat.”
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฌ. ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ก๐?
๐ข “We were very dubious about streaming and I do think there is still a lot of work to be done when it comes to how much artists get paid. I think it is very difficult for new bands to make a living because of streaming so there is still a lot work to be done. So the streaming for us is an experiment. We resisted for a long time but we felt it is not our position to dictate to people how they want to consume our music, but I am still of the opinion that artists need to be remunerated better for their streams.”
๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฃ๐ข๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข'๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ , ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฏ'๐ฆ '๐๐ข๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐', ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฃ ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฌ?
๐ข “The way that I wrote in the past used to be very confessional and now I have changed. Now what I do is I tell stories and paradoxically, by telling stories with characters, you can be more vulnerable and open because you are less self conscious. That really comes in to play in Loud Like Love and it made me a better song writer.”
๐ช๐๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข?
๐ข “We have already started writing the new album. Next year we are doing a greatest hits tour and it is highly likely that we will play songs that we haven’t played in a long time. We are a strange band in that we don’t like our commercially successful material so we don’t play it live, but this time around next year we will try to make the fans happy by playing our most popular material - maybe for the last time.”
๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ?
๐ข “There is no plans to play there at the moment.”
(The National, "Brian Molko on the band’s upcoming 20th anniversary tour", June 3rd 2015)
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