𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮, 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.
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𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 had embarked on a tour in which they revisited their classics, a process that quickly became tedious for 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍, who then decided to create new music.
🎤 "I think I reacted strongly against the nature of congratulating ourselves and the brazen commercialism of our retrospective tour by wanting to make music that had a more visceral nature. Because of the repetitiveness of the tour, I began to feel disillusioned with our previous songs, and that influenced the tone and sonic palette of the album. I got tired of celebrating ourselves, and wanted to write about the injustice and pain I saw everywhere I looked," says 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏.
It all started with an image, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 found the photo that would become the cover of 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆 𝑮𝒐 in a newspaper and became fascinated with the story. The image showed a landscape with glitch effects that had turned human waste into colored stones. "𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍," 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 says of the image. "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆."
For their seventh album, 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 moved away from the process they had already completely mastered. 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 and 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 took the way they wrote songs and, inspired by 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆, gave it a 180-degree turn. "I have a boredom problem, so I decided I wouldn't go back to our classic process of creating songs, which always started with three months of making noise in a rehearsal room," 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 recalls.
🎤 "𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒇 and I found ourselves in our studio, alone, exactly as it was in the beginning when we made our first demos. That's how we realized that the possibilities in front of us were endless. I remembered what my mentor, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆, said to me:
-Are you comfortable with what you're doing?
-Yes, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅, why not?
-Because if you're comfortable you're doing it wrong.
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| Photo credit: Mads Perch |
The climate crisis is also very present in the lyrics of the songs. For 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, it's impossible to write about what is happening today and not explore the issue of the climate disaster we are facing.
"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔. 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒏. 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚."
When 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's frontman is questioned about what gives him hope, it is evident that he is conflicted about it: "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏," he says. "I'm a fan of 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒔, so what strikes me most is how completely absurd our situation is. Maybe I'm not the best person to talk about this because my view of the world is very dark and what we need now is hope. But I don't know how much time we have left. I find hope in the kindness of some individuals, their compassion and altruism, but one individual does not represent the whole world."
It's clear to 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 how much his life and personality have been touched by 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑩𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒆, however, the legendary musician's greatest influence on 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 is not in his music, but in the way he behaves. "𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 treated everyone he met with the same dignity, it didn't matter if it was 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒐 or the plumber, everyone was treated with respect. I'm sure he wasn't always like that, especially in his wild years, but he was the 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 I knew and that's what remained of him in my everyday life. Only by being himself he taught me how to be a better person. But I was too arrogant and too drunk to realize what was going on at the time. And even at my most alcohol-addicted time, he always had time for me, and he treated me with kindness."
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 has been reserved lately, the musician is not someone who likes to show off to the world in public or on social networks as is common nowadays, he sees this as a reaction to a world where everyone is talking, without saying much: "These days it seems like everyone is shouting. It's a cacophony of accepted opinions that are repeated without much critical analysis. So I decide to talk less, so that it really means something and has an impact on those who hear it. For us there is no other option," he concludes.
What does 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 want to inspire in society through these songs? "𝑻𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈," he reflects. "𝑾𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅."✪
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