Tuesday, May 24, 2022

πŸŸ¦πˆππ“π„π‘π•πˆπ„π– 𝐰𝐒𝐭𝐑 ππ‘πˆπ€π πŒπŽπ‹πŠπŽ (𝑳𝒆 π‘©π’Šπ’†π’ π‘·π’–π’ƒπ’π’Šπ’„, πŸπŸŽπŸŽπŸ—)🟦

⭐The πˆππ“π„π‘π•πˆπ„π– 𝐰𝐒𝐭𝐑 ππ‘πˆπ€π πŒπŽπ‹πŠπŽ which I’m going to share with you today was published in the Dijon newspaper 𝑳𝒆 π‘©π’Šπ’†π’ π‘·π’–π’ƒπ’π’Šπ’„ (France) on October 24th, 2009⭐
The interview is from the Battle For The Sun era, and Brian sounds very optimistic. Although too much changed since that time in his attitude to life, obviously, I love his words and want to believe they’re still relevant, “𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’π’ƒπ’–π’Žπ’”, π’”π’π’Žπ’† π’‰π’‚π’‘π’‘π’š, π’”π’π’Žπ’† 𝒔𝒂𝒅.”
Enjoy reading, soulmates!

Photo credit: Trip Fontaine

🟦▪️𝐈’𝐌 π†πŽπˆππ† π“πŽ 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 π’π“πŽπ▪️🟦
π‘©π’“π’Šπ’‚π’ π‘΄π’π’π’Œπ’ explains the reasons for the long absence of the band and talks about new directions of their work.


𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆-π’šπ’†π’‚π’“ 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, π’šπ’π’–’𝒓𝒆 π’ƒπ’‚π’„π’Œ π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 π’π’†π’˜ 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 π’π’†π’˜ π’…π’“π’–π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’“, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 π’π’†π’˜ 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍. 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 π’Šπ’• π’Žπ’†π’‚π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’† π’Šπ’” π’‚π’π’˜π’‚π’šπ’” π’π’†π’„π’†π’”π’”π’‚π’“π’š 𝒕𝒐 π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘ π’Žπ’π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒏?
πŸ“’Certainly! A new producer is not surprising, really, because on every album we work with different producers, so there’s no need to specifically explain it. But the new drummer… yeah! We needed to recapture the sense of brotherhood that no longer existed within the band and positivity that wasn't there anymore. It turned into a kind of "tube – work - sleep" scheme. As a teenager, I tried to run away from many things in my life, and when everything around you starts to resemble what you tried to avoid, you tell yourself that it's time to change something.


𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆπ’” π’…π’Šπ’…π’'𝒕 π’˜π’π’“π’Œ 𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, π’…π’Šπ’… π’šπ’π’– π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’”π’•π’‚π’“π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓?
πŸ“’Life on endless tours is only interesting when you're in a band. So, a solo career didn’t attract me back then.


𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂 π’ƒπ’Šπ’• 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’†π’˜ π’…π’“π’–π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’“, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’…π’Šπ’… 𝒉𝒆 π’ƒπ’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅?
πŸ“’Californian sun (laughs)! What's interesting about Steve is his positivity and his attitude. There’s something unique about him that attracted us. We needed someone who hadn't been corrupted by show business yet, and with whose help we could bring back the magic, the youthful enthusiasm that we had lost. It was thanks to him that we again felt the fire as it was at the very beginning of our career.

Photo  credit: Screenshot from Coming up for air documentary

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’˜π’†π’“π’† π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’Žπ’–π’”π’Šπ’„π’‚π’ π’‚π’”π’‘π’Šπ’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏 π’‚π’π’ƒπ’–π’Ž?
πŸ“’We wanted to make a record that wouldn't get outdated over time. That’s why we went for strings, not synths, because these are classical instruments, they’re timeless. The trick is that electronic music changes very quickly. And if you use a lot of synth sounds, your music will get old quickly. Actually, that's why we preferred wind and string instruments, so that the album remains relevant regardless of time.


𝑰𝒏 πŸπŸŽπŸŽπŸ•, π’šπ’π’– π’”π’‚π’Šπ’…: "𝑢𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‚π’π’ƒπ’–π’Ž 𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒖𝒕 π’šπ’†π’•. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔, π’Šπ’•'𝒔 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒑 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐." 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 π’šπ’π’– π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ π’•π’π’…π’‚π’š?
πŸ“’In fact, I'm going to never stop, I can't do anything else. So, there will be other albums, some happy, some sad.


𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’– 𝒐𝒏 π’”π’•π’‚π’ˆπ’† 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, π’π’π’˜ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’”π’Šπ’™. π‘―π’π’˜’𝒔 π’šπ’π’–π’“ 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 π’ˆπ’π’Šπ’π’ˆ?
πŸ“’Everything goes well. Today we’re a band that gets along very well with each other, and this is new for us. Besides, no alcohol, no drugs for me and Stef anymore, so it's great. Just yoga and green tea.


𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’π’• π’šπ’π’–'𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’“π’†π’„π’†π’Šπ’—π’†π’… 𝒐𝒓 π’˜π’π’–π’π’… π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’“π’†π’„π’†π’Šπ’—π’†?
πŸ“’I would really like to become a ‘knight’ in the Order of Arts and Letters, that would be the best compliment. I know that Kylie Minogue was given such an order, and that’s a bit sad to me because she’s not even a writer of her songs. Well, that’s probably because I'm not that handsome as Kylie.
(𝐿𝑒 𝐡𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐, 24.10.2009)

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