Showing posts with label Sad White Reggae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sad White Reggae. Show all posts

Friday, July 1, 2022

๐ŸŽถ”๐—ฆ๐—”๐—— ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—š๐—”๐—˜”๐ŸŽถ

”๐—ฆ๐—”๐—— ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—š๐—”๐—˜” is a song from “Never let me go” which was released on March 25th 2022. It was Placebo's eight studio album and produced by Adam Noble who was also the producer of the previous record “Loud like love” (2013). “Sad White Reggae”, like all other tracks on the album, was recorded at RAK Studios in London, UK, and mastered at 24-96 Mastering in Karlsruhe, Germany.



What's different about “Never let me go” is the process how it came into being because everything was done in reverse order to the usual way of working. The song titles were chosen before the lyrics were written, the work on the record started with the album artwork and picking the cover photo instead of ending with those decisions. Stefan explained that Brian came to him with that idea to try to do everything backwards. “So, there were a few factors in starting this record that were a little bit different. And I think we needed that. I mean, the end result might still sound very much like a Placebo record” (Chaos, March 4th 2022).
Brian: “This process of renewal, of looking for something new, is imperative for me, I really don't want to be bored with Placebo. You have to really push yourself to find different methods, challenging situations, things to say that you find important, to basically do something that feeds you, because without that self-feeding, why would you do that? I would ask myself that question all the time” (France Info, March 30th 2022).


๐Ÿ“ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ: Placebo once did something similar with “Infra-Red” from the album “Meds” when Brian wrote the lyrics of the song backwards. He admitted that because of that he first had no idea what “Infra-Red” was about. “I started with the last line and worked my way to the first. I’d never done that before. So it wasn’t until I got to the first line that I was able to take a step back and understand what it was about” (Suicide Girls, May 14th 2006).


Different to the previous albums Brian and Stefan also started to work on “Never let me go” without a drummer. “We wanted to make an album without drums and just do it with a drum machine and that has influenced the process a little bit. [...] And just having those beginnings a little bit different from the previous records, the result is very different from all the last records. I don't know, but it was important to incite to make the journey a little bit different”, Stefan explained in an interview with Alfa 91,3 FM Mexico. But in the end they even had two drummers instead of none at all: Matt Lunn, who is a touring member of the band and first joined them in 2004, and Pietro Garrone of Husky Loops.


Brian said that “Sad White Reggae” was written during a period of insomnia. In the middle of the night he decided to play something by The Police but ended up writing his own song (see quotes below). He stated that the title is a private joke for him. The song includes references to Jane Birkin, Samye Ling and Lama Yeshe, Dundee and Brian's mother.

Photo credit: Matej Grgiฤ‡

๐Ÿ“๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is a Buddhist monastery in Scotland. On the band's Instagram page Brian posted this text in 2021: “My friend and teacher ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ etablished the first Buddhist monastery in Europe, Samye Ling, Scotland. It is now under threat from US army. Please help us protect the monastery by signing this petition. And album8 is most deginitely on its way!”
Explanation: The military wanted to use the area for target practice. – The petition was successful and the place was safe in the end.


๐Ÿ“๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป is an English-French singer and actress who Brian admires. She is best known for her releationship with Serge Gainsbourg and their scandalous duet “Je t'aime moi non plus” which Brian and Asia Argento covered for Dimitri Tikovoi's music project Trash Palace in 2002. Two years later Brian recorded a song called “Smile” with Birkin, it was released on her album “Rendez-vous”.


๐Ÿ“ “Sad White Reggae” is not the first song that has a ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ in the lyrics. There's also “Blue American” from the 2000 album “Black market music”. Amongst others it include the line “I wrote this novel just for Mom / For all the mommy things she's done”.


๐Ÿ“ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ is a coastal city in Scotland where Brian partly grew up. Despite the fact that he had to move a lot with his family when he was young he also once said that if he were to have some patriotic feelings it would be for this place.


“Sad White Reggae” is part of the current tour. The shared video was recorded at Bearded Theory's Spring Gathering festival on May 27th 2022. This song is one of my absolute favorites on the new album and also live.

Photo credit: Matej Grgiฤ‡

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก “๐—ฆ๐—”๐—— ๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—š๐—š๐—”๐—˜ ” ๐Ÿ“Œ
๐Ÿ“ข "A lot of these songs were written during periods of insomnia and 'Sad White Reggae' is one of them. It's about three o'clock in the morning. Can't sleep. And for some reason I decided I was going to work out how to play Roxanne by The Police, and I couldn't and I ended up writing this song instead. And because I was trying to copy The Police I called it, 'Sad White Reggae' because that's essentially what the first two Police albums is. It's just 'Sad White Reggae', so it's a little in-joke for me, private joke, which kind of makes its way onto the album. That's my song for Scotland. I think Dundee is going to give me the key to the city when this record comes out. I managed to get Jane Birkin, Lama Yeshe, and my mum into the same song and Dundee. "
(Maniacs, March 25th 2022)


๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—”๐—ก ๐—ข๐—ก “๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—š๐—ข” ๐Ÿ“Œ
๐Ÿ“ข “I wanted to express something visceral, something very human. I just hope that other people will understand it and that it will move them. I hope that I’ve been somewhat courageous with this record so that it might inspire courage in others. It might help them stand up for what they believe in. That’s all. That’s what music did for me.”
(The Guardian, November 12th 2021)


๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด (๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด, ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ) ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ.
๐Ÿ“ข “For me, it was also about trying to create discomfort. My friend and mentor David Bowie always used to say `if you're feeling comfortable, you're doing it wrong.’”
(Vice Magazine, January 17th 2022)


๐Ÿ“ข “I wanted to do something that had a certain brutality to it, either sonically or lyrically.”
(Rolling Stone UK, February 1st 2022)


๐Ÿ“ข “It is our “Fuck you record”, quite right. It is by far the most angriest and most upset we ever did . And it is very focused in its vexation and anger. Because of my lifestyle change I got much more clarity as in former times. The drugs no longer stand in the way of my attitude. I’m more precise and concrete in these songs. I communicate big ideas in a few words as possible.“
(SLAM Issue 121, April 2022)

Photo credit: Matej Grgiฤ‡

๐Ÿ“œ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ
I got the man on the way
I wanna sleep on the way down
So many miles away
I used to dance in a fountain


I got the man on the way
Measure for measure
So many miles away
Drunk on a mountain


I got a message for Jane
Float on a feather
I hope the kids are okay
Now for the kicker


I'm stuck on a train
Heading for Scotland
They took my mom away
Illuminati


And I'm thin as rake
I'm no longer fleshy
I'll go to Samye Ling
See Lama Yeshe


Where the skies are grey
And the skies are cloudy
And every river flows
Back to Dundee


I won't give into the pain
I'll smile in the mirror
There's no one else to blame


Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never
Collapse into never, collapse into never

Post by Silke

Sunday, May 8, 2022

⚡INTERVIEW WITH STEFAN (ROCKAXIS, APRIL 2022)⚡

Soulmates, today I will share with you the translation of the interview with ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’๐’”๐’…๐’‚๐’ that was published in the April issue #226 of the Chilean magazine ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ค๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ.

A very nice chat where he told how it was the recording process of "๐‘ต๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’• ๐‘ด๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’", what keeps him and ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ together besides music and if they will come back to ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’†. Have a good time reading! ๐Ÿ˜Š
๐Ÿ’œ Much love & take care ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ”น๐‘ถ๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ (๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰)
๐Ÿ‘‰ https://bit.ly/3JYrb8o

Magazine cover. Photo Credits: Mads Perch

✨๐Ÿ’ซ⭐ ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐„๐๐Ž ๐‘๐„-๐–๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„๐ˆ๐‘ ๐„๐’๐’๐„๐๐‚๐„ ⭐๐Ÿ’ซ✨
✒️ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’‚ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’Š๐’


๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ'๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐›๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก, ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ง ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก "๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž ๐†๐จ", ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐›๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ.

๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข, ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ . ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ "๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘€๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘œ", ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ (๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ) ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ: ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‚๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ 30-๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด 2022 "๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘€๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘œ" ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ฐ๐’•'๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž, ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’›๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž?
๐ŸŽ™️I don't think it's necessarily a goal of ours to summarize our lives, it's not about writing a diary but it's more like an expression of where we are right now in our lives. It's been quite a while since the last album, but what happened was we toured for a few years, then we kind of had a retrospective of a few years and we felt like we needed to take a step back from all the old stuff, because when you stop and think, you know you're coming face to face with your past. When we carried all our famous songs on tour for almost three years we started to feel like our lives were disconnected from them and not that we look down on them, not in any way, but as musicians we needed to move on. So when we made this record it was more of a way of writing ourselves and, in a way, we wanted to keep ourselves excited and approach it in a slightly different way than we had done for previous records, to keep things fresh and keep us from getting bored. In essence, that was the beginning of this record that we tried to approach it from a different angle, and what we did was to reverse the process. So, instead of ending up with a cover,the title of the album or the names of the songs, it was there where we started this time and then worked backwards. For me personally, this album wasn't really about summing up what happened in the last 10 years, it was more a case of finding my confidence to be back in the band and finding the reason why I wanted to keep making music. So I use this album as a kind of musical therapy, in a way, because music is a form of communication, it's a way to connect with another human being, to connect with a listener. That's what this album is about, finding the reason why I still wanted to do this.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’๐’๐’•. ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐’†๐’™๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’†๐’–๐’‘ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’†๐’Š๐’“๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’. ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’†๐’—๐’๐’๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’? ๐‘ซ๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’‹๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’…?
๐ŸŽ™️By no means, we were the first band to wear makeup nor the first to express ourselves through what we wore and how we presented ourselves (laughs). There were many artists who did it before us, but maybe in the mid-nineties, when we started doing it, there weren't many bands that were known for doing it, because there wasn't really a representative scene.
But times change and absolutely now there is more visibility for different genders and for different ways of presenting. There's also more visibility in kind of sexual identity and that's very positive. I'm not sure if it's moving on a large scale, but the visibility has definitely increased.

Photo Credits: Jon Stone

๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ฐ๐’•'๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’–๐’ƒ๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐‘ฐ'๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’”.
๐ŸŽ™️We are just musicians, a couple of guys in a band who like to play guitars and write songs. We're not here to try to bring a message, we're just expressing our truth and the way we experience life. But we definitely don't look away from the fact that there may be a lot of people who listen to our music and find strength in it. If we are doing that, we have to stay true to who we are and continue to help whoever is listening to us.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ถ๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’…, ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž ๐’†๐’—๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’…?
๐ŸŽ™️Over the years one must be clear that it's easy to get stuck in certain ways of working. It's easy to fall into old habits because we are creatures of habit. So for us it was important to shake that up on this record and reverse the process. For the first time it was just Brian and I in the studio, we didn't have a drummer, so instead of seeing that as an obstacle we saw it as an opportunity and said <<fuck it, let's do everything with a drum machine>>, and it didn't end up being an album with just a drum machine. There's a song, yes, but we changed everything, we had the mentality of, instead of plugging things in the right way, doing it wrong and putting the guitar with the pedal backwards and stuff like that (laughs). Using different techniques and approaches that you already know, let you know how mistakes happen and sometimes they can be a beautiful thing. We like that things don't sound exactly the way they're supposed to, so on this record we leave everything, from scratches to mistakes. And it felt really good.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘พ๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž, ๐‘ฐ ๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’๐’˜ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’†. ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’…?
๐ŸŽ™️The only constant in life is change and that applies to us as humans and everything around us. So certainly if you look at a picture of us from 25 years ago, it was a different world. Not only were we much younger versions of ourselves (laughs) but we were also very confident and felt that everything we did was amazing. We had all the energy in the world and well, it felt like we could eat the world, but we're not like that anymore. I mean, it's like a disconnect with the past because going out again and release an album is like coming out of a cocoon of the last two years. It's definitely a challenge and it will be incredible. Sometimes I think too much and I have a tendency to imagine disasters that I only create in my head, but they feel very real and I have to stop and say <<enough>>. The enemy of thought is action and sometimes you just have to do something, and that's what we're doing now. We're going to turn that fear off, release the record and go on tour like we did a few years ago.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘จ ๐’‡๐’†๐’˜ ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’” ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‡๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’…๐’†, ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’–๐’”๐’† ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’† ๐’–๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’…?
๐ŸŽ™️It was a quote from when we had just finished our anniversary tour. We had been going around the world for three years playing old songs and, as I said before, it was like we were starting to feel disconnected from those songs and we said <<to hell with it>>. We wanted to make a completely dissonant, experimental sound, and when I came back into the studio three years ago, we really didn't have a clear idea of what we wanted to do, so we had to take a break. I couldn't control where we wanted to go and that's because we react to our music and songwriting in an emotional way, so if it feels good, and I look at Brian and he looks at me, that's good. From there we start.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ถ๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’๐’…. ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’‚ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’”?
๐ŸŽ™️One of my favorite bands of all time is Depeche Mode and they are not a guitar band at all. And well, we are both children of the eighties and grew up with very experimental pop songs like those of David Bowie or Kate Bush. So what happened for this record is that we really wanted to celebrate the synthesizer and keyboard sound. All the songs have synthesizers and sometimes they overlay the guitars, other times they lead them or are atmospheric. Undoubtedly, the guitars are always going to be there, it's part of our DNA, but we had a lot of fun exploring all these things.

Photo Credits: Jon Stone

๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’‘๐’‰๐’“๐’‚๐’”๐’† (<<๐‘ฎ๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’™ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡ / ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’”๐’†>>), ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”. ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’Ž๐’Š๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•?
๐ŸŽ™️We've never tried to tell the listener what to think or what to feel, and right now (mid-March) we're in the process of releasing these songs because pretty soon they're not going to be ours and whatever we express in them doesn't necessarily equate to how a listener will interpret them. I mean, they will live their own experience and story through them and that's key for us. The song "Fix yourself," for example, I can tell you how I interpret it because Brian is the main writer of the lyrics and sometimes I live my own stories with the songs (laughs), but I relate completely to the lyrics. It's understanding that you can't change another person and sometimes, before throwing the stone, take a space, look at yourself first and start from there. I think there is a bit of anger, but the message is simply <<take it, look at yourself and think if you need a more peaceful life>>. Maybe, you can smile more or things like that. Smiling relaxes you and joking is the best medicine, especially because laughter is contagious (laughs).


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†, ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š, ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’”๐’–๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†, ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’”. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† '๐‘ป๐’“๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’™๐’• ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†' ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’Š๐’”๐’”๐’–๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† '๐‘บ๐’‚๐’… ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’ˆ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’†' ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’†๐’Ž ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“. ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•?
๐ŸŽ™️We write from where we are now in our lives and all those issues you just mentioned of course are there because they are around us. For me, one of the overriding issues is that we are living with this technology revolution. A computer used to be the size of a garage or even a house, but now your smartphone can do everything and more, and that evolution happened just in 50 years. If you look at the history of the earth and of humanity, that's nothing. So it's really amazing the exponential rate of how technology has been advancing and there are many aspects that are amazing, while others not so much. I mean, technology and its advances have helped and enriched our lives and it's something we wanted to incorporate into the album because it's fun and it makes life easier, but all of this is very powerful and we have to take into account the negative aspects. As a society we don't really know the high price we have paid for everything that's happening, nor do we know where it's taking us. What is the price we have to pay? Who benefits from it? Those are some of the issues that we wanted to address and I think we're being... I don't know, since I studied marketing at university I think it's naive of us to think that they're selling us something that's only going to enrich our lives.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’–๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฐ ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’•๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“, ๐’Š๐’”๐’'๐’• ๐’Š๐’•?
๐ŸŽ™️Brian is one of the people who knows the most about me, there are even people who are supposed to be closer to me and should know me better, but I guess our relationship is a bit like a marriage, of course without sex (laughs). With Brian we've been together for almost 30 years and that's quite a long time if you think about it.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’–๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’…๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†?
๐ŸŽ™️I sincerely hope that people can enjoy this album and make it their own. We are really grateful that we can still be doing this and that people still want to listen to our music. That's something very important to us and over the years we've been shown that it's amazing what we have, our fans, and people's willingness to listen to us and come to our shows, and that's wonderful.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ฐ๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’”, ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’”. ๐‘ฐ๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’๐’๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’“ ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š?
๐ŸŽ™️Well, since you say so, I'll take the space to mention one of the drummers on this album, Pietro Garrone.

He's a member of a band called Husky Loops and it's made up of an amazing trio of Italian guys who live in London. A few years ago they supported us on a tour and we loved Pietro's drumming, so we asked him to come and play for this record on some tracks, so in a way we'd like to work with him again because it was really lovely.


๐Ÿ’Ž๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’” ๐’Š๐’•'๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’๐’, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐‘ฐ ๐’„๐’‚๐’'๐’• ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’”๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’†.
๐ŸŽ™️There's nothing clear yet, but I would love to be able to come back. For now we have a couple of shows scheduled over here (UK) and I hope that in the future there will be an opportunity to come back. In the last few years we have been so used to being disappointed and that the plans you have can't be fulfilled, that now we just hope that these concerts can take place. And well, I don't have to tell you because you know, but we have an incredible relationship with Chile and since the first time we went we love to come back, so I hope we can make it happen.✪

๐Ÿ”น๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘น๐’Š๐’•๐’‚ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’ ๐’…๐’† ๐‘ณ. ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ ๐‘จ๐’๐’š๐’˜๐’‚๐’š

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