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Post by ALifeAsAGhost on Feb 18, 2021 19:54:13 GMT
Did anyone catch them on Kink earlier, I didn’t realise it said CET 🤦♀️
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 18, 2021 19:57:31 GMT
Did anyone catch them on Kink earlier, I didn’t realise it said CET 🤦♀️ yeah I recorded it, but the full interview + acoustic session will air on Monday.
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Post by ALifeAsAGhost on Feb 19, 2021 0:28:41 GMT
After the first listen, really like some of them, my faves are Spaghetti, Bucaneer, and Parliament Hill(acoustic).
Is anyone else slightly irritated at the lack of real drums though, especially as Andy is a drummer, kinda tempted to make some drum covers haha
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 19, 2021 12:09:59 GMT
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 19, 2021 15:56:40 GMT
Some interviews: Radio 2 NPO: www.nporadio2.nl/janwillemstartop/gemist/video/21618/2021-02-19-hoe-een-gitaar-smith-burrows-op-de-titel-van-hun-nieuwe-album-bracht (that version of Spaghetti that gets cut off at the end of the video is the same one as on 3FM the other day I think) PIAS press release looking all fancy: www.pias.com/only-smith-burrows-is-good-enough/and 2 in Dutch: click here if you like tiny dogs: www.hbvl.be/cnt/dmf20210217_94039388 quick translation: Editors singer Tom Smith's poppy side project: "Ricky Gervais is a fan"
Editors don't take up all of singer Tom Smith's time. With his friend Andy Burrows, the British rock star is now releasing a surprisingly poppy successor to the alternative Christmas album Smith & Burrows debuted with ten years ago.
Lockdown dictates life in the Smith & Burrows houses as well. While Tom, as the frontman of Editors, usually dominates the biggest concert stages, he now homeschools his children, including maths and Latin. "Latin? Pfff, I practice that for three hours every morning," jokes multi-instrumentalist Andy, once the drummer for Razorlight. "Just kidding, I keep my five year old busy by reading to her and making robots out of empty milk cartons."
It was written in the stars that the two buddies would one day follow up their 2011 debut album Funny Little Angels . "Because we were both constantly doing other things, it never happened," says Smith. "Until we had so many songs that we had to make this album. This music is intertwined with our friendship. The album title Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough reflects our shared sense of humour. It also seeps into cartoonish songs like Spaghetti and Buccaneer Rum Jum."
How easy or difficult was it to make a lighthearted pop record in these harsh times? Andy Burrows: "Honestly? Actually, we had the record ready when life looked a little rosier. These kind of joyful songs are also just born anyway when Tom and I start writing together."
Smith: "Yes, this tenor creeps in organically. There's a lot more atmosphere and drama in Editors. With Andy, I don't shy away from pop melodies. For Smith & Burrows, we found a nice balance between our voices and our way of composing, with acoustic guitars and drum machines. This time we were also deliberately aiming for a real pop record."
Burrows: "What plays in our favour is that Smith & Burrows does not have a distinct sound of its own yet. People don't know what to expect from us. There's no pressure. That's why we can work very freely.
Smith & Burrows germinated from a cover of the eighties hit Wonderful Life that you recorded at home for fun. Ten years and two albums later, does that feel like more than just an interlude? Smith: "I think so, yes. We had conceived our first record as an alternative Christmas album, which was unexpectedly well received by many people. Now we've found a creative balance and I dare to consider this more than a side project."
Burrows: "As our main side project, so to speak. (laughs) Now that we've made a non-seasonal record, Smith & Burrows has a right to exist outside of Christmas."
Tom, to what extent does this influence Editors? Smith: "No more or less than the pandemic, to be honest. It's not difficult to keep Smith & Burrows and Editors strictly separate, although I don't want to. Both are aspects of my professional life and of what I like to do. I've already got songs for the next Editors record that we'll be working on as soon as we able to be in the same room again. Working together from a distance is not possible with the band. It takes a bit more time and effort to get Editors going. We are looking forward to it, but for now we are not making too big plans. I haven't even seen, let alone hugged, the other members of the group in almost a year."
Andy, you also did music for Ricky Gervais' Netflix series After Life. What does he think of Smith & Burrows? Burrows: "When we were making our music video for that song on Parliament Hill in London at the end of last year, he just happened to walk by with his dog. Ricky is a huge music lover. He is a big fan of ours. He really liked our Christmas record. I haven't asked him yet what his favourite song is from the new record."
www.telegraaf.nl/entertainment/2079795760/smith-burrows-zijn-vrienden-voor-het-levenquick translation: Editors-frontman Tom Smith and ex-Razorlight-drummer Andy Burrows already joined forces ten years ago, resulting in the modern Christmas classic When the Thames froze.
The English friends always knew that today's second album, Only Smith & Burrows is good enough, would one day be released. "This has nothing to do with Corona, this is about us." It's a familiar sight by now, a screen full of faces, all from home and still somewhat together. For Smith and Burrows, it has been a daily routine for a few weeks now to get together in front of the webcam with a beer in the evening, after the children have gone to bed, to talk about their collaboration. I haven't been closer to socialising for a long time," admits Smith, with a bookcase in the background and a remarkably professional set-up. Raising his glass, he says: "Cheers!" Burrows, who seems to be in his garage or shed, raises his too: "Cheers!" There sits the reporter, with his coffee...
As for these two Brits, first and foremost they are friends. They were friends long before they made their first record together ten years ago and they still are. For them, it was already clear that there would be a follow-up to that first record, Funny looking angels, according to Smith. "It was just a matter of time before the pile of songs we wrote over the years was big enough." Burrows confesses: "While we often just hang out together for fun, music always plays a role in the background."
"The big question is," Smith takes over as interviewer for a moment, "what does that sound like, Smith & Burrows? We haven't been rehearsing together for years and years, performing on shitty stages, and then a sound automatically emerges. We made a record ten years ago with mainly covers, a few songs of our own and did a two-week tour. It just took time to understand what Smith & Burrows is, you know? While we were mostly making use of the sparse lost afternoons" he refers to his 'main job' as the frontman of Editors, one of Europe's most consistently great festival bands. Burrows, for his part, after his years in Razorlight, kept himself busy with We Are Scientists, Tom Odell, and focused on film music, among other things. "Considering the ten years it took us to make a second record, you'll understand: we weren't really in a hurry," he says, grinning.
What did those lost afternoons roughly look like? "Most of the time we would meet at my place, in my studio", Smith explains. Burrows: ,,We both play multiple instruments. Tom can be right there with a guitar in his hands, or behind the piano or the drum machine, while I'm working on a synthesizer. The two of us can work quickly if we want." Smith again: "And we know each other well enough to dare say after half an hour that something is going nowhere."
Smith, on the obvious next steps: "When we felt the aforementioned stack of songs had enough shape and volume we went to Nashville with it, with producer Jacquire King. That was in 2019, back then that was still possible. And yes, that in itself is a ridiculous endeavour for two indie rockers of around 40 with their hobby project thing. But it's also an adventure!" Burrows: "Let me add that hiring Jacquire King isn't cheap, even though I think he has the assignments pretty much at his fingertips. Tom's enthusiasm and his own convinced me that this was the way to go."
The role of King, whose previous work with Kings of Leon and Tom Waits won him no less than 35 Grammys, was this, Burrows says: "He saw Smith & Burrows as one big duet and he had to guard that. Meanwhile, we had to figure out who sings what and where, if it had to sound like Smith & Burrows. And may I say that in the end I think it worked out very well? This new album, Only Smith & Burrows is good enough, is how I pictured us all those years ago."
"For the record", Smith concludes, "this has nothing to do with Corona. Most of the work was done before that. This is about us. Just as we knew ten years ago that this wasn't a one-off, I can even reveal that work on album number three has already begun. When will it be ready? No idea! But it should be clear: Smith & Burrows has a permanent place in our friendship. Right Andy? Him: "One hundred percent, mate."
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Post by niko on Feb 19, 2021 19:01:57 GMT
After the first listen, really like some of them, my faves are Spaghetti, Bucaneer, and Parliament Hill(acoustic). Is anyone else slightly irritated at the lack of real drums though, especially as Andy is a drummer, kinda tempted to make some drum covers haha Oh yess, I was mighty confused about the drums. Butt after a few listens it all begins to make sense to me. It's all good for me now. Andys drumming is here and there and it's awesome!
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 19, 2021 21:55:31 GMT
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 22, 2021 11:06:51 GMT
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Post by ALifeAsAGhost on Feb 22, 2021 12:58:58 GMT
Yeah I guess they just recorded one session for most of the radios as they can't be there in person, and they must have put 2 together as before All the Best Moves Tom said it was the first song when it was the last. Also, is anyone else obsessed with Bucaneer Rum Jum at the moment haha
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 23, 2021 16:38:42 GMT
Here's a video of the KINK interview
edit: I totally agree with Andy: Editors should cover Spaghetti. That would in fact drive me crazy
also Joni showing up in the background is so cute haha
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 23, 2021 22:20:05 GMT
Interview in this week's Humo (Belgian magazine): www.humo.be/muziek/ik-denk-dat-ik-nog-nooit-zoveel-heb-gedronken-als-het-voorbije-jaar~bb894f06/Translation: I don't even think I've ever drunk as much as I have in the last year
Ten years after their Christmas record 'Funny Looking Angels', Editors' Tom Smith and his mate Andy Burrows have compiled a collection of unadulterated pop songs on 'Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough', a record that makes even the most cynical person a little bit happy.
They are a great mood booster for any season - including the distant festival season, somewhere in that dim future where the bosom buddies hope to play their songs live one day. 'Of course Glastonbury also cancelled its edition next summer. What did you expect?'
Rock interviews these days: like househusbands in lockdown, Smith & Burrows ask me in advance not to Zoom before eight PM. Until then, they are busy homeschooling their children.
TOM SMITH "Neither of us live in London anymore, before this whole thing started we moved to the countryside in Gloucestershire. The wifi doesn't always work here. I even have to forbid my children to be on the internet while I'm doing this interview, otherwise the connection drops."
HUMO "A pop record all about the three-minute banger" is how you announced "Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough". The record also sounds like you've only had fun making it. It's very different to Editors.
SMITH "Oh, but I had a lot of fun too sounding dark and miserable with Editors (laughs). We've created a dramatic, dark universe for ourselves over the years, that's where our music lives. And that dark universe is a reflection of who the five of us are - I'm just a part of that group. With Andy, I'm exploring a different corner of my musical tastes."
HUMO Were some of the songs on the record written with children or cartoons in mind? That's what songs like 'Spaghetti' and 'Buccaneer Rum Jum' sound like anyway.
ANDY BURROWS "I confess, with 'Buccaneer Rum Jum' I was trying to entertain my youngest daughter. She was watching 'Swashbuckle', in which children have to play games on a ship and are harassed by adults dressed as pirates. My daughter enjoyed it so much that I decided to write a pirate song myself. But she walked out of the room uninterested when I played it to her (laughs)."
SMITH "Most of the songs we wrote together, but 'Spaghetti' I made on my own. I like the image: 'Gonna mess you up, just like spaghetti'. Not that I have any evil plans, but scrambling someone up and reducing them to a plate of spaghetti, that image made me laugh. I think it's one of the best songs I've ever written."
HUMO Andy, you once played drums with Razorlight, the British group centered around Johnny Borrell - ex-member of The Libertines - who scored a big hit with 'America'. Editors were just starting out back then. Does your friendship date back to that time?
SMITH "Yes, we met at a drunken backstage party at Glastonbury. Both Razorlight and Editors had just played there, but Razorlight were already headlining, we were rookies. It's a blurry memory, but we did form a bond for life there."
HUMO Tom, you never really felt at home on a stage until Editors went on tour with R.E.M. From Michael Stipe you learned how to be a laid-back frontman who can even enjoy his role. What have you learned from Andy?
SMITH "To stress again."
BURROWS "I thought Tom was far too relaxed. The first thing I said to him was: get stressed!"
SMITH "You'll see, soon I'll be bald, like Michael Stipe."
BURROWS "Tom doesn't leave his tea bag in his cup very long either. Don't get me wrong: he makes excellent tea, even if the bag only stays in the water for five seconds. As friends, you learn a lot more from each other about tea than you do about music."
HUMO Did you learn anything about whisky during the filming of 'Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough'? In the summer of 2019, you were in Nashville with producer Jacquire King, who has already worked with Kings of Leon and Shania Twain.
SMITH "It was hot as hell there - we experienced a summer that was typical of the American South, but scorching hot for two English guys. It was like a holiday: in the morning Andy would make breakfast, in the evening there were crickets and glowworms everywhere.
"We are not big whisky drinkers, but one evening we ended up at a friend of Jacquire's place. The walls were full of antique acoustic guitars, worth tens of thousands of dollars. The later it got and the more whisky we had, the more convinced we became that we had to play our Christmas songs to those Americans."
BURROWS "...Who then got angry because we sang 'goddamn' in one of those Christmas songs (laughs)."
SMITH "We do owe our record title 'Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough' to those old guitars we played on then: on the necks of the Gibsons was the slogan 'Only a Gibson is good enough'."
RICKY GERVAIS
HUMO Andy, you composed the score for Ricky Gervais' series 'After Life'. In the first season, Gervais' main character, a depressed widower, smokes heroin for the first time with a homeless widower. That scene is reinforced by 'Rocket Man' by Elton John. The love for Elton John is all over 'Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough'.
BURROWS "'Rocket Man' was 100 percent Ricky's choice, but when he told me about it, my heart did leap. I used to listen a lot to Elton John, and I suppose that always shines through in my own music. All the songs that Ricky put in 'After Life' - by David Bowie, Mogwai, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople... - are pretty awesome. Friends asked me in wondered what exactly I had composed: there is no background music in 'After Life', is there? My work for the series was limited to all kinds of dings and dongs and bell sounds - the more subtle work, so to speak."
HUMO In the mockumentary 'David Brent: Life on the Road' from 2016, in which Gervais' character from 'The Office' tries to make it as a middle-aged rock star, you played the drummer of his band Foregone Conclusion. One of the songs in their repertoire: 'Please Don't Make Fun of the Disabled'. Were you by any chance a co-writer?
BURROWS (laughs) "Not of that song, no. I don't really see what I could have contributed either: Ricky walks a very thin line there that only he can walk. We did write the song 'Electricity' together, which was sung by Chris Martin. Ricky is first and foremost a comedian, and writing songs with him feels - especially compared to Tom - like fooling around, but he's definitely musically talented, both as a guitarist and as a songwriter."
HUMO What went through your minds when Glastonbury recently cancelled the 2021 edition as well?
SMITH "No surprise at all. I fight doom every day, but you have to be realistic. Glastonbury is a huge event that involves a lot of money: there is no room for risk. It's not about where exactly the virus will be at the end of June, it's about all the logistical preparations. The deeper we got into the second wave here in the UK, the more unlikely it became that we would be able to have a big festival in June."
HUMO A few years back, you had to cancel a tour with Editors due to health problems. A mysterious infection had you in its grip for a year then. Have you been extra careful during the COVID crisis?
SMITH "No, not really. I suffered for a year, but once I got over it, I quickly forgot about it. To be honest, I don't even think I've ever drunk as much as I have in the last year. Oops!"
For those who speak Dutch: ‘Ik denk dat ik nog nooit zoveel heb gedronken als het voorbije jaar’
Tien jaar na hun kerstplaat ‘Funny Looking Angels’ hebben Tom Smith van Editors en z’n maat Andy Burrows een rist onvervalste popliedjes verzameld op ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’, een plaat waarvan zelfs de grootste cynicus een béétje blij wordt.
Ze zijn een probate mood booster voor elk seizoen – ook dat verre festivalseizoen, ergens in die schimmige toekomst waarin de boezemvrienden hun liedjes ooit live hopen te kunnen spelen. ‘Natuurlijk cancelde Glastonbury ook z’n editie van komende zomer. Wat had je verwacht?’
Rockinterviews tegenwoordig: als huismannen in lockdown vragen Smith & Burrows me vooraf om niet te zoomen vóór acht uur ’s avonds. Tot dan zijn ze in de weer met het thuisonderwijs van hun kinderen.
TOM SMITH «We wonen allebei niet meer in Londen, al vóór die hele toestand zijn we verhuisd naar het platteland in Gloucestershire. De wifi werkt hier niet altijd. Ik moet mijn kinderen zelfs verbieden om op het internet te zitten terwijl ik dit interview geef, anders valt de verbinding weg.»
HUMO ‘A pop record all about the three-minute banger’, zo kondigden jullie ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’ aan. De plaat klinkt ook alsof jullie er alleen maar plezier aan hebben beleefd. Het is heel andere muziek dan Editors.
SMITH «O, maar ik heb ook veel fun gehad toen ik donker en miserabel klonk bij Editors (lacht). We hebben in al die jaren een dramatisch, donker universum voor onszelf gecreëerd, dat is de plek waar onze muziek leeft. En dat donkere universum is een weerspiegeling van wie we met ons vijven zijn – ik ben maar een deeltje van die groep. Met Andy verken ik een andere hoek van mijn muzikale smaak.»
HUMO Zijn sommige liedjes op de plaat geschreven met kinderen of tekenfilms in gedachten? Zo klinken songs als ‘Spaghetti’ en ‘Buccaneer Rum Jum’ toch.
ANDY BURROWS «Ik beken: met ‘Buccaneer Rum Jum’ probeerde ik mijn jongste dochter te entertainen. Ze zat naar ‘Swashbuckle’ te kijken, waarin kinderen spelletjes moeten doen op een schip en daarbij door als piraten verklede volwassenen getreiterd worden. Mijn dochter beleefde er zoveel plezier aan dat ik besloot zelf een piratennummer te schrijven. Maar ze liep ongeïnteresseerd de kamer uit toen ik haar mijn compositie liet horen (lacht).»
SMITH «De meeste songs hebben we samen geschreven, maar ‘Spaghetti’ heb ik alleen gemaakt. Ik vind het een leuk beeld: ‘Gonna mess you up, just like spaghetti’. Niet dat ik kwaadaardige plannen heb, maar iemand eens flink door elkaar klutsen en tot een bord spaghetti herleiden, dat beeld deed me lachen. Ik vind het één van de beste songs die ik ooit heb geschreven.»
HUMO Andy, jij drumde ooit bij Razorlight, de Britse groep rond Johnny Borrell – ex-lid van The Libertines – die een grote hit scoorde met ‘America’. Editors zette toen z’n eerste stappen. Dateert jullie vriendschap van die tijd?
SMITH «Ja, we hebben elkaar leren kennen tijdens een dronken backstagefeestje op Glastonbury. Zowel Razorlight als Editors hadden er net gespeeld, maar Razorlight was al headliner, wij waren beginnelingen. Het is een troebele herinnering, maar we hebben er wel een band voor het leven gesmeed.»
HUMO Tom, je voelde je nooit echt thuis op een podium, tot Editors op tournee gingen met R.E.M. Van Michael Stipe leerde je hoe je een relaxte frontman kunt zijn, die zelfs kan genieten van z’n rol. Wat heb je al van Andy geleerd?
SMITH «Om wel weer te stressen.»
BURROWS «Ik vond Tom veel te relaxed (lacht). Het eerste wat ik tegen hem zei, was: get stressed!»
SMITH «Je zult zien, binnenkort word ik kaal, zoals Michael Stipe.»
BURROWS «Tom laat z’n theezakje ook niet zo lang in zijn kopje zitten. Begrijp me niet verkeerd: hij zet voortreffelijke thee, zelfs al blijft dat zakje amper vijf seconden in het water. Als vrienden leer je veel meer van elkaar over thee dan over muziek.»
HUMO Hebben jullie iets over whisky geleerd tijdens de opnames van ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’? In de zomer van 2019 zaten jullie in Nashville met producer Jacquire King, die al met Kings of Leon en Shania Twain heeft gewerkt.
SMITH «Het was er hot as hell – we beleefden er een zomer die typisch is voor het Amerikaanse zuiden, maar wel verzengend heet voor twee Engelse jongens. Het was toch een soort vakantie: ’s ochtends maakte Andy ontbijt, ’s avonds waren er overal krekels en glimwormen.
»Grote whiskydrinkers zijn we niet, maar op een avond belandden we er bij een vriend van Jacquire. De muren hingen vol antieke akoestische gitaren, die tienduizenden dollars waard zijn. Hoe later het werd en hoe meer whisky we ophadden, hoe meer we ervan overtuigd raakten dat we onze kerstliedjes moesten spelen voor die Amerikanen.»
BURROWS «Die boos werden omdat we in zo’n kerstliedje ‘goddamn’ zongen (lacht).»
SMITH «Aan die oude gitaren waarop we toen hebben gespeeld, hebben we wel onze plaattitel ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’ te danken: op de hals van de Gibsons stond de slogan ‘Only a Gibson is good enough’.»
RICKY GERVAIS
HUMO Andy, jij hebt de score voor de reeks ‘After Life’ van Ricky Gervais gecomponeerd. In het eerste seizoen rookt Gervais’ hoofdpersonage, een depressieve weduwnaar, voor het eerst heroïne met een eveneens verweduwde dakloze. Die scène wordt kracht bijgezet door ‘Rocket Man’ van Elton John. De liefde voor Elton John druipt van ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’.
BURROWS «‘Rocket Man’ was voor 100 procent Ricky’s keuze, maar toen hij me erover vertelde, maakte mijn hart wel een sprongetje. Ik heb vroeger veel naar Elton John geluisterd, en ik veronderstel dat daarvan altijd wat doorsijpelt in mijn eigen muziek. Voorts zijn alle songs die Ricky in ‘After Life’ heeft gestoken – van David Bowie, Mogwai, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople… – allemaal pretty awesome. Vrienden kwamen me verwonderd vragen wat ik precies had gecomponeerd: er is toch geen achtergrondmuziek te horen in ‘After Life’? Mijn werk voor de reeks beperkte zich tot allerlei dings en dongs en belletjesgeluiden – het subtielere werk, zeg maar.»
HUMO In de mockumentary ‘David Brent: Life on the Road’ uit 2016, waarin Gervais’ personage uit ‘The Office’ het op middelbare leeftijd als rockster probeert te maken, speelde jij de drummer van zijn groepje Foregone Conclusion. Eén van de songs uit hun repertoire: ‘Please Don’t Make Fun of the Disableds’. Was jij toevallig coauteur?
BURROWS (lacht) «Niet van die song, nee. Ik zie ook niet goed in wat ik had kunnen bijdragen: Ricky bewandelt daar een erg dunne lijn die alleen hij kan bewandelen. We hebben wel samen het nummer ‘Electricity’ geschreven, dat is ingezongen door Chris Martin. Ricky is in de eerste plaats een komiek en songschrijven met hem voelt – zeker vergeleken met Tom – vooral aan als met elkaar dollen, maar hij is wel degelijk muzikaal getalenteerd, als gitarist én als songschrijver.»
HUMO Wat ging er door jullie heen toen Glastonbury onlangs ook de editie van 2021 annuleerde?
SMITH «No surprise at all. Ik verzet me iedere dag tegen doemdenken, maar je moet realistisch blijven. Glastonbury is een reusachtig event waar enorm veel geld mee gemoeid is: dat laat geen risico’s toe. Het gaat er niet om waar dat virus eind juni precies zal uithangen, het gaat om de hele logistieke voorbereiding. Hoe dieper we hier in het Verenigd Koninkrijk in de tweede golf verzeilden, hoe onwaarschijnlijker het werd dat we in juni een groot festival zouden kunnen beleven.»
HUMO Enkele jaren terug moest je met Editors een tournee afzeggen door gezondheidsproblemen. Een mysterieuze infectie had je toen een jaar lang in haar greep. Ben je extra voorzichtig geweest in de coronacrisis?
SMITH «Nee, toch niet. Ik heb een jaar afgezien, maar toen ik me erdoor had gesparteld, was ik het snel vergeten. Om eerlijk te zijn: ik denk zelfs dat ik nooit eerder zoveel heb gedronken als het voorbije jaar. Oeps!»
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Post by ALifeAsAGhost on Feb 23, 2021 22:56:08 GMT
Oh god, all I learnt from that interview is I can’t imagine/don’t want Tom to be bald😬
Maybe he should have a hair transplant like Gary Numan does! 😂
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Post by cityscape on Feb 23, 2021 23:51:51 GMT
An interview in German: www.rtl.de/cms/smith-burrows-das-neue-album-only-smith-burrows-is-good-enough-ist-am-start-4687489.htmlThe English machine translation came out really well: Tom, from your own personal point of view, what is the biggest or most important difference between your music with Smith & Burrows and Editors?
Tom Smith: With Editors, the emphasis is much more on mood and atmosphere. Over the years we have created a dramatic world for our music. Both are collaborative projects and show the taste and opinion of everyone involved. Smith & Burrows and Editors reflect different sides of my songwriting, as well as the musical tastes of everyone involved. You could say with Smith & Burrows the focus is more on creating direct and melodic pop songs. I've always considered myself very versatile as a songwriter and I'm very happy to explore different styles in the hunt for a great song. But the key thing is collaboration. When you collaborate with different people, it gives different results.
Do the two musical projects influence each other?
Tom Smith: No, I don't think so.
As an artist, how have you experienced the COVID pandemic so far without live shows?
Tom Smith: It's definitely been weird putting new music out into this COVID hole. To be honest, it sucked. It would have been so nice to go out and play to people, do the promo tours and have all the fun in that circus...unfortunately, none of that was possible.
Andy, how would you describe the album "Only Smith And Burrows Is Good Enough" from your own personal perspective?
Andy Burrows: A package of ten 3 minute pop songs, many to dance to, many to cry to and many to smile to. It's crazy and dark.
Can you tell us a bit about how the album came about? How did you and Tom collaborate in terms of lyrics and music?
Andy Burrows: For the past three to four years we've been bouncing ideas back and forth until we started working in Tom's attic. That's when things really took off...it was so much fun making this album. A total joy.
What are you currently working on?
Tom Smith: I've been writing a lot over the last twelve months. Some of the songs will be for Editors. And I've been doing a Lockdown record with some friends, but that's still secret. There might be a Smith & Burrows song or two, and I've been doing some further work on the record I'm making with Luca D'Alberto. But I have no idea when or if any of it will ever be heard.
Andy Burrows: I'm doing a few different things. After a project with Gary Barlow, I'm working on some solo stuff and some drumming stuff. One of them is a new album by KT Tunstall.
Which song on the album "Only Smith And Burrows Is Good Enough" do you like best - and why?
Tom Smith: The song "Spaghetti" is the coolest thing I've ever done.
Andy Burrows: My favourite track is probably "Old TV Shows". It's the most personal for me, lyrically and just the way it turned out thanks to Tom and Jacquire. I like it over and over again and I never get bored of it.
Do you have any ideas for a next Smith & Burrows album yet?
Andy Burrows: Yeah, there are a few ideas. But who knows when we'll record another album. That could be a long way off, considering how long this one took.
when or if?!?!? this better not become another Flood sessions I wonder if the "Lockdown record with some friends" is ths thing he posted on Instagram a while ago with him, Blanck Mass, Elliott and Justin on Zoom?
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Post by Captain Crieff on Feb 24, 2021 15:58:48 GMT
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Post by ALifeAsAGhost on Feb 24, 2021 16:32:06 GMT
S n B on Radio 5 Live earlier, a pretty long and very funny interview, it gets funnier as it goes on😂 Also quite surprised Tom thinks he has a more scientific approach to songwriting, I’d always considered his songs to be more emotional/passionate- or at least that’s what comes across!
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