RS: How is the new album coming along? Matt: Were just writing songs at the moment. Were not really planning anything, were just on a song-by-song basis. Were not really thinking about the end product, just making the songs the best they can be. Theres a bunch of ideas that weve been working on, and a couple nailed down. I think were going to continue writing for the rest of the year then go into the studio at some point. Whenever we get a bunch of songs together we get in there and record them down, then write some new ones and see where it goes.
RS: Is there a particular change in direction? Matt: Not really, to be honest. Theres not really been a concise effort to change anything drastically from what we were doing. Were always fans of experimentation and trying new things, but I think its just an evolution on what we do. Were just going to let it come to us rather than chase it down, and I think having Gav [Burrough, bass] on board, with his ideas and attitude to the music, is going to make for some interesting songs. Weve seen that on the four songs that are on the best of, and the stuff since then has been different but still maintaining that thread of Funeral.
RS: Those four songs, hows about we discuss the stories behind them? Matt: Lets start off with No Honour Among Thieves Thats a song thats relevant to music in general, questioning the ability of certain people who take what I see as art and cheapening it. Its something that somebody can pour their entire life into, their emotions into, and its reduced to something that can be bought and sold without anybody thinking of it in the same way. Its about the middlemen, the people who dont really give a shit apart from selling it.
RS: What about Built To Last? Matt: [Thats] a song that relates to the relevance of the way we live our lives and all of a sudden realising that we could be destroying ourselves. Were so content, aware [that] this is the case, but we still go on living the same old lives and creating the same old mess. A few energy saving light bulbs isnt going to make a huge difference. More action needs to be taken, hence the line, Who will be left to save us when we cant even save ourselves? Were doing so much to destroy something thats so precious and beautiful, and were not even aware were doing it sometimes!
RS: Wrench? Matt: Thats about the manipulation of the work force. Im getting all political in my lyrics now [laughs]. Its kind of how big business, capitalism in a way, can afford to treat the workforce with such throwaway attitudes. [Its about] people who rely on their jobs to get by to survive [and] feed their families and how somebody, for the sake of making shareholders more money, can cut them loose. I think its a concern. That whole song is about the workforce and how its been cheapened since Margaret Thatcher got her hands on it. Its a very strong song in that regard, as is Captains Of Industry really. Theyre both linked, and a lot of the themes on the four songs are quite intertwined.
RS: These four new tracks are the first to feature your new bassist Gavin, what did he bring to the table? Matt: Well, hes been a fan for a while. Hes been on the outside well aware of what he likes about FFAF, and I think hes helped us realise some of the things weve been missing. His writing style is very in tune with ours. He was in a band called Hondo Maclean who were very technically adept and very melodically powerful, and he definitely helped bring a sense of something fresh and exciting to the new songs and the band.
)
แต่ยังไงเราก็จะพยายามอัพเดทข่าวคราวของ FFAF ให้เพื่อนๆได้เข้ามาอ่านกันอยู่เรื่อยๆค่ะ สำหรับวันนี้ก็ไม่มีอะไรมากค่ะเนื่องจากช่วงนี้ข่าวของ ffaf ก็แทบจะไม่มีเลยนอกจากข่าวเกี่ยวกับการออกทัวร์ 
เราเลยนำภาพซีดีอัลบั้มรวมฮิต Your History Is Mine: 2002-2009 (แบบ 2 Disc) ที่เราได้สั่งซื้อจากเว็บ 
) และยังมีลิ้งค์ให้ดาวโหลดเพลง All The Rage ฉบับเดโมอีกด้วยค่ะ แต่รู้สึกว่าเพื่อนๆจะต้องกรอกอีเมล์ก่อนถึงจะเข้าไปดูได้ ... enjoy 
ฝากข้อความหลังไมค์
Rss Feed
ผู้ติดตามบล็อก : 1 คน [