But independent artists, or even just bands in general, have taken a hit because there has been no income. The music industry, I would imagine the majors, the corporates, they’re doing fine. And musicians especially have taken a hit. Like anyone else I guess, just trying to get on with it. These days, I’ve taken a step back, because you just don’t want to pigeon yourself as a moaning bastard, you know what I mean? But in reality, you are. I don’t think I’ve ever felt any pressure to mouth off, you just do it when you feel like it. Is this something you feel like you have to live up to? You have a reputation for being outspoken. We’d had it from as early as 2019, playing around with it. We met Billy Nomates and were thinking we would try and get her on a track. And it helped that it’s a real earworm, it's one of the poppiest things we’ve done.

Mork n Mindy has received a lot of play on 6Music…Īgain, it aligned us with this idea that we wanted to be bigger, and to move up. We made the mistake of playing the Theatre Royal a few years back, and that didn’t go down well with people at all The machine favours its wellbeing more than the occupants that serve it. Just from the idea that we are all potentially collateral damage, kind of acceptable losses in the face of capitalism, the day-to-day. Where did the title, Spare Ribs, come from? We’ve been there ever since and it just works out, it's convenient and it's a great studio. And so that's why we met Phil (Booth - JT Soar founder) a couple of years ago and started recording there. We tried doing it in London which was fine, but it was easier getting something that was closer to us. We just needed somewhere around the corner. What made you choose it, and what was the process like? You recorded your latest album, Spare Ribs, in Notts studio JT Soar during lockdown.

If you’ve got the opportunity to do it, do it. And as we’ve gotten bigger, why not? You know, there’s no point in doing Rock City with a number four album if we can do the Arena. It’s brilliant, it’s a classic venue, but we just thought we wanted to play somewhere different. But you’ve got to try it, haven’t you? We’ve just done Rock City so many times. We made the mistake of playing the Theatre Royal a few years back, and that didn’t go down well with people at all. I don’t know if it will be weird for the audience. I think it might be a bit weird, but you’ve just got to work that out when you go on stage. If it doesn’t work out we will just go back to Rock City. After selling out Rock City five times, it’s like: let’s just try it. First off, how does it feel being back playing live and to be performing your first headline arena show in your hometown?

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