QRO: On tour, has Aimee always had to go over to Nova’s mike for that one song?ĭB: She’d never done it before.
Everyone has bad days, so when the rest of your bandmates give you that little bit of space when you’re having one of those days, I can’t explain how important that is. That is so important.Īnd that kind of rejuvenates a little bit more, when you’re given that space. We all know when Nova’s not in a good mood, you know when to leave him alone. Like, I instantly know when Aimee’s a little bit stressed, and you give her a little bit of space. In regards to that, it would be a lot harder if you were in a band with people you didn’t know. You take it on the chin, accept it and move on. Everyone can say whatever they want to everybody. We’ve been in a band together for… we knew each other before we were in a band together, and that, for me, is the key. QRO: This was the last date on this tour – how do you fight ‘tour burnout’?ĭB: The lucky thing for us is, we’re all really close friends. We’ve always been a band that says we don’t pretend that we’re doing anything that’s groundbreaking or pushing the boundaries in music – we just write songs that we like, and we record songs that we like.Ĭlick here for QRO’s review of Scars on 45 at Joe’s Pub in New York, NY on February 7th, 2012
I don’t mean this in a horrible term, but it’s a lot more ‘image-based’ and you’ve gotta be a cool kid and fit into the NME – you can’t just write songs. The whole thing about it in England was, we tried everything that we could to be successful in England, and it just, for some reason, and I don’t mean this in a derogatory term to England, but it’s fuckin’ horrible… I’m only joking… QRO: So you’ve only done headlining gigs in America?ĭB: We haven’t done anything in England, never toured in England, ‘cause we didn’t really… whether we didn’t connect or anything… It was more intense – I’ve never experience that. ‘No one’s gonna come and watch.’ We didn’t think that we would sell out.īut we did twelve gigs, our own gigs, and the majority of them were sold out. So when we were told that we were going to do our own headline dates in January, we were told before Christmas, we were like, our agent and our manager, we were just like, ‘You are absolutely mental…’ We couldn’t quite believe it. QRO: It’s harder to tell when you’re the opener…ĭB: Yeah, when you’re supporting. We spent last year kinda supporting bands, and kind of seeding gradual interest in the band, but didn’t know if it kind of led to anything. QRO: Is that just in America, or even in the U.K.?ĭB: We’ve done nothing in the U.K. I won’t say that you put a lot more effort into supporting gigs, but when you’re supporting a band, it’s like, they’re not your fans that come to watch – it’s much more of a, ‘Right, we need to convert people into becoming fans of our band.’īut the headline shows – I mean, we’ve only done two-and-a-half weeks of our own gigs, headline gigs. QRO: You’re opening for Ingrid Michaelson, and recently toured with The Fray ( QRO album review), but the last time I saw you, you were headlining – how do the two types of tours compare?ĭB: Look, it’s great playing any gigs – we’re a band that loves playing any gigs, and The Fray gigs were amazing, because they were a similar size to. She came out and saved our asses, really, to be honest…Īs we say in England, ‘She saved our bacon…’Ĭlick here for photos of Scars on 45 at Stubb’s in Austin, TX on May 1st, 2012 in the QRO Concert Photo Gallery Bear in mind it was the first song, so thankfully Ingrid came out and she obviously saw that we were struggling a little bit, and being the first gig, it was a little bit nerve-wracking.
We went on stage and our computer wouldn’t start up. QRO: Did you have some technical difficulties on the first stop with Ingrid Michaelson, in Austin?ĭB: Yes we did. And in this day and age, it’s so important to sell as many albums as you can, so selling albums whilst your on the road is important, and her crowd has just been lapping it up. For a new band whose new album’s been out for three weeks, it’s important for us to get out there. Ingrid’s crowd has been just been the perfect match for us, really. Can I use an American word, ‘awesome’? Should I use a more English word? It’s been ‘spiffing’… Click here for photos of Scars on 45 at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on May 17th, 2012 in the QRO Concert Photo Galleryĭanny Bemrose: It has been awesome.