This week has been entirely dedicated to "Come of Age", the second studio album by The Vaccines. First published our review / recommendation of the album, then drop a post talking about how much we liked 'Aftershave Ocean', and now we bring you a brief but intense interview we did recently with Pete Robertson, the renowned London-based battery. With Pete talked about quite a bit, with a particular toll on the composition of "Come of Age", tour plans (Spain!) And fun experiences that they have lived in the past concerts. The Vaccines playing against moshpists, day in and day out! Incredible.
Without further delay I leave with the item. To see when just more specific detail on the alleged "double" The Vaccines give concert in our country.
- What made you decide to throw live and the way the recording of "Come Of Age"?We started as a live band and our main ambition has always been to play shows. We feel great to know that one of our strengths is the way in which we interact on stage, both musically and personally. We wanted to use this energy in the studio, though, what we had in mind was to record the vocals live with the band. That was an idea that Ethan suggested when we met with him, and finally made sense to do it.
- Some bands say that working with Ethan Johns is the same as working with the guy who has the best team. Do you think the same?No, especially by the fact that to get to have the best team just need money, but to be able to use your resources in honest and timeless records, you have to have a big production history behind you. That's the most important. Ethan has a lot of that and has proven time and again with the albums he has released. An important point is that the team appreciates Johns as something far less important than the human element that characterizes the music. I remember I spent the entire recording process trying to get the better of us as instrumentalists, musicians and people. And I think he did a great job.
- Compusisteis items in hotel rooms, airports ..., right?Yes, everywhere. I remember working on new material in Australia and thought it was very surreal to be writing something in a city that was so far from home where I grew up.
- In a previous issue of Rolling Stone comentasteis that you want people to listen to your music while having sex. What song from your repertoire that you think is the most sexual of them all?I think it depends on the type of sex you want to have. If you want something aggressive, possibly choose 'Bad Mood', but if you wanted a love rejuvenated, perhaps 'I Always Knew', or 'Lonely World' for something sweet. But I do not know, I've never fucked listening to The Vaccines. That would be odd, as if they were my friends while I'm watching.
- What could I say about 'Aftershave Ocean'? We love the refreshing feeling of the song. How was the issue?'Ocean Aftershave' was born from a silhouette guitarrera who composed Freddie, and that came from an idea of Justin raised letter on a 'sea of aftershave' and the concept of 'get from the air'. The content is about seeing the world as it is and not mask the bad things with a surface layer of positivity.
- We believe that the songs that feeling home that refers to the rock sound of the sixties. Do you think the same?I think there's a stack of signatures and relate any type of issue (our or any other band) with rock bands of the sixties. Everyone has taken inspiration from the Beatles, Stone, The Kinks, Neil Young, Phil Spector ... But there's much more than that in our subjects. Rather than looking for any kind of time, we look at ourselves, watching everything that we listened, we read or watched and that affected us. From there we tried to draw the feeling that created that connection.
- Several hearings have been your last concerts that have been launched to make moshpits while tocabais 'Bad Mood'. From this moment, what has been the most fun?Well, the other day we saw some girls were removed the bra in the middle of the song ...
- The introduction of "Ghost Town" seems perfect for a mosh. When composing, Did you think that people would be so crazy to hear it again?None of us thought it was going to happen with that topic. We love to play it. I remember the first time I was a little nervous the first time we played it, because it's a little different than what we've done so far. Luckily everything went very well and is a regular song in our bowling.
- Imagine that you can say that The Vaccines opening for a band of your choice. What escogirías?Probably the Rolling Stones, because they invented the style of music we play and are some incredible artists. I think Keith Richards is a phenomenal guitarist, plus he and the rest know farrear ...
- Do you plan to come in concert to Spain soon?Yes! We plan to play a couple of gigs in your country in December, but we do not know more details ...
- What was the best part of playing in the last edition of the FIB (Festival Internacional de Benicàssim)?That performance was one of my favorites. I felt as if all the people that were living there this together, and we share with them that incredible night. The audienca was the best I've gotten to see so far.
- Have you been working an awful lot in the last two years. Do you still feel that you have the energy for, flip, rotate around the world and re-record another album?This hope! We are enjoying the time of our lives but I think we deserve a rest after finalize the tour for this new album. Even so hopefully we get down to compose something soon.
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