![]() ![]() If you listen to “Anastasia”, for example, that’s George’s music and the Russian lullaby was Shelly’s idea. George, who happens to be Phil’s older brother, had joined us and had some fantastic musical ideas of his own. Mark: With “Lux Vindictae”, certainly from a writing perspective, some songs were created quite differently than the usual deal of me writing a bassline, a riff and some lyrics and taking it to Phil to transform it into a proper song. What have been the main sources of inspiration for this work and its title? Was there any specific focus in the writing- & production process and were there aspects from previous albums you wanted to change/improve? It rather looks as a mini-album featuring six songs. Q: Your newest work is the EP “Lux Vindictae”. The only way I have to react to something like that is through music and my lyrics, so that is, eventually, what I did. The slogans chanted by the Neo-Nazis became a festering sore in my soul that wouldn’t go away. The incident that ignited the touch paper for me was the events in Charlottesville and the murder of Heather Heyer in 2017. The title track “Old Blood” deals with this sea of right wing populism, white supremacy and outright fascism that has swept the western world, washing over some and sweeping away others in its spiteful currents. “Refer” was basically a bunch of, admittedly very well recorded, demo tracks. Mark: After “Refer” we wanted to do a more cohesive album that felt like the sum of its parts. Why did you feel the need to deal with this theme? And how did the transition happened from “Refer” to “Old Blood”? ![]() Q: Let’s get back to your second album “Old Blood” which was a rather engaged piece of music against fascism. I know musicians moan a bit about not being able to be in the same studio but when you consider that more than a million people, in the US alone, have died from this disease it puts artists petty gripes into a more sobering light. The pandemic was, and is still, a terrible time for everyone. The band line-up has certainly evolved, not that anyone was kicked out, we’d love the opportunity to work with Kieran or Steve again, but circumstances change and people aren’t always available for various reasons. Phil probably has something to say on Brexit but I doubt it’ll be anything complimentary. Don’t get me started on Politics or we’ll be here all day. Mark: The ancient curse ‘May you live in interesting times’ has certainly never been so apt. How do you look back at all these events? A lot happened since then lockdowns due to the ongoing pandemic, political scandals in the UK plus Brexit, the war in Ukraine… and you released a second album and now an EP while the line-up evolved as well. Q: Two years ago now we did an interview for the debut album “Refer”. ![]()
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