The Days
What’s going down in The Days’ camp today?
We’re actually having a bit of a break today – there’s nothing in the diary, but we’re busy writing a new song. It might be for the next album. Just whenever it’s needed really -maybe to take live and add to our set.
What about your debut? Have you finished recording it now?
Yeah we finished the album – we did recording with four different producers: John Cornfield, who’s worked with Muse and Razorlight; another guy called Youth, who’s done stuff with The Verve and Paul McCartney; Andy Green who did Keane and The Feeling, and Mark Taylor who’s done Enrique Iglesias, Britney and all that pop lot. It was really good fun.
So, can you tell us how the album sounds?
Well it’s a very energetic, quite different sounding album. We’ve got some songs which are acoustic and some which are real big choruses - big pop tunes – and other songs are a bit rockier, so there’s hopefully a good mix that’ll appeal to a wide eclectic audience.
And will it be our album of the summer? When should we expect it?
Yes! It’s coming out this summer – it’ll be released in July. We’re looking forward to it.
Just in time for the festivals I suppose – are you playing any big ones?
Yeah, as we speak our promoter is booking festival gigs for the summer. This is the first time we’ll have done a full festival season so that’s very exciting.
Ok, thinking about the band’s sound again – what are your influences?
We’re from Devon and we spend a lot of time down there. We take a lot out of our surroundings, the people down there and also, more recently, we’ve been on the road and we take a lot of inspiration from things that happen to us along the way. We wrote a song called Jane which is on our Myspace – it’s basically about a girl that Luke met on the road. She kept appearing at our dressing room after the shows and no one knew how she’d managed to get a backstage pass – it must’ve been her way with words, sweet-talking the bouncers or something. One day she turned up on the tour bus wanting to come for a ride. Every time we turned around, this girl just appeared!
Well it sounds like you’re starting to get a taste of the rock’n’roll lifestyle – does it live up to the hype?
It’s great! We’ve been on tours with The Fray, Paulo Nutini, Scouting For Girls and we’ve met some really cool people along the way. We were at a party with Paulo Nutini and Rod Stewart turned up with his wife! That was amazing, it was such a good night. We’ve also met The Rolling Stones and people like that – it really has been a lot of fun and we’re hoping it’ll continue as we start to build on our success.
I’ll drink to that! But how have the crowds been reacting at your live shows?
Obviously being a support band to the likes of Scouting For Girls, it’s been awesome. We were playing to a crowd that were really up for it and really wanted to be entertained. Having our own fans come to our own shows after that has been incredible; lots of screaming girls down the front and older guys and girls at the back which is really good to see.
And where do you get the best crowds?
To be honest, the best crowd was in the most obscure place called Bridlington – it was bizarre because none of us had ever heard of it before, so we turned up in the place not quite sure where we were and this huge crowd was going nuts for us!
How does the band relax between the chaotic live shows?
Well, on the tour bus there’s not much time to relax really – we’re either sleeping or making music. We’ve got a mini recording studio at the back which I suppose, to us, is quite relaxing. When we’re at home though and we do get time off, it’s straight to the beach normally – it’s really cool down there.
What do you think of the current UK music scene?
It’s quite interesting really – everything seems to have moved the other way recently into a more ‘pop’ climate. You’ve got new artists like Lady Gaga and people like that all over the radio and things are moving slightly away from indie bands. We see ourselves as a pop rock band, so hopefully we can bridge the gap. We’ve got some songs with really big, catchy choruses and then others that are slightly more alternative rock sounding.
Will The Days be able to save the face of British guitar music?
Well hopefully – yeah! But at the same time I think we’re a pop band and we do sit with the music that’s around at the moment.
Alright, let’s imagine for a moment – The Days find themselves washed up on a remote desert island dazed and confused – what couldn’t you live without?
Our guitars - definitely. We wouldn’t really be a band without them…
What about the audience though? It’d be a bit dull without them wouldn’t it?
That’s very true. As soon as we got rescued though, we’d come back with loads of new songs for our audience!
Perfect! Here’s another one – Imagine The Days are on death row for some hideous crime – it’s your last ever meal tonight and you can choose anything – what’s it going to be?
I think we’d all agree - something with fish. Seafood!
Not my personal taste, but each to their own. Finally, give me 5 words that perfectly sum up The Days…
Catchy… summery… erm… uplifting… erm... hold on I’ll tell you what; I’ll go and get Harry. I bet he’ll have a good one for this…
*Lengthy discussion ensues*
…The Days are a little shard of heaven that’s come down to bestow you a blessing of unrestrained beauty. That’s our five words!
Luckily, the boys' musical ability is much better than their numeracy skill. Musicians can't count higher than 4 - noted.
The Days' new single Never Give Up is released on May 4
FemaleFirst - Anthony Hill
What’s going down in The Days’ camp today?
We’re actually having a bit of a break today – there’s nothing in the diary, but we’re busy writing a new song. It might be for the next album. Just whenever it’s needed really -maybe to take live and add to our set.
What about your debut? Have you finished recording it now?
Yeah we finished the album – we did recording with four different producers: John Cornfield, who’s worked with Muse and Razorlight; another guy called Youth, who’s done stuff with The Verve and Paul McCartney; Andy Green who did Keane and The Feeling, and Mark Taylor who’s done Enrique Iglesias, Britney and all that pop lot. It was really good fun.
So, can you tell us how the album sounds?
Well it’s a very energetic, quite different sounding album. We’ve got some songs which are acoustic and some which are real big choruses - big pop tunes – and other songs are a bit rockier, so there’s hopefully a good mix that’ll appeal to a wide eclectic audience.
And will it be our album of the summer? When should we expect it?
Yes! It’s coming out this summer – it’ll be released in July. We’re looking forward to it.
Just in time for the festivals I suppose – are you playing any big ones?
Yeah, as we speak our promoter is booking festival gigs for the summer. This is the first time we’ll have done a full festival season so that’s very exciting.
Ok, thinking about the band’s sound again – what are your influences?
We’re from Devon and we spend a lot of time down there. We take a lot out of our surroundings, the people down there and also, more recently, we’ve been on the road and we take a lot of inspiration from things that happen to us along the way. We wrote a song called Jane which is on our Myspace – it’s basically about a girl that Luke met on the road. She kept appearing at our dressing room after the shows and no one knew how she’d managed to get a backstage pass – it must’ve been her way with words, sweet-talking the bouncers or something. One day she turned up on the tour bus wanting to come for a ride. Every time we turned around, this girl just appeared!
Well it sounds like you’re starting to get a taste of the rock’n’roll lifestyle – does it live up to the hype?
It’s great! We’ve been on tours with The Fray, Paulo Nutini, Scouting For Girls and we’ve met some really cool people along the way. We were at a party with Paulo Nutini and Rod Stewart turned up with his wife! That was amazing, it was such a good night. We’ve also met The Rolling Stones and people like that – it really has been a lot of fun and we’re hoping it’ll continue as we start to build on our success.
I’ll drink to that! But how have the crowds been reacting at your live shows?
Obviously being a support band to the likes of Scouting For Girls, it’s been awesome. We were playing to a crowd that were really up for it and really wanted to be entertained. Having our own fans come to our own shows after that has been incredible; lots of screaming girls down the front and older guys and girls at the back which is really good to see.
And where do you get the best crowds?
To be honest, the best crowd was in the most obscure place called Bridlington – it was bizarre because none of us had ever heard of it before, so we turned up in the place not quite sure where we were and this huge crowd was going nuts for us!
How does the band relax between the chaotic live shows?
Well, on the tour bus there’s not much time to relax really – we’re either sleeping or making music. We’ve got a mini recording studio at the back which I suppose, to us, is quite relaxing. When we’re at home though and we do get time off, it’s straight to the beach normally – it’s really cool down there.
What do you think of the current UK music scene?
It’s quite interesting really – everything seems to have moved the other way recently into a more ‘pop’ climate. You’ve got new artists like Lady Gaga and people like that all over the radio and things are moving slightly away from indie bands. We see ourselves as a pop rock band, so hopefully we can bridge the gap. We’ve got some songs with really big, catchy choruses and then others that are slightly more alternative rock sounding.
Will The Days be able to save the face of British guitar music?
Well hopefully – yeah! But at the same time I think we’re a pop band and we do sit with the music that’s around at the moment.
Alright, let’s imagine for a moment – The Days find themselves washed up on a remote desert island dazed and confused – what couldn’t you live without?
Our guitars - definitely. We wouldn’t really be a band without them…