Prides: "I think we'll be writing 'til the day it comes out!" • News • DIY Magazine

It may have been only a handful of months since Prides were inducted into our Class of 2015, but the trio have already got their sights set on the next goal. Having released their ‘The Seeds You Sow’ EP last year before dominating the airwaves with their huge ‘Messiah’, the band aren’t messing around when it comes to their debut: in fact, it’s already well under way.

Fresh from releasing yet another of their soaring synth-laden treats earlier this week – ‘Higher Love’ landed in the form of Bob Dylan-inspired, Love Actually-copying lyric video – the Glasgow-based trio have assured DIY that they’ve used a good chunk of their own intuition in the making of their first record.

What did you want to explore with your debut record?

Stewart Brock: I guess, a bit of everything without going too much like a compilation or something! We’ve always had quite a broad approach for what we’re trying to do and we’re always open to trying new things. It’s about trying to get as much of that across with it still being cohesive.
Callum Wisecow: It’s hopefully a good record of songs that will translate live.
Lewis Gardiner: We didn’t really think too much about it though. If we all think it’s good, we just think ‘oh, well, that must be good then!’

How long have you been writing the album for now?

Callum: The days have gone where a band go into a studio for three months and write an album, then go in for one to record. It’s not even the same kind of process to a couple years ago. You might listen to a few bands over that three month period but we’ve been writing this since before last year, so we’ve listened to loads of different stuff over that time. We’re continually writing so it’s maybe even an evolution from start to finish.
Lewis: It’s not been a conscious thing to have certain songs, but some of them have ended up being written eighteen months apart.

How do the old and new songs work together? Do you find that they sound much different?

Callum: Sometimes, we’ll write a new song and we’ll be like, ‘Oh, that old song doesn’t sound like us anymore’ and we have to bring it altogether to sound the same.
Stewart: I feel like they always pull each other up a little bit, especially when we write something new that we’re all excited about, it’s like, ‘Okay, what is it about that that’s working really well and how can we try to bring that in?’ I guess, like with anything, you’re constantly honing what you’re doing. We’re still writing now and I think we’ll be writing ‘til the day it comes out because you never know what’s gonna come next. I hope it comes across well and it’s got lots of stuff, and I think it’s got some stuff that people might not expect so, we’ll see!

Taken from the February issue of DIY, out now. Prides’ new album is due out later this year.

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