One of the UK’s most exciting and dynamic roots acts, British duo Foreign Affairs, broke onto the music scene back in 2015 with the release of ‘Sell My Soul’, which received support from BBC Radio and landed them a spot at Glastonbury Festival. Since then, they’ve performed at the likes of Country2Country at The O2, The Cambridge Folk Festival, Summertyne Festival and more, becoming a must-see act all over the UK.
Recently, they released their highly-anticipated new EP, The Old Fire Station, which features the powerful voice of Lawrence and the flawless harmonies from Adam, combined with their wonderfully intricate style of songwriting on six new tracks. Here, the duo answer their Essential 8 and speak about the album's title, share the story behind "Say What You Want About Me" as well as their favorite albums, their love of breakfast, and more. Is there a story behind your album's title? We recorded “The Old Fire Station” in our hometown of Bristol. We worked out of “Invada Studios” which was home to “Portishead” for over 20 years and previous to that was Bristol's main Fire Station so it felt appropriate to name the record after this historic building! Do you write about personal experiences, observations, made up stories, or a combination? Some of our favourite songwriters have always combined all of these aspects into their songwriting which is something that we definitely do. Lyrically we often create characters and scenarios to write from that are loosely based on ourselves or people we know. It gives it a creative freedom. Please choose one song and tell the story behind it. “Say What You Want About Me” This was definitely the song from the album that we feel we collaborated together on the most. We were touring in Switzerland when the initial writing process began. Adam had a loose structure to a soaring melody for a chorus and a rough guitar tone in mind which felt comparable to the Lumineers sound. Lyrically we wanted to have a song on the record that displayed defiance and gave the listener an uplifting feeling and ultimately a message of “Never Give Up”. What are you must have albums for the road? Rodney Crowell - The Houston Kid (This is probably our most loved record). Neil Young - Harvest Moon (It’s got a song to suite every single mood) James Taylor - Hourglass (This was one of the albums that was always on in the house when we were growing up) Do you have a favorite venue? Our favourite venue to come back to is always The Louisiana (Bristol). There is an intimacy to the venue that enables you to really connect with the crowd. It’s for this reason alone that we have chosen it to host our record launch show on Saturday January 19th. What’s your favourite "go-to" food on the road ? Every time we get into a new city we designate one of us to scope out the best breakfast spot for the following morning after the show, we could probably eat breakfast 3 times a day! Do you have a favorite concert? Adam - The Bristol Bierkeller - Rodney Crowell (2003) Lawrence - The Lumineers (2013) Is there anyone you would like to collaborate with? One of our favourite acts that we’d love to work with is “Dawes”. We’ve taken a lot of inspiration from their approach to songwriting & would love to come together on a song one day! Facebook Twitter Instagram
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