Maybe some ambient stuff, more jazzy/RnB, we have a lot of demos like that. With an album you aren’t writing individual songs, you’re writing a body of work where the songs work with each other, so I think there’s a lot more space to have those ‘chiller’ songs. With the EPs, we’re trying to be as ambitious as possible to have people hear of us and that often happens by having every song be this exciting dance song. Modernlove: Yeah I think so, an album is a good vehicle to do that. If we ever listen to one after it’s been released and think ‘Oh, that could have been done better’ it kind of drives you mad.Ĭome Over x is your slowest song, and it’s on the first EP, are there any plans to introduce more slow songs in the future? Once you’ve released them into the world, they aren’t really ours anymore, they belong to everyone. Songs are most exciting when you’re writing them and you can still change things around.
Only Ever Only You is really fun to play live. It’s whatever we are working on at the time. What would you say are your favourite modernlove. Songs are most exciting when you’re writing them It felt like it happened to someone else. Even a month or two after, we were looking back and thinking, ‘Did that actually happen?’. The only thing with touring is you are working the whole time, and you go to places you’ve always wanted to see but you arrive on the day, play your gig and you have another gig the next day, so you need to take it all in as it happens. Modernlove: It was mental, a lot of driving! It was a dream come true, touring the US was the ultimate goal for the band and to do that ‘movie road trip’. You recently toured America for the first time, how was that? You don’t have to be signed to a label in London or LA, you can be from anywhere now and still create a fanbase. Maybe Irish artists are a bit more confident that they can reach an audience nowadays with TikTok and stuff. I don’t know why recently it’s become such a big thing worldwide with Fontaines and Inhaler and stuff like that. Irish folk music is some of my favourite music ever.
Modernlove: I’m not sure, there’s always been great music here. Why do you think there are so many great bands coming out of Ireland at the moment? We have come from different backgrounds in music and we all listen to everything. Whether that be rocky power chords or more electronic sounds like in Take My Head and Solipsis. At the core of every song, it’s just a pop song, but the elements that support that are different each time. Modernlove: We do explore quite a few genres of music, but it’s always been based around songs that make you want to dance. How would you describe your music and how can you see it evolving? It’s always been based around songs that make you want to dance Modernlove: I think the plan is for one more EP, then a debut album. You’ve released 3 EPs so far, is there a debut album on the way?
Impact’s Benedict Watson speaks to modernlove’s Danny and Barry on musical style, personal preferences, and what’s to come. They will embark on another tour of the US in August, followed by UK dates in October. are an upcoming Irish pop band, who have recently toured America for the first time and released their third EP ‘Nightlife’.
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