Has becoming a father changed the way you write?
I don’t know. He loves the new album. Every time I put it on he points at the speaker as soon as the song starts and he dances along to it all. So I guess so. I actually seek his opinion a bit and the songs that make him dance, I end up liking more. But I’m not sure if its changed the way I write so much.
What’s the best thing about being a playing live?
Just the instant feedback. That instant gratification. Nothing else is quite like that because, especially being British, we don’t really like to give people that much positive praise regularly. So to walk on stage and someone to react in such an insane way to your music is just like pure adrenaline. It doesn’t happen in your everyday life it’s like you crave it.
Who are you listening to at the moment?
Myself a lot! Ladybird. I really like the new Shame album and I’ve been listening to a lot of like Oasis and Blur and going back to that Brit Pop sound. That really distinctly British but singalong. Hip-Hop. Been listening to Outcast, Run The Jewels. I was listening to the Strokes on my way up here. What’s in my recent played? I always think this bit is really important and I always forget who I’ve been listening to. So my recent list is Nirvana, Nick Cave, Cigarettes After Sex, All Saints, Jamie XX, Bon Iver, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Krept and Konan, Lou Reed, The Breeders, Cardi B – she’s good, Kano, Manic Street Preachers, I’ve been listening to a lot. Massive mix! Modest Mouse.
Who would you say were your biggest influences growing up?
Slash, as we talked about earlier. Starting off with Slash and I got more into people like Tom Morello, Kurt Cobain. Then like early teens was when I discovered Graham Cox. Then that’s when I went off and did my own thing.