The Script work their Irish charm

13 January 2009

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Ever since I heard We Cry I have been a fan of The Script, and when I found out my friend was going on the road with them, I knew I had to have a good old chinwag with the boys.

So I caught up with them during the post-Christmas comedown to find out how they plan to make 2009 a year to remember, leaving shops without paying and re-creating the David Bowie classic, Labyrinth.

So what have you been getting up to recently? Anything exciting?

Yeah. The usual winding down for Christmas was obviously a big one. A band, when it becomes a bit of a success, and it tours are rolling, once you get on the road and that gets rolling, it takes a lot to slow that down, so that wrapped up for Christmas and now we just got back and we�ve started work again. It was nice to get a Christmas break.

So, tell us a bit about your forthcoming single, Talk You Down...

We�ve got Talk You Down coming out soon. It was basically written at a weird time when myself and Danny were thinking about when guys have that fight or flight moment. The thing is that most guys tend to want to do the right thing and wanna act upon a situation with a girl but the girl has already made her mind up whereas the guy needs to make his mind up, and it�s about like that 5 or 6 minute period where you decide to have a cigarette and think about it, and we thought we�d give it a dark twist with relationship suicide meaning if she leaves the relationship then he�s done. So it�s taken from your self-titled album. Did you ever think it would do as well as it did, the album?

No, I don�t think you can ever see, you can wish and all that, but I don�t think you can ever predict this stuff. It happens at such as weird pace, and that�s such a weird thing because one minute you�re an unemployed musician trying to keep your lights on and the next, you�re a number 1 album y�know?

Maybe I should change jobs!

Maybe you should. No, believe me, anyone coming into this industry, just buy a lottery ticket, you�ve more of a chance.

I�ll tell that to the Orange Unsigned act! So will you be having another album coming out anytime soon?

The problem, the hindrance for us is that we�re trying to get into the studio right now. We�ve been rehearsing in the studio all this week, myself and Danny just starting to write some idea, get the bones of stuff started.

The thing is finding the time to get into the studio because right now, our album is only just starting to get released in America, in the next few months, and in Australia and Asia it�s doing really well, so it�s new to them over there, whereas over here we�re on our 4th single.

Do you plan to play any of this year�s big festivals?

Well apparently we�re being booked, last year we got booked for them all pretty much except for, actually I don�t know which ones we didn�t do, there were so many we did play, and apparently the same bookers are coming this year and we�ve got bigger on the bill and that sorta stuff so that�s brilliant. [FF: Exciting!] Yeah! I mean, live music is honestly a bands time off and maybe they don�t realise it when they first get into it but you think it�s gonna be 90% playing gigs and then 10% promo. It�s the other way around! So you really do cherish that that you get, that 10% onstage, you really do. It�s the first time you get a beer and a chance to chill out.

How excited are you to support Take That in June?

It was obviously a big decision for us because y�know we weren�t sure how that kinda thing would be perceived by our fans but it was such an overwhelming thing because they�re playing parks and doing these massive venues and to be asked to do that was just such an honour. And music�s music at the end of the day and to be exposed to 8000 people or more per night is just a dream come true really. It�s unreal. You�d be stupid to turn it down.

So where would you like to be a year from now?

A year from now? Honest to God, I don�t want this to sound stupid but you can�t predict where these things are going to go. I just hope I�m employed. And I just hope I the main thing, as in, I hope I still get to wake up every morning and do what I love to do, which is make music and release music, and gig it.

After that, I don�t care what level it�s on, whether we�ve got a record deal or not! I just care that I�m actually able to do that, so that�d be brilliant. I think it�s the same for the lads; that�s how we all feel.

You feel successful when you�ve come from nothing. You feel like, �what else is there?� you know, if I don�t get anything else from my life, at least I�d be happy with what I�ve achieved.

Who do you think is the greatest artist of all time?

Ooh! The greatest artist of all time! I mean, Leonardo Da Vinci! No, probably in my book, I suppose because the music is so opinionated, I personally love Davie Bowie. I think he is an artist that has given us music consistently over the years. And people like to jump on the bandwagon and say �he�s so versatile� or �he�s changed� or �every time he comes out he changes�.

Look, David Bowie�s been doing it for all these years. He�s brought us on such a musical journey. He�s almost like an institution on his own. I think there�s gonna be stage shows made after him. Forget about Mamma Mia! There�s gotta be something done. The songs are so good, the stories are so good. Him, as an artist, is just out of this world.