“I don’t think it’s angry. This is the music I write, and it sounds right to me. Over the years, I’ve been visualising how it will sound on stage and I know what dynamics I want. People respond to riffs and beats, but I’m not an angry person: I hate false anger. Teenagers have every right to be angry, but people see through that a mile off. I’m not someone who listens to music at home: I use music to wake me up. ‘Invaders’ was the sound of us getting back together, but it wasn’t a full band album like ‘Fat Of The Land’. This one is live-driven and sounds right.”
“Yes! It’s my favourite album that I’ve made. When other bands say that they’re bullshitting, but I know it’s the best all the way through because of the consistency and how it represents us. The other albums had big hitting tunes but ‘Jilted’ is too fucking long! That pisses me off. And ‘Fat Of The Land’ has killer tunes but it ain’t consistently strong.”
“I believe you are what you’re made of. The way hip hop and punk are instilled in me, I can’t change the way I am. Going to Raindance in the pissing rain and the car breaking down – that’s what this album’s about. ‘Destroy’ sounds old-skool, and it is! But I’m not someone who just thinks all the old tunes are better. The band has kept me young.”
Read full LH interview @ Mixmag here:
http://www.mixmag.net/words/interviews/qa/qa-liam-howlett