Why did you decide to work with Rob Schnapf (Beck / Elliott Smith producer) on this album?
It’s funny you should talk about the north. I love his stuff he did with Elliott Smith and The Vines and I went to a gig at the Limelight in Belfast that the Nine Black Alps were supporting the 22-20s. I remember Rob said he was working with the Nine Black Alps at the time so I asked them what he was like and what he was like to work with. They said he was amazing and had about 150 different guitars so that was me sold. So we’ve got Nine Black Alps to thank in some small way for us ending up working with Rob. Q: Lyrically this album has changed somewhat from the first two albums as well? A: That’s through necessity because i’ve exhausted a lot of my personal life, especially on the second album with getting married and having a kid. Obviously when you get married and have a kid you get quite contented and cosy in your personal life and it’s not necessary what people want to hear on a record. But you switch on the TV and there’s all this crazy stuff happening in the world and it seems l
