Hybrid chatted to new Rock 'n' Rollers, Federal Charm ahead of their new tour, dates on sale now! A brilliant band defiantly worth seeing.
Questions by Hybrid //Answers
by Paul Bowe (Federal Charm, guitarist)
1/ Q: Federal Charm,
welcome to Hull. Is this your first time playing in Hull?
A: Hey Thank you!
We've played Hull once before this April just gone. We played at The Fruit with
Tracer.
2/ Q: This tour is
called ‘Crossing The Divide’ to tie in with the new album, ‘Across The Divide’.
What has been the biggest thing you have overcome in your lives?
A: I think that is a
very big question. I don’t know what the other guys have done personally but I
think for me, apart from health and relationships, it was crossing over to this
way of living – working and taking the leap of faith.
3/ Q: Was ‘Across The
Divide’ a ‘difficult second album’ following on from your debut?
A: The writing came
natural, but I’d say the recording process was very difficult. The environment
and atmosphere in the studio wasn’t the greatest. We were in the depths of Old
Mill Manchester. There was slight pressure on the album as we'd really hit it
home with the first one. We'd developed a real sense of identity on the second
one but we really wanted to progress and keep to our roots.
4/ Q: The sound of the
‘Across The Divide’ still maintains the classic rock and blues vibe of your
first. Did you do anything different in the production or experiment?
A: We didn’t
intentionally do anything too different recording wise, but we pushed our
limits with songs like 'Walk Away' and 'Give Me Something'. Those songs had
been in the pipeline for over a year on previous demos but we weren't ready to
finish them.
5/ Q: Speaking of
experimenting and rock ’n' roll, what has been the wildest thing you have done
as a band?
A: Hmmm, not out of
malice or to be rock ’n’ roll, bit we’ve driven our tour bus into hotel
buildings. Which had its funny side. I also remember being in Germany playing a
festival in a small town and our tour manager at the time drove the bus in the
water mains for the whole town. They had to get an engineer out and close it
off. Embarrassing!
6/ Q: What would you
like to achieve as a band in the near future?
A: In this moment we
are enjoying the building process and road work. In the near future we'd really
just like to see the fruits of our labour pay off by having more exposure and
performing to more people in bigger venues.
7/ Q: Has any famous
last words ever come back to haunt you?
A: Not off the top of
my head but I’m sure there has been a number of ‘told you so' scenarios!
http://www.federalcharm.com/
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