. "We were sandwiched between Kid Rock and Bon Jovi, playing in a big muddy field for forty yearolds with mullets and Bon Jovi tshirts and I remember thinking wow, this is fucking weird." n a recent interview the band have said making this album was easy "It was a lot of hard work but there was no weirdness it was one nice long curve from start to finish where things would continually get better and you record it and yeah I think it was easy but it wasn't like we custarded it up on an afternoon it was a lot of hard work but it felt like we were doing something good. Our only goal with every album is to surpass ourselves and get even better and hopefully end up with something where you go oh holy shit we just did that well done. It was exactly what happened looking back I go damn are we really this good, is the fact that we are and we're intensely proud of it." Having already listened to the album myself I found it hard to pick a song I was most found of, truthfully I thought the album was packed with great songs and wanted to know what was their take on the finished product. "At the moment my favourite song is probably 'Monster Boots' but I'm having this period where I'm trying not to listen to the album at all for a couple of months and listen to it again and see do I still like it."
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After spending months working in a studio devoting themselves to this album he tells me what it feels like to have completed their third album. "Intensely proud, especially this one because I really thought we were going to have to sit down and talk about this one or are we going to have to think about it which is always dangerous doing that. You really got to trust your gut instincts and your spontaneous emotion." n 2007, Razorlight got nominated for two BRIT awards-one for 'Best British Band' along with 'Best Song' "America", followed by a nomination for two NME Brit awards for' Best Band' and' Best Album'. Being such a prestigious band on the London scene and throughout Europe they certainly have tasted the Rock n Roll lifestyle. "It's not quite as insane as they used to be, Andy's just had a kid and I've this weird stomach disease that I've had for two years so it's like physically actually can't go out and get drunk all the time. Since I physically can't go out all the time I'm just going to sit on the guitar and just write stuff." Bjorn gives me an insight into the relationship that they have with one another considering they spend so much time working
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together. "The weird thing is we really are four weirdos who ended up in a band together. If you wanted to make a cartoon of a band I think we would be extremely easy to make a cartoon of. We all look very distinct and we all got very distinct personalities but there's always a bit of weirdness because everybody likes different things. But we don't actually hang out a lot. Which I think is pretty cool as it can be quite stressful and weird at times because everybody wants different things from everything. But I think it kinda keeps the excitement up." Ironically the band had a hit with their song "America" which has the lyrics "trouble in America". Considering the trouble America has been experiencing in recent times I asked what they actually thought of America itself. "It's very weird and very wonderful. There are so many good things about it but there are so many fucked up things about it, yeah it's like being in a huge amusement park." aving played in Dublin on numerous occasions I was humoured when Bjorn told me about one concert they supported for Bon Jovi. "We were sandwiched between Kid Rock and Bon Jovi playing for like a big muddy field with forty year olds with mullets and Bon Jovi t-shirts and I remember thinking wow this is fucking weird." And I was pleased to hear what they thought of the Irish fans also- "It seems like if you're a London band and fuck knows why but London crowds are like I might be having fun but I'm not going to show you. The Swedish are very reserved. But the Irish are like great and try to have as much fun as they possibly can."
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A knock at the door had told me the session was over; and while I'm not sure we made any emotional break through, I at least found myself in good company. Razorlight's eagerly awaited new album 'Slipway Fires' is released on the 3rd of November; they will be playing live at the Olympia Theatre on the 26th of November.
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