British - Musician | July 14, 1986 -
I remember being obsessed with 'The Score' by The Fugees. I used to listen to a lot of really melodic music with a lot of harmonies. The Beach Boys used to make me happy, and Simon and Garfunkel, and I used to listen to a lot of film soundtracks as well.
Dan Smith
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I'm into really terrible, trashy American horror films. I think the 'Final Destination' 'sinquology', to phrase it, is brilliant! It's un-toppable in terms of how incredible it is.
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There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to when it's nearly finished just to see what they think; Mark, our producer, his wife is Australian and just listens to the radio - she's awesome - and, I guess, is quite a casual music listener.
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Playing new songs at festivals is weird, obviously. People at festivals are always a bit drunk, and probably just want to hear stuff they know by bands they love, or are checking you out and don't know your stuff very well.
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The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of nodding toward stuff that we feel really affectionate towards.
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It was quite nice having a routine, going to the studio every day and finishing off 'Wild World'.
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To be honest, I'm always really interested when people say they can relate to our songs. On the first album, that wasn't something I'd ever anticipated or thought about.
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There's a part of me that wants to let all the different moments of 'Wild World' to have their moment and be released properly.
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There are so many different points to 'Wild World,' and it sounds quite different to what people would expect from us.
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One of the best things about being in a band is that we're so lucky to be able to travel the world. It takes us to all these cities that we've never seen before.
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I made a lot of the first album on a laptop in my bedroom after college and after work.
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I listen to unhealthy amount of Kanye. The Fugees. Also, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.'
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