You know that number must be okay,” he said.Ĭhas has enhanced the band’s rich sound. Geoff loves seeing the audience mouthing the band’s lyrics at gigs. The goal is to have people hear a song a couple of times and be humming it the next day.” When you’re a local band you’re often trying to ingrain yourself in people’s minds. “We often try to involve a chant on one of our songs. “I guess you want people to remember your songs, not necessarily through specific lyrics,” said Geoff. ![]() It’s bound to become a musical ear worm that fans take home with them after the gig. Their new track ‘Brothers’ featuring a catchy vocal ‘whoa whoa’ hook will encourage the audience to join in. Sorry About Shaun have learned how to write their own singalong foot-stompers. It was a good way to draw people in,” he said. They don’t know if they’re going to enjoy it. “Everybody is slightly sceptical when they see a new band for the first time. ‘Mr Brightside’ is a crowd-pleaser and Tom says their recent Sturminster Newton gig supporting Toyah at The Exchange let them pick from a back-catalogue of 80s classics. The band release their own material but they do throw in some cover versions at gigs. At the same time, we listen to the record. “It’s got big rock guitars as well as small, beautiful acoustic moments. We do a cover of ‘The Chain’ by Fleetwood Mac and I think that’s influenced our newer stuff,” said Tom. “Maybe with the melodies you have a pop mentality with it. The new EP is polished, memorable and could easily fit into mainstream radio playlists. Their folk edge is contemporary, with a nod to The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons. Geoff refers to the group as being within the ‘folk rock’ genre. Two or three days later we have a wicked recording under our arm, and it takes me about a month to mix it.” It has instruments set up so you can just go in, start playing and jam in the room. We have a wonderful studio where I now work – Mill Farm at Sherborne. “We do songwriting and recording in one room, at one time. “Usually the process is that either Sam or Geoff come to me with some chords and words and I tell them to speed it up or slow it down,” explained Tom. Tom says his role is to give the music an edge through production. I’ve been a massive part of the songwriting and recording.” “We have been working on the tracks for six months now. He’s their ‘fifth Beatle’ producing and sometimes playing the guitar. Tom Jobling, known to a generation of Shaftesbury people from his music-recording work at the former Toby’s Centre, could be considered the band’s George Martin. We recorded some tracks with him and asked him if he liked to play guitar in the band as well,” explained Geoff. “From then onwards we started to write our own music and we eventually got together with Tom, who operated a local studio. ![]() The original trio of Sam, Geoff and Shaun started playing other people’s music – cover versions – but soon progressed into original composition.
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