FEET are back with their first new music of the year. Discover the “playful” new wave inspired by “Changing My Mind Again” and an interview with singer George Haverson.
For the urgent “Changing My Mind Again,” Haverson revealed he drew inspiration from Elvis Costello, Devo and The Modern Lovers.
“You can be playful and not be pretentious,” he told NME. “These bands say stupid things, but in a smart way that I always find interesting. Also, the music changes every 20 seconds, but it all makes sense.”
He continues: “I didn’t want ‘Changing My Mind Again’ to remind of an older generation. I don’t want an old man to say that it reminds him of what he used to hear. it’s current and exciting.”
Haverson says he wrote “Changing My Mind Again” about “a lot of indecision” and some of the lyrics are very personal.
“But I don’t think a real meditative exploration within myself is necessary,” he says. “Lyrics are easy. Once you have a melody, the rest is a snap.”
He continues, “There’s always a level of uncertainty that hangs over my decisions, especially now that I’m in my late twenties. With age comes consequences, which I wanted to explore with ‘Changing My Mind Again’.”
According to Haverson, “Changing My Mind Again” was a studio “experiment”.
“We could already play it live together and then it felt right, so it was just a matter of finding out the recorded version,” he explained. “We’re not trying to make things too big, we’re not Queen.”
Changing My Mind Again” is the sequel to “Can’t Get In,” FEET’s 2021 standalone single. “Now we just want to keep releasing songs,” Haverson told NME. no reason why we can’t either. , it should be like a factory actually.”
FEET currently has seven other songs in various stages of completion, with the goal of a second album.
“We dig and fill the bunker with songs,” he revealed. “The new material is more melodic, more adventurous and we are constantly making it harder for ourselves. I have to do my job and sing. But it sounds good. Everyone’s confidence is back and the feeling is very positive.”
The frontman added that FEET “now has a direction” for their second album, which is “what we were missing before.”
“I sent demos to my dad and he said it all sounded very mature,” he admitted. “I don’t know if that means the previous material was immature, but it looks like we’re headed in the right direction.”
FEET was formed while studying at Coventry University and released a series of singles while completing several careers before releasing debut album ‘What’s Inside Is More Than Ham’ in 2019 with an end goal in mind,” said Haverson: “We met and everything went exceptionally well. We took it and got to work. Looking back, there’s some ridiculous stuff on that first album, but I really enjoyed it all, and I think that shaped the stance we’re on now. .”
He continues: “It’s a bit hard when you get to your twenties and people wonder what the band’s legacy is. I think ours is coming (with the second album). It will be our time to shine or to fade.”
“We want to show that there is depth in what we do, without having to follow a specific direction,” he adds, laughing at the idea of carrying a small moleskine notebook where he regularly writes essays and poetry. “I wear it as a badge of honor when people say we make fun music.”
“It’s more about expanding our little world. I want to do an acoustic song, but that doesn’t mean it’s just me crying. There’s a way to do it. Check out ‘Telephone Line’ d ‘ELO. It tugs on a chord, it’s beautiful, but it’s as funny as any.”
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Haverson says FEET’s newfound confidence is due to the fact that there are now “so many more opportunities” for a guitar band.
“Luckily there have been some really good bands that have done really well lately: Wet Leg have won two Grammys, it’s crazy. Sports Team has exploded and obviously there are bands like Fontaines DC and Dry Cleaning These bands are reigniting the torch and creating an environment where people are excited about guitar music again, we want to enjoy it.
“With this new album, I want to show that we also deserve the attention we can get. I would like the music to justify any success, because we don’t have much else. We are not dummies And we don’t have celebrity parents. It has to come from the music.
Haverson said this revival of guitar music “could be nostalgia, or it could just be that there are enough people making good music that the impetus is there”.
Thanks to groundbreaking tracks like “English Weather”, FEET has often been compared to Britpop bands. “Pulp and Blur are obviously amazing bands, but we’ve always been more inspired by The Kinks. We’re not a Britpop band,” says Haverson.
“With the new material, we’re trying to get rid of those easy comparisons. As a guitar band, there are so many other bands to compare to, but with (‘Can’t Get In’ and ‘Changing My Mind Again’), it looks like we’re finally getting closer to the FEET sound, rather than being a Britpop rip-off.”
“Fuck an Oasis reunion, I don’t care. I want to hear new music,” he added.
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Alongside the release of “Changing My Mind Again”, FEET kicks off 2023 with a series of Inhaler performances this month – buy your tickets here.
“What a way to get rid of cobwebs,” Haveerson said. “It’s going to be huge pieces, but it’s like skydiving. You feel very confident, but as soon as you get on the plane you realize how high you are. I imagine it will be like that the first night, but it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Footwork:
16 – O2 Academy, Leeds,
17 – Nx Newcastle, Newcastle
18 – Mountford Hall University, Liverpool
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20 – UEA, Norwich UEA
21 – Cardiff University, Cardiff
23-Rock City, Nottingham
24 – O2 Academy, Birmingham
25 – O2 Academy, Bristol