{"id":1485,"date":"2017-08-02T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/already-heard-track-guide-fangclub-fangclub\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T13:27:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T13:27:17","slug":"already-heard-track-guide-fangclub-fangclub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/already-heard-track-guide-fangclub-fangclub\/","title":{"rendered":"Already Heard Track Guide: Fangclub – Fangclub"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For some, Irish trio Fangclub<\/b> have been \u201cones to watch\u201d for the best part of 12 months. Having delivered two impressive EP\u2019s in \u2018Bullet Head\u2019<\/i> and ‘Coma Happy\u2019<\/i> last year, along with playing shows with Pixies, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Twin Atlantic, the Dublin-based band are set to release their debut self-titled full-length this Friday.<\/p>\n

‘Fangclub\u2019<\/i> is a no-frills, driving alt-rock record that fulfills the potential, as it takes its cues from grunge and 90\u2019s slacker rock. Songs such as ‘Bad Words\u2019<\/i> and ‘Best Fake Friends\u2019<\/i> infectiously weave their way into your ears, while ‘Role Models\u2019<\/i> thrives in the riffs department.<\/p>\n

Ahead of its release, we grabbed bassist Kevin Keane to give us a detailed track-by-track insight into ‘Fangclub\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Bullet Head<\/h2>\n

Steven (King – guitar\/vocals) wrote this song when he was demoing lightning and didn\u2019t realise he was tuned down to drop D. That small mistake turned into the main riff for ‘Bullet Head\u2019<\/i>. Thats the best thing when song writing; that mistakes can be a blessing in disguise. The song talks about paranoia and trying to blend in. ‘Bullet Head\u2019<\/i> as our first ever single smashed down the door for us and screamed \u201cwe\u2019re here!\u201d Its short, sweet and kicks you in the teeth. We usually finish our sets with it, using it as a calling card.<\/p>\n

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Role Models<\/h2>\n

‘Role Models\u2019<\/i> is the first song I remember kids screaming back to us at live shows. Its an angsty sarcastic anthem of self-proclaimed destiny and pretty much saying \u201cfuck you\u201d<\/i> to your peers, because more often than not they just let you down in some way or another. In a celebrity culture dominated world, I think its an important message to give out. I think the first iteration of this song had a working title of ‘James Dean\u2019<\/i>. I\u2019m not entirely sure how it went from that to ‘Role Models\u2019<\/i>. It\u2019s one of our favourites to play live cause towards the end, shit just hits the fan and you can go nuts screaming it.<\/p>\n

Lightning<\/h2>\n

Ah the song that technically birthed ‘Bullet Head\u2019<\/i>. This one is quite an emotional rollercoaster especially towards the end. It deals with a lot with childhood fears and fears of abandonment. It\u2019s one of the first songs I really remember jamming and having the full song complete. It\u2019s the type of where you get goosebumps and think \u201coh shit we\u2019re on to something here,\u201d<\/i> so this song is very special to us. Most of our sets at the moment are about 30 minutes or so, so we don\u2019t usually get to include it, so we\u2019re looking forward to headline shows where we get a bit more time to include it in the sets.<\/p>\n

Dreamcatcher<\/h2>\n

This was technically a later a song from the first batch of recordings, but I think its from around the same time; it came out Steven\u2019s head if that makes sense? After we got back from the first set of recordings, Steven was like \u201cshit\u2026 I have this new song and I think it needs to go on the album.\u201d<\/i> After jamming and developing the song, it became quite apparent he was right. So a few months later, back to the studio we went to record it. Along with that we recorded ‘Coma Happy\u2019<\/i> and ‘Inside Joke\u2019<\/i><\/a>, which can be found on our ‘Coma Happy\u2019<\/i> EP. Like all of our songs, its mostly open to interpretation but I suppose an obsession or love of the idea of self-destruction would be a big theme in this song.<\/p>\n

Bad Words<\/h2>\n

We always joked around about how we would describe our sound because it\u2019s always a really weird question to answer. It\u2019s always we\u2019re a bit of this, mixed with a bit of that and some of this other thing vocally or whatever. We\u2019d never take it too seriously, describing our sound because everyones got a different opinion on what it is.<\/p>\n

One phrase we\u2019d always end up using as a joke is \u201cstadium garage rock\u201d which out of everything we have on the album does actually lend itself to this song. It\u2019s small garage rock with this big anthemic chorus. It was one we were confident was gonna be a single as soon we recorded it.<\/p>\n

Best Fake Friends<\/h2>\n

Another nihilistic song. It\u2019s about falling under the spell of certain people you meet growing up. It\u2019s like an explosion of loving them but also being terrified of them.<\/p>\n

This is a song we did a bit later than the rest of the tracks. It was one we had written just before our first UK tour and we were excited about it, so figured we\u2019d test it out live in the sets as it was a short enough track. It ended up getting amazing responses every night. Even though the album was technically finished, we knew we had to record it and push it for the album. It\u2019s too good not too. It was a very easy recording session too. We didn\u2019t have to change anything or overthink parts.<\/p>\n

Common Ground<\/h2>\n

This was one we thought may have been a single at first, but I\u2019m kinda glad now its an album track now. I like the idea of people listening to the album, especially where its placed and think where did this come from? Musically, I\u2019ve always thought of this as like a festival summer anthem. Thematically, it kinda deals with not wanting to people please and chasing that American dream. Fun Fact: It\u2019s one of two songs we actually play in normal tuning (the other being ‘Lightning\u2019<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Loner<\/h2>\n

‘Loner\u2019<\/i> is a strange one because we were a bit apprehensive about not only releasing it as a single but putting it on the album too. It\u2019s only when we saw the reaction that other people had to it and how much they connected to the song, that we were like \u201coh shit! Ok, maybe we misjudged this one.\u201d<\/i> I guess it\u2019s kind of our love song on the album. I mean musically its optimistic, but then it has these kinda melancholy lyrics. Its a bit tongue in cheek and doesn\u2019t take itself to seriously. We really wanted to portray that in the video too. You have all these totally mundane things and you try to make em look cool and it just looks ridiculous. Not knowing if you\u2019re a miserable tortured poet or just obsessed with wanting to be.<\/p>\n

Better to Forget<\/h2>\n

This is the climax to the album before we bring you back down with ‘Animal Skin\u2019<\/i>. I think it follows a theme of chasing your own oblivion and being ok with it. Steven is especially crazy about movies where the hero sacrifices themselves at the end to save the day. You know where he or she gives this look to say \u201cI got this\u201d<\/i> with no regard for their own life, so that\u2019s what I always regard ‘Better to Forget\u2019<\/i> as. This bad ass hero that sacrifices his or herself and goes out in this blaze of glory.<\/p>\n

Animal Skin<\/h2>\n

We had a few ideas about what songs to close the album with, but during the session that we recorded ‘Best Fake Friends\u2019<\/i>, we had a bit of extra time and Steven suggested this, \u201cit\u2019s a bit different but lets record while we have this time and see where it goes\u201d<\/i> he said. When we had finished it, we had this song with all this different percusion we\u2019d never used before. It was this vulnerable, emotional song that on the first listen back we got of it, we all just knew this had to end the album. It kinda of leaves you on a bit of a cliffhanger as to what comes next with us; it\u2019s our Marvel after the credits scene.<\/p>\n

‘Fangclub\u2019<\/i> by Fangclub<\/b> is released on 4th August on Vertigo<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Fangclub<\/b> will be touring in the UK and Ireland throughout September:<\/p>\n

September
\n2nd Bingley Music Festival
\n5th Stereo, Glasgow
\n6th The Mash House, Edinburgh
\n7th Think Tank, Newcastle
\n8th The Brudenell (Games Room), Leeds
\n9th Fallow Cafe, Manchester
\n11th Bodega, Nottingham
\n12th The Sunflower, Birmingham
\n13th The Cellar, Oxford
\n14th Purple Turtle, Reading
\n15th Thousand Island, London
\n16th The Joker, Brighton
\n19th Roisin Dubh Upstairs, Galway
\n20th Mike The Pies, Listowel
\n21st Cyprus Avenue, Cork
\n27th McHughs, Belfast
\n28th Kasbah Social Club, Limerick
\n29th Whelans, Dublin (Matinee All Ages)
\n29th Whelans, Dublin<\/p>\n

Fangclub<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Pooneh Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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