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for ‘Dare’ was incredibly difficult. We only Did anything shock them or was there many amazing opportunities and experi-
had two weeks to record the whole thing. anything that made them think ‘OK, we need ences off the back of their ‘100’ and ‘Dare’
Amps blew up. Duncan Mills is an absolute to NOT do that’? album releases. The band have achieved a
legend, he’s a really good friend of ours. He’s “Heroin would definitely be one!” replies lot of ‘firsts’ and loved each and every one.
a proper perfectionist – which is awesome, Jack. “I guess our first headline tour was a big
but also very challenging!” he laughs. “To give you the perspective of how it moment,” remembers Jack. “The first album
“There’d be moments when I’d have to stand was back then, the limits, that was the limit,” dropping was a massive moment. First sin-
up and face the corner of a room at a certain says Junate. “They pushed those limits. You gle. First festival. A couple of years ago we
angle and I can’t move the guitar at all, what- know what not to do.” started, I think it was 3 o’ clock, the Festival
soever, while holding a piece of wire on my Republic stage, first time we’ve ever done
mouth to the guitar and it’s like seven in the few years ago, back before the band Reading & Leeds, a big festival like that, and
morning and we haven’t slept for 20 hours. Atook off, Daniel and Ryan, who orig- then the next year… it was a full tent around
It was brutal. It was ridiculous. But we cre- inally had met each other at the same col- 3 o’ clock… and then the next year we got in-
ated a really great record, so it was awe- lege, went to see You Me At Six together. vited back to headline that stage. That was a
some. And you didn’t think it’d be possible Black Velvet asks how it was shifting from big one for us as it showed how quickly for
to record an album in two weeks like that, going to see a band like You Me At Six as us that progression could be for a band. In
but we did it.” fans, to selling out shows as they do now. the space of a year we’d moved up the stage
While the recording studio can be a cat- “Believe it or not, not saying ‘Oh, we so quickly. And this year main stage; so
alyst for dares, on tour is even moreso. Try- thought we were gonna be famous,’ but I re- that’s two years. We could have done it last
ing to think of daring things that they’ve member us having a conversation saying year, but obviously things didn’t work out
done in the live setting, the closest thing ‘One day we’re going to do this’,” says with the old people. We’re just grateful to be
they can think of was Daniel almost smash- Daniel. “We’re just those types of people to hitting all of these big sort of chapters in our
ing Ryan in the face with his guitar. say that to each other in conversation. That career and they just keep coming. Last night
“I didn’t even know he was near me and was my first time going to Brixton Academy was another, we did it twice last year, but to
then we watched the video back from a fan to You Me At Six and it was an awesome come back and sell it out after all we’ve been
at the gig and I literally ducked at the most show and last time we played Brixton and through in cancellations of tours, a lot of
perfect time,” says Ryan. “His guitar just did the double dates, I actually wrote about crap where the fans have had to put up with
swung over my head. If that’d hit me, my that on my Instagram funnily enough, that so many ups and downs and problems wait-
head would have been clean off, I think.” exact thing. But yeah, it was awesome, re- ing for us to do it kind of shows it’s just
The band have some daring things ally, really good. It was good to be there and dope. We’re enjoying it and plenty more to
they’d like to do on stage though haven’t do it.” come.”
managed – one being to have a motorbike on Ryan adds, “We literally just saw them
stage. “We tried to get a motorbike on stage play in LA and they actually like us now, so he Hunna’s fans are very important to
last night, but we weren’t allowed, but we’re we’re actually kind of friends with them now, Tthe band, as we’ve already men-
going to keep trying with that… If we can do which is an even weirder situation. But yeah, tioned. The band have a lot of fan-related
it, I’d love to do it at every show, I guess, and it’s super cool; it’s wild. But yeah, even at V memories that are close to their heart too.
to make it a production thing would be awe- Festival… we went to V Festival in 2009, “There was a time where one of our fans
some. Bring back some Motley Crue vibes!” Kings Of Leon headlined, and I saw them, passed away and we went to her wake and
Speaking of Motley Crue, the four-piece and to myself, I was like, ‘That’s what I Ryan sung for her, which was really beauti-
all watched ‘The Dirt’ on Netflix and loved it. should be doing’. That was kind of a moment ful,” says Dan. “‘Take That To The Grave’,
“We were huge Motley Crue fans before any- when I realized that is what I wanted to do; that was a really good memory.”
way, so then when it came out we had to to be in a band and be on stage.” “Weddings as well,” says Jack.
watch it and it was so good.” Since then, the band have had many, “Yeah, weddings, yep,” agrees Daniel.

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