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hear something new and I'm like, ‘This is why ing too much, and, you know what, I'm doing the brink of something big here’, we end by
I am the way I am’. everything here and, if I'm doing everything asking if these words apply to Anchor Lane in
"I didn't realise these words were having and I believe in what I've got to do, then there 2023 and beyond.
such an effect on me until I was older. There is must be something wrong with everyone else." "I do and I can say that wholeheartedly," is
a line in 'Jesus of Suburbia', ‘To live and not to Conor’s response. "Because the first time I
breathe is to die in tragedy,’ and, if you're not itter' is arguably the most heart- sang the lyrics to that chorus I cried!" Asked if
enjoying your life and you're not making the 'Bwrenching track on the record. Conor that was when he knew they were onto some-
most of things, then what is the point?" quickly tells us that the song was brought to the thing special, he simply tells us, "Yeah."
band by Lawrence and was based on a per- Continuing, "We've just done a tour and
ongs such as 'Bitter' and also 'I Don't sonal experience of a relationship which had we've some shows coming up, but after that,
SHave Another Soul To Pour’ include in- come to an end, but, understandably, he didn't everything is a bit of a mystery right now.
credible emotion, the latter with Conor singing, want to go into great detail of a song which was Everything has been leading up to this, bring-
‘I've been wasting time with you on my mind’ very personal to a friend and bandmate. "I think ing out the album and going on tour, so the
and ‘Where do I draw the line? To leave this it was kind of a cathartic song for him and, by next things are festivals, playing live… We plan
all behind’. the end of it, it'd helped him figure some things on being everywhere all the time. We're going
He says ‘I Don’t Have Another Soul To out. to try and get on some good support tours but
Pour’ was a song that Lawrence came in with, "But, the important thing for me was to get I'm sorry to say I don't know exactly what's
“And it was about how you're pushing every- across the heartache and the pain and the des- happening next, but that's part of the fun.”
thing and your best, I mean, music is really olation he was feeling in that moment, because And fun it is certainly going to be, as, with
hard, and when you're not getting anything I was with him in those moments and I know a great album and a great live show, there is
back, it's hard. Whether it be playing really well what it was like, and I know what those words absolutely no anchor weighing these three
to a crowd and not getting anything back from mean. It's so bare, he almost didn't want it on down and reality is set to become something
them or you are putting lots of content out into the album. That's how much of his heart is on very special indeed.
all the social media platforms and you're get- his sleeve here. He said to me, ‘If I was the one Visit www.anchorlanemusic.com for more
ting nothing back from them and it makes you who was singing it, I couldn't do it.’" info, and listen to ‘Call It A Reality?’, out now.
feel that size.” He demonstrates with a small
gap between his thumb and finger. ith the song 'Sycophant Disorder' in- Words by Michael Coventry
"It's about all of that, and all of that becom- Wcluding the lyrics, ‘Cause we're on

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