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that brought us to making the record right.” to be digging it so I’m glad we’ve put it in there.” came out, it’s definitely an interesting way to
“We’ve grown, we’ve made other mistakes write for sure.”
and we’ve learnt from those etc,” says Tom. “I rowing up is a key theme throughout “It was the first concept type of song we’ve
think as a band we’ve just become a bit more G'All We've Ever Known' but it's not all written,” Drew tells us. “I mean, Tom brought a
of a unit, in terms of how we are, our entire that Light You Up write about. ‘You Are Waiting big chunk of the vocals, lyrics and the chord
band ethos and everything. We’re all definitely For A Train’ is inspired by the movie Inception. structure to us and said ‘Hey, what do you think
a lot more of a solid team. Not to say we Napes tells us, “I love movies that kind of of this? It’s about this’ type of thing and it’s
weren’t a solid team when we did the ‘Broken evoke a real emotional response in you, and I quite relatable even though it’s about some-
Jaw’ record but...” think I’m just a bit of a hopeless romantic at thing so specific.”
'Broken Jaw' is Light You Up's first EP, re- heart. You know, I love a good kind of tragic “Yeah,” Tom says. “ I don’t think it’s neces-
leased in 2012. Drew tells us about 'Foxfire', a love story and stuff like that. I was really in- sarily a song that you’d listen to and be like...”
song from the EP that reappeared on the debut spired by the conviction in Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Oh, that's about Inception,” Drew laughs.
album, “Rob, the guitarist, and I wrote that character, in not letting go of the memory of his “So yeah, it's cool.”
song before Napes was even in the band, so wife and stuff like that, I thought it was really The song is called 'You Are Waiting For A
we put that on the EP and everyone seemed romantic, and there’s something really visceral Train' but what are Light You Up waiting for?
to really like it, but we never really released it about his acting, he played that part so well. I Tom tells us about the band’s patience when it
as a single or anything, mainly because at the kind of remember watching that movie for the comes to success. “I think in terms of real life
time we didn’t really have the push or the back- first time and being like...” Tom places his I’m incredibly impatient,” Tom laughs. “But
ing to put any money or any push behind it. So hands on his heart mimicking heartbreak, that’s something I’m trying to curb by and large,
when we came to doing the record we were “Ugh!” I’ve spent 24 years living inside my head and
sending demos around, and the producers “At the time I wanted to start writing a song waiting for things to get better or whatever, and
said ‘You should redo it for the record,' we were about something external from me or an expe- yeah, I really am at a point now where I’m like,
sceptical at first but then Matty from A Loss For rience I’ve had,” Tom continues. “I wanted to ‘nah, you know what? That all comes from
Words said ‘Hey, I’d like to do like a guest vocal write about something completely conceptual, within here’,” Tom gestures at his heart, and
part’. Then we said ‘Okay, well why don’t we so that’s kind of how that song started and we then towards the 900 capacity venue behind
do ‘Foxfire’ and add a guest vocal part so it’s threw in a bunch of other ideas for stuff and us. “This is probably the biggest show that
something a bit fresher?’ and everyone seems yeah, I’m really happy with how that song we’ve played to date and we’re just enjoying it

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