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time. You need to live your own life as well.” was going on back in the day,” says Tom. matic’ via DonBrewco and posted a video
Simon thinks for a while about today’s showing themselves throwing the pieces
he final track on the album is ‘Fur- dating shows on TV. “Take Me Out’s quite an into the air. It looked quite symbolic. The
Tther’ – a song Rob wrote about a interesting one,” he says. band also wrote ‘Priorities is dead, long live
friend called Alex who passed away while in “I think I’d have to invent some really Automatic’. The band wanted to alert fans
Africa from malaria. kind of crazy, really interesting thing in order that ‘Automatic’ was coming out in the best
Simon, Matt and Rob went to school to- to go on there,” says Tom, since the show way they could.
gether so all knew “We thought
Alex from school. we’d take a dra-
Rob told Simon matic standpoint
that he was going on social media
to write a song for “Priorities is
Alex before doing dead!”” says
so. Simon says, Simon.
“He was like, “We by no
“What do you think means think that
about writing this that album is noth-
song about Alex?” ing to do with us
and it just seemed anymore, or any-
a very appropriate, thing like that,”
emotive piece of says Tom regard-
music. And it’s a ing ‘Priorities’.
story… a lot of “We still really
people have lost love playing all the
someone and need songs live but this
to draw inspiration is the next chapter
and need to feel and we wanted to
there’s a point in tell people that
going forward and that’s what we’re
going on with doing.”
whatever they The touring
might be doing in backdrop naturally
their lives despite was with the band
something terrible everywhere, at
that might have every show. “It’s
happened, and I just thought it was a really usually makes the male dater show a talent. so nice because if we hadn’t done that it’d
great message to put out there, and to write “I could moonwalk on my hands or some- just be sitting in our garage and get forgot-
a song like that is also very therapeutic for thing like that. I can’t do that but…” ten. This way we can actually give it back to
the artist. It’s great for Bobby to be able to “I don’t have a mad, visual worthy TV tal- people where it’ll mean something to them.
put those thoughts and feelings down on a ent,” says Simon. It’ll be something sentimental. If they came
page and have other people understand a “Exactly,” replies Tom. to a show, which most of them almost cer-
big part of his life that he’s gone through.” Tom says he’s watched Channel 4’s First tainly did, it’s something everyone can take
The Don Broco guys are definitely a Dates. “That was actually really interesting and think “Wow, I was a part of this band’s
thoughtful, caring bunch. This summer Rob to watch. I quite enjoyed that.” career”.”
and Matt took part in a tandem skydive for “I never saw that,” says Simon. Is cutting up a touring backdrop some-
Teenage Cancer Trust in memory of Stephen Tom explains the show to him. “Every- thing they may do with every album release
Sutton. Simon says, “I was on holiday. I was one went into a restaurant and they’d never now?
in Portugal. I feel terrible! It was arranged met this person and they had a meal and “I dunno,” replies Simon. “It’s quite a
very last minute. It was the week before. Rob they filmed it covertly. Well, they knew they nice thing to do I think. And the backdrop,
and Matt were around and were lucky to do were being filmed. You’d just see snippets of it’s such an easy item to do that with. It’s
it. I’d have loved to have done it. We were it.” something that’s so easy to cut up and still
lucky enough to meet Stephen. He was a re- “That sounds interesting,” replies holds that significance in such a small scrap
ally inspirational man and I think it’s incred- Simon. of material, I think it’s a really nice thing to
ible, the legacy that he’s left behind. It’s “Some of the people they matched to- do. I’m sure we’d do it in the future.”
amazing.” gether were just… I dunno…” They comment on how each touring
Rob sings about ‘miracle cures’ in ‘Auto- “That sounds far more interesting than backdrop is based on that particular album
matic’. Do Don Broco think there ARE mira- Take Me Out,” says Simon. artwork.
cle cures – not necessarily for cancer, but in “Yeah, it was psychologically very inter- “The current one’s super-vibrant and
general? esting,” replies Tom. colourful so when we do cut that one up it’s
Tom replies, “I think one of them might While many of the band’s high school going to be far easier to actually see which
be positive mental attitude. I think that plays friends are past the dating stage and are set- bit of it you’ve got.”
a huge part in curing whatever it might be. If tling down, buying houses and having kids, “There’s a great big blue pool in the mid-
you can’t get your head to do it, you’re not Rob, Simon, Tom and Matt are all focused dle so people will get a lot of the pool.”
going to be able to get your body to do what- heavily on the band. “We’re doing something “People will be like “I’ve got a bit of the
ever you’re doing. I think that kind of lyric is that’s obviously really, really different to pool! Yes!”“ Simon says excitedly.
mainly about taking chances that you would- most of our peers,” says Simon. “All the lads
n’t usually take or you might question taking. we went to school with and most of our he band released the single ‘Money
So if it’s a miracle cure and you had it, of friends aren’t doing anything like we’re TPower Fame’ in 2014. The song made
course you’re going to take it, so why don’t doing at the moment. We’re constantly on it on to the deluxe version of ‘Automatic’ as
you take other chances as well?” the road and we’re constantly promoting an track 11. When discussing money, power
album or writing songs and doing all of that and fame, Simon says, “I think they’re all a
here’s a whole range of subject mat- stuff that comes with being in a band. And double-edged sword. You can do so much
Tter on ‘Automatic’. ‘Let You Get Away’ our friends are at the stage in their life when with all of them. You can do so many amaz-
is about the worst date Rob’s ever been on. they’re getting mortgages, marriage, settling ing things with money, so many amazing
Would any of the guys in Don Broco ever go down, having kids and it’s just a very differ- things with fame, if you’ve got the influence.
on a dating TV show? ent avenue to where we are at the moment.” If you’ve got a huge megastar celebrity who
Simon answers, “I think Rob would. I is so famous that their influence can reach
think Rob will try anything once!” He laughs. rior to releasing ‘Automatic’, the every corner of the world by just something
“I would have been intrigued to have Pband cut up the ‘Priorities’ touring as simple as a tweet or a facebook message
gone on something like Blind Date when that backdrop to give to fans that ordered ‘Auto- that can be incredibly powerful or incredibly
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