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a house party kind of thing. Having a good Speaking of ‘Pervert Alert’, this is one
time and not giving a damn about your of Black Velvet’s favourite tracks on the
neighbours.” album. We ask if they have had perverts
“We’d toured with Ricky’s band and he at their shows?
actually approached us to do some writing, “Yeah. It’s not really as bad as you
‘cause he loved the band and he loved the think,” replies Hannah. “Now and
songs but he felt that the choruses again you’ll get the odd guy who’ll
especially needed a little just back you into a corner because
something else, an- they have no concept of personal
other little lift, and space and they’re quite shameless
he thought he could with their chat-up lines. But it’s
help with that. So Gill not just focused towards guys.
and him wrote to each It’s just anyone that’s in that sit-
other via email and he uation where you’re getting
sent Gill a set of lyrics sleazed upon. It’s more gen-
and she put the tune to eral. It was just a nice change
‘The Neighbours…’ and it of tempo as well. A bit more
seemed to work really well. of a groovy tempo, it’s quite
A really good catchy cho- danceable. It’s been get-
rus. So we sent him the fin- ting quite a good recep-
ished song and he was really tion. At the Pledge
happy with it.” shows we played the
album in full and that one
he band recorded ‘White seemed to get a really good re-
THot Heat’ at Nick Brine’s ception. But yeah, you do get the odd
Leeders Vale Studios in Ebbw sleazy guy but generally it’s not as bad as
Vale, South Wales. Nick engi- you think! We’re getting better at dealing
neered the album while Luke Mor- with it as well! Getting out of a conversation
ley (Thunder) produced it. as quick as you can!”
Hannah tells us, “We had The band also have a song called ‘Man
toured with Thunder and Luke Meat’. Hannah says, “Gill’s usually
had seen the band actually quite insular about her songs,
years ago. He’d seen us she keeps it a lot to her-
progress over the years and self, as like I say, it’s her
he just really wanted to get that does the majority of
involved. He was quite the writing. But we did an in-
hands-on. When we did terview yesterday and she
our last album it was said she heard some woman
just a case of go in, call a man a beefcake and she
record and get out of sort of connected that to ‘Man
there. We did it in five Meat’. Yeah, don’t ask! I honestly
days. But this time, don’t know what goes on in her
we were down head. It’s kind of like when you’re
there for three attracted to a guy. I think women
weeks. We had a can be as pervy as men!”
week of pre-pro- The band have an old song called
duction, to play him ‘She Devil’, so we take the opportunity
the songs and he’d stop and to ask who is the most devilish member
say, “No. Why don’t you play this?” of the band. Hannah replies, “I think
He had a lot of input. We really did learn a we’re all quite bad for that when we’ve
lot. We’ve progressed a lot as musicians as got a drink in us! Generally, we’re all
well. Just kind of slower tempos, a bit more quite calm people, we’re quite laid
variety in the songs, maybe a bit more back but once you get a drink in us,
melody, but still keeping our old sound. But anything can happen really. We were
these guys have done it and it was on tour with Ash at the end of last
just really great to have their year. We thought they’d be quite
input. It’s just a differ- calm but they were actually the
ent way of working most hardcore band we’ve
but we learned a lot. I toured with. Every night they’d
think we had to do it, be coming into our dressing
definitely. The album, room with some whiskey.
we’re just really happy There were a couple of really
with it.” bad hangovers. There was a
The band set up a bit of mischief caused on
PledgeMusic campaign for that tour but I’d say we’re
the album and had pledgers all equally as bad. Or
sing backing vocals on the probably me, to be hon-
album as well as playing guitar est… I’m probably the
and bass. Hannah says, “I think biggest lightweight.”
they did backing vocals on ‘Per-
vert Alert’ and I think it was ‘Man rior to the album
Meat’ as well. There was one other Prelease, the band
that they did hand claps on. And we played two shows, one in London and
had pledgers who played guitar and one in Glasgow, for fans that had pledged on
bass. They just seemed so happy to PledgeMusic. As mentioned, the band played
be there. It was a really fun day to have the album in full. Hannah says they were
them all in. It feels more of a joint effort, nervous before the show. “‘Cause we fin-
with the pledgers. We’re just so happy ished The Treatment tour and then we had a
that they’ve helped us out and it’s been a week to go and we hadn’t really touched the
really fun experience.” songs since we were in the studio. We just
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