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record. So I’d say we’re really proud of it, on something and when we’re set on some- our band simply because it’s got that
and it was such an amazing experience,” JD thing we just do it, so I think it’s about that.” dancey, kind of almost disco drumbeat going
gushes. “We recorded it in London so we got We often think that the music business, on, and again it was a song that people
to live down here and record it, and we or the world in general, needs more rebels, would sing when they heard it live before
worked so hard on it. Most days we were and Boy Jumps Ship agree. “Yes, I think we they even heard it on record. We toured that
working sort of 9 o’clock in the morning always need them,” says JD. “Well, not song around Europe way before it was
straight until the early hours of the next day, proper rebels, no, not like rebels that sit be- recorded and by the end of the song, people
it was relentless, but I think it shows in the hind their keyboards on Twitter and spark up would be singing the choruses and I’d see
final product that we’ve worked hard on it, so an argument,” he laughs. “That’s no good people nodding their heads so it just seemed
hopefully people enjoy that.” for anyone, and you certainly don’t want the right way to go when we were deciding
people on stage drop-kicking people off on singles for the album. Those two songs
here’s a song on ‘Wake Up’ called ‘We stages but, I think there needs to be more really sum up what the album is about, I
TAre The Rebels’, and it’s only been a people who just do what they want to do. I think, even though they’re kind of polar op-
few minutes since Boy Jumps Ship did mean, if you look back at the music of the posites.”
something rebellious. “Just as we walked ages, the rebels are always the ones that
into this room we got a parking ticket,” have stood the test of time.” Jonny R pitches urn’ was premiered live on the BBC
Jonny R laughs. “That’s pretty rebellious be- in, “The last band I saw that were proper re- ‘BRadio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P.
cause I knew we were going to get a parking bellious were Trash Talk at Leeds Festival a Carter, the biggest radio show for upcoming
ticket as well. I could have done something couple of years back. They got their set cut rock music in the UK. Boy Jumps Ship have
about it but I didn’t, ‘cause I’m a rebel.” JD because they had so many people on stage a song called ‘Turn Up The Radio’ and they
laughs. from the crowd. I mean, that was mad, they say radio airplay is very important to them.
“With Si being the lyricist of the band, are just nuts. They’re a great band, but “It’s very important because it’s become like,
predominantly, I’d say that song is mostly they’re just nuts! I think that was the last you’ve only got one radio station that is na-
about trying to keep true to our nature, like proper rebellious thing I saw from a band.” tional that plays new popular music, so if
where we’re from and who we are. Our iden- they don’t play you then it’s tough,” Jonny R
tity from up north is really important to us oy Jumps Ship chose ‘Burn’ as the says. “You know that’s tough when you
and the loyalty of people from the north east Bfirst single from the album because don’t get that opportunity, so it’s very impor-
cities and towns is something that we’re re- of the crazy reaction it got live. “Before it tant, but you know, on the flip side of that, in
ally proud of, so I think that song kind of re- was chosen as a single and it was just a reaction to being sort of force-fed whatever’s
flects who we are and the heritage from track from the album, when we played it, it on the radio, you’ve got a lot of people out
where we’re from, and saying that we’re not was the song that people used to come up looking for the music that they want to listen
trying to be something that we’re not, we’re to us and say “Whatever that song is, I need to.”
just four northern lads from Newcastle who to know what it’s called and where I can find Jonny R continues, “So then all of a sud-
like playing music and getting out on the it online or on a CD or whatever”. So yeah, den you’ve got all of these opportunities and
road.” with the amount of interest it got live, it just people are making their own ways and doing
But are the band themselves rebellious? seemed like the right decision to make that their own thing to make their music heard,
“We just sort of just do what we want a lot of sort of the impact single for that album. It and there’s just a massive library of music
the time,” JD laughs. “If you spent a few also sort of sums up what we were about for online that you can call upon whenever you
days with us on tour you would understand. the album. It’s just a really energetic, driven want because you haven’t just got radio sta-
I mean, there’s no chucking TV’s out of win- song. I think ‘Lost & Found’ was chosen as tions anymore. It’s a sad state of affairs that
dows and there’s no burning cars, we’re just well because… well, before it was titled ‘Lost we haven’t got certain radio stations, even
an unstoppable force when we get moving & Found’ it was simply titled ‘Party Song’ in digital radio like when everyone used to have

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