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RELIGHT
RELIGHT

t’s got to feel good to release your debut album and sell over 4 million copies of it. That was
ICandlebox and the year was 1993. Selling millions is almost unheard of in this day and age.
Only the likes of Adele, Justin Bieber and Beyonce sell such large amounts these days. But Can-
dlebox are still here, and they’re sounding even better than ever. In fact, we’d even go as far as
to say that their 2016 release, ‘Disappearing In Airports’, could rival the aforementioned artists.
And if we had the choice we’d rather sit and listen to Candlebox any day of the week. Today
though, we get to sit and TALK to Candlebox instead…

andlebox mainman Kevin Martin record, I think we realized if we sell 20,000 of music’ on the album liner notes. “He’s
Ctells us that his ambition and hope copies/30,000 copies that’s a great thing, married actually to a friend of mine in Seat-
for the band is very different now to what it and if we don’t, we don’t.” tle,” says Kevin of Matt, “but I hadn’t seen
was in the early days. “Now I just hope peo- Anyone that has bought ‘Disappearing him in 25 years and I was out having drinks
ple show up!” he jokes. “No, I know I’m not In Airports’ will attest to the fact that it is a with Robin Diaz one night and he knows
going to sell a million records ever again, quality release. And it did indeed bring the Matt and that’s how I met Matt. It was just
and I know that I’m not going to be headlin- band back over to the UK for the first time like everything was supposed to happen
ing Glastonbury or anything like that any- in 20 years. Kevin himself says it’s his right then. I was really burnt out. I had been
time soon. I’m realistic about where this favourite record out of the six that Candle- kind of let down by the last label we’d made
band is and where we will be five/ten years box have released since their inception in a record with. I was just like, “Maybe it’s
from now. I’m not really shocked by any- the early 90s. “I wish that it had been the time to pack things up and not continue
thing and I don’t have unrealistic expecta- second album that we’d made,” he says. “I this path that I think is my life.”
tions. I’m really happy with where we’re at. definitely think it would have been a lot Kevin and Matt got together and started
I’m happy we’re playing a sold out show in more poignant for our career back then working on some music; they began a proj-
London for 300-something people. That’s than it is now. Things are different, you only ect called Dormarion.
something I haven’t done in 20 years. It was sell 20,000 - 30,000 records now.” “And I think that’s what I needed,” con-
nice to have it happen last night. And I’m to- tinues Kevin, “something different to re-
tally cool with that. I’m not an overly ambi- he album came to be after Kevin mind me why I loved making music on so
tious person when it comes to being in a Twas inspired by Matt Hutchinson, many levels. He’s just a really inspirational
rock ‘n’ roll band. When we made this who Kevin thanks for ‘re-sparking my love and talented artist. And when I needed a

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