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to be [perfect hand symbol/emoji]. It’s all worth The band released three videos; ‘Sing’, tention when we wrote the song or video, but a
it.’ ‘Trigger’ and ‘Fever’, which were all part of the lot of people feel lonely and I think that’s why this
Tom explains, “Pre-production was when we same trilogy, having a storyline running through album is very easy to relate to.”
went in, set up equipment and sat with each them. They were produced by A.J. Gomez of
other and our producer and he would say, “I GroovyChaos, an award-winning production ow the guys are excited for the future of
don’t like that bit, I like that bit. I don’t like that company located in Monterrey, Mexico. NDeaf Havana. Tom says the band met
bit, change this bit,” and we’d kind of work on Tom tells Black Velvet, “It’s got an underly- up a month before the UK tour to discuss the
the songs. I imagine this is the day I was talking ing loneliness. This girl has no interaction with headline tour, European tour and festivals.
about, I had a bit of an argument with Adam, our anyone. She’s skateboarding around the city on Things are looking good.
producer. He was telling me to play one thing. her own. There’s an underlying theme in every “It’s just really exciting to have everything on
It’s not that I couldn’t play it, I couldn’t under- song. In ‘Sing’ it’s about the band itself and how track. We’ve got this album that everyone’s in-
stand what he was telling me to play. He was lonely it was for James. In ‘Trigger’ it’s about a credibly proud of. It’s great.”
saying, “Play this,” and I was saying, “What are relationship and how lonely that was, and in It’s a dream for Tom to be back with his
you saying? Tell me what you want me to do,” ‘Fever’ it’s about his kind of problem with alcohol mates, back on tour, performing on stage again.
and it ended up getting a little bit heated. Then and how lonely that was. The story of this girl, He says that performing live is what a dream
he played me the demo over the speakers and it’s a bit arty but the underlying theme is loneli- night is to him. “I enjoy playing a gig to people
I couldn’t pick out what the drums were doing. ness, and you get that. If you watch them in that are interested in our music and seeing their
But then the next day I was like, “Sorry about order… they weren’t filmed in order… ‘Trigger’ faces and then coming offstage and having a
that,” and he was like, “Yeah, it’s fine. We’re all is supposed to be the first one in the scene, and celebratory drink and just having a good time
working to get the best album possible, so…”“ then ‘Fever’. So at the end it’s the first time we with each other. That’s what it’s about at the end
see her in person. It’s a bit strange. It’s open- of the day. If we didn’t enjoy it, we wouldn’t be
ow, Tom says they’re all completely dif- ended. We loved the ‘Sing’ video where she was doing it. It is the best job in the world. When it’s
Nferent people. They’ve changed a lot skating around on her own, ‘cause we weren’t great, it’s so good… That would be what I’d do
over the past year or so. there for that. The ideas came from that. We every night if I could.”
“It’s weird,” Tom says. “I know every band were like “This guy’s amazing,” he’s got these And we’d go to a Deaf Havana show every
probably says this, but we’ve gone from being results. What we wanted was a girl skating night too, if we could. These guys are positively
children to playing a few songs, really being in around on her own spraying the word ‘sing’ in perfect.
a band just to travel and get free alcohol, to a different languages, and we kind of just made Visit www.deafhavanaofficial.com for more
band who really wants to concentrate on making the story from there but kept it so she was very info.
this a career and really cares now. We’ve had isolated, quite alone.”
time to grow up a little bit. It’s really made an Does Tom think that’s symbolic of what’s Words By Shari Black Velvet
album we’re proud of. Instead of focusing on all happening in the world at the moment? Are a lot
the negative points now it’s kind of focused on of people isolated and lonely?
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turning those negatives into positives.” “Definitely,” he replies. “That wasn’t the in-

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