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Another Piece
n February 5th, Don Broco
Oreleased their third full-
length album. Entitled 'Technol-
ogy', it naturally saw frontman Rob
Damiani mulling over the power of
social media and the internet.
That's not all it focused on though;
Rob wrote about what's been going
on in the world, what's been going
on in the band's own lives and
much more. Black Velvet caught
up with the band on their ensuing
sold out UK tour to discuss some
of what's been going on and just
how worthwhile it’s all been.
DON BROCO
Of T he Puzzle
ith the majority of the world cial media channel you use or put up a
Wbeing on at least one social few statuses, thoughts and feelings,
network site, our own lives see us view- but it’s only little glimpses into your life,
ing both friends' and strangers' lives and people and relationships and lives
and habits on a daily basis. The mem- in general are just so complex and com-
bers of Don Broco (Rob is joined by plicated, that you could never ever put
drummer Matt Donnelly, bassist Tom that across, I don’t think, with a social
Doyle and guitarist Si Delaney) can eas- media account. I do think it’s inevitable
ily be found tweeting on Twitter, upload- that what you see when you look at
ing photos to Instagram and scrolling someone online and what you get are
two very different things. But that’s not
through and posting on Facebook.
While Rob sings about his experience always in a bad way, obviously. It’s just
witnessing friends’ posts, Black Velvet far too complicated a message for that
medium.”
asks Rob and drummer Matt Donnelly
whether they think, as individuals, they He adds that “our lives have be-
come across differently online to the come so symbiotic with technology. We
real them. rely on it, almost the world would end
"I think that’s an inevitability of so- with it, and it’s very interesting to exam-
cial media, because it’s only ever a ine the benefits and the negative im-
snapshot, isn’t it, of someone’s life?" pacts of technology. Because there are
says Matt. "It’s not the full, gory details undoubtedly benefits to technological
or the full, honest truth. You’re always advancement, but it’s just such an in-
posting a few photos on whatever so- teresting topic to get your teeth into.”