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well. Anyways, that was an unexpected hurdle, going.” plains this claim,
when we had to just cut a day of recording to go Alex C adds, “It was like, ‘Oh my days. Do telling us, “It was
and work out where we were going to live for the we give up now?’” This sentiment is shared by actually referring
next two weeks.” Alex A, who says, “It felt like someone didn’t to summer,
Having gone through so many rough want us to be happy or to be successful.” when the light
patches, we imag- is longer and
ine the band must you can go out
by now and not so “I think it’s very impor- and have fun with
be well-weathered
your friends. Be-
easily spooked. cause that song’s
However, the tant to just follow what- about our home, and
members reveal in the summer, we end
that they all have up going out and he [Alex
one shared weak- ever, in your heart, you Costello] goes and tries to find crabs.”
ness; spiders. Alex Alex C sighs, “He makes me sound like an
Costello tells us he absolute weirdo.”
was attempting to want to do,” - Alex Adam Alex A is quick to deny this with a laugh, ex-
have a nap earlier claiming, “Not everyday! You know what I mean;
in the van, before we end up going down to the beach and having
eyeing a spider bonfires and hanging out and doing stuff, and I
that disturbed him from his slumber. “I had to This year, the band have had more luck on think that longer nights tell better stories.”
text the group saying, ‘Who’s not scared of spi- their side, with both members agreeing that the Some of the longest nights that the band
ders? Who can get rid of this away from me?’” only low is that they’ve been at home too much. have experienced have not actually been in their
but unfortunately for Alex C, nobody responded. The reason for this being that the band are “Writ- hometown, but instead in America. “When we
Alex A justifies, “No-one replied because we’re ing and gearing up for album were with As It Is, we drove from Orangevale, all
all scared of spiders, so no-one wanted the bur- three. And as much as I the way to Los Angeles. We just drove all the
den of replying and then having to help!” love that, I don’t like way through the night,” remembers Alex
being at home. Costello. This wasn’t the only long night for the
he band reflects more on their highs and Being away is my band in America though, with one of their drives
Tlows, citing Slam Dunk Festival as al- favourite thing, being 15 hours! “Basically, the U.S. is killer for
ways being a high, and just generally being able and being at drives,” Alex Adam comments.
to do stuff because of the band. Alex A begins home makes me Themes of regret also surface on the album,
telling us of the highs and lows, starting high feel like, ‘This is especially in the song ‘Flatline’. This is some-
with “Being able to see the world. We personally what it would be like thing the band tries to avoid now, by taking every
don’t have to pay to go to these places that I if I had to get a real opportunity that they can. “That song is about
would save up my whole life to go on holiday to. job’ kind of thing. And I not wanting to regret stuff; it’s not necessarily
So, as a whole, that’s a huge high. But the don’t like that. So that’s a about regretting anything. It’s about not wanting
lows… I don’t know. The lows we were referring low for me. I think for you to wake up when you get to 70/80, and be like,
to [in ‘Alive’] was when we [Alex Costello] as well. Some of ‘Shit, I didn’t do those things I wanted to do be-
got robbed three times in the other guys don’t mind it, they have home cause I was too scared to go out on a limb and
a month, and person- comfort”, reveals Alex A. Alex C mentions that risk something’, you know? For us, that’s follow-
ally, there were a drummer Miles Gill and guitarist Sam Veness ing this dream and making something of it rather
couple of relation- love it. Alex A confirms, “They love it, but we’re than being like, ‘Okay, cool, we’ve had our fun,
ships that were like, ‘Nah, let’s get out and do weird stuff. Meet let’s go and work normal jobs now’. I think it’s
ending quite weird people’.” very important to just follow whatever, in your
messily. It was heart, you want to do. You’ve got to follow it and
just a month of n the final track of ‘Great Heights & Nose- do it,” explains Alex A.
absolute shit. I Idives’, ‘Home’, the band sing about longer ROAM are definitely following their hearts –
think that’s kind of nights telling better stories. When questioned and we think YOU should go and follow ROAM
what we were refer- with whether they thought this is reflected in re- (along with your heart). Catch them on tour in a
ring to there. It felt like, ality, there’s a resounding agreement. Alex city near you. Visit www.roam.uk.com for more
‘Okay, what else can go Costello cements his response by lifting the info.
wrong now? Oh, cool… That. quote ‘Things we do now echo in eternity’ from
Okay. But what else?’ And then it just kept the movie ‘Gladiator’. Alex Adam further ex- Words By Athena Kam

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