PipemanRadio Interviews Anchor Lane

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1:00 And I'm here with our next guest, who has some killer new music and I met them at Download Festival last year. We're gonna try to catch up this year, but we're on a phoner instead, and so I'd like to welcome to the show Connor from Anchor Lane. How are you. I'm good, thing yourself? Oh I'm doing great. You know, I'm back from the UK. It was definitely a hot one at Download this year. I'mlike last year, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you enjoy it? Oh yeah? How could you not? And with the lineup that they had this year, how could you not? Except except you guys that that was that's what made it not perfect? Well, as you say, you know what, they can't. They can't be perfect, can it.

1:47 That's right? That's right. So man, you have a new album and let's talk about that. Call this a reality. And you know what, I look at that and I think to Matt, that to myself every single day nowadays, in this wacky world we live in. Yeah, yeah, well that that was the idea behind it. It was it was that song. It's track three on the album, and that song is literally just around how bizarre life is now and how how modern day life affects, you know, especially you know, because we can only speak from our own position, but you know, people of our generation and our age, but it is to everyone, like everyone is so you know, everyone has moments of feeling so isolated and so unheard and so disenfranchised. And it was that kind of idea of like is this real life? Is this what has become of us?

2:53 Yeah? And you know, when I was a kid, I remember watching all this sci fives of people being like, you know, very more like machines than people, and now we're kind of living it. It's it's like it's a trip. And there's certain things I remember from sci fi movies when I was a kid or sci fi shows that are like real life today. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, even if you think about the fact that you know, you walking around with your phone. Yeah, you're kind of a cyborg, you know, it's just not attached to you. But it pretty much is because whoever walks around without the phone in the pocket right right? And you know, when I'm at the studio, I look around in the parking lot and I see the zombie apocalypse, and that is people walking around aimlessly looking at their phones, are not even paying attention. I've seen people walk into walls and walk into cars and it's like they're just like so tuned out of their surrounding. Oh man, I've seen a guy using his phone while he was in the urinal. He's like standing, you know, one hands holding his business and the other hands holding his phone, and I'm like, can you not take thirty seconds to pee? Ill? Right, I've seen that too. I think I said that download this year.

4:18 It's like exactly like, oh my god. And in speaking of which, you know it shows at festival's concerts, Like it just amazes me how many people, I say that watch the whole show through their phone. Yeah, yeah, I know. It's I mean, it's a funny one because I quite like it from the fact if we're playing and people maybe they do a bit of a you know, they do maybe a short video and it goes onto their Instagram story and they tag us and then we can repost that. And it's quite good for that fact, because then we can be like, oh, look how much of a good time people had with us, and you know at the Earl of White Festival or you know whatever whatever we were playing. But at the same time, I really don't like the watching it through your screen. So if I have a record anything, if like you know, I'm going to see like a band that I like or whatever I like, film it and then I make sure that I'm like still watching it.

5:15 Yeah, yeah, And you know what, like you you touched on the part that's important a short video, not like the whole show. You know, it's like be present even Okay, So, like what I noticed too is even in the pit and I think about it from back in the day, like when you didn't have phones and you didn't worry about that. It amazes me how many people are in the pit with their phones. It's like, you know, I will fill film some of it as media, but then when it's time, when it's for a few seconds, and then I'm putting my phone in my pocket, or handing it off to my friend and enjoying myself and not destroying my phone at the same time, because you know, like, why would you bring your phone into the pit? Well, it's really there's only one thing that's going to happen to your phone if you do it enough time usually isn't there no doubt. Oh I have a funny story about that. It wasn't this time. But at a Bring Me the Horizon set at a festival here in the States, I throne came on and I jumped into the pit. But I started to film part of it because I was doing it for like press reasons, and boom, I got sideswiped. It was like watching a movie in slow motion. My phone was like flipping through the air and in my eyes it was going in slow motion.

6:45 And then it fell to the ground right in the middle of the pit, and then it was getting stomped on, and I dove down and grabbed it. And it's so funny though, because it was still filming, so I have liked the video. And you could hear it getting stomped on. You just see black when it hits the ground, you see black, but then you hear it gave stomped on. That's a good video. That's a good video though, seeing that that's a good one right there. You know. But luckily my phone survived at I don't know how it did. Luckily I survived it from diving down to save it from more stomping. I was gonna say, your problem won't rest than anything else. Oh yeah, absolutely.

7:31 I did have a scenario this year at Download where I was in the slip knot pit and I scooted out to the wall so I could just film the pit a little bit, so I wasn't even in the pit anymore, and somebody hit me and the phone like smacked me in the face and bounced off and it was about to fly into the pit, and like I grabbed it and caught it midair before it. But see, that's all fun stuff, you know, that's not sitting there at the whole show. And just like even I see the crowdsurfers like sitting there and all they're doing is filming themselves crowdsurfing the whole way, Like film yourself for like ten seconds and then enjoy the rest of the ride. Yeah, totally, totally. So yeah, there's a lot we could talk about in reference to your album name nowadays, like I think I shake my head more now or use that acronym in text messages than probably any time in my lifetime. Yes, it's a bizarre time, and that that was really what That's what the album really is about.

8:45 It's just it's about we wanted to kind of capture how we are perceiving this period the time. We wants to almost like capture a moment. And that's I mean, that's what every every band when they bring in an album, you know, and it's and it's something that's personal they are trying to capture in a moment and it is just how things are for us now. Absolutely, So tell us a little bit about the new music on the album. For those are or fans years, what can they expect from it? And from those that have never heard you before, how would you describe it to get them to want to check it out? Well, for those who have listened to us before, and I've maybe not took the time to listen to the album yet, it's definitely a development upon what our first album, Casino was quite basic sort of you know, four guys in the room playing together, and then call Us of Reality is a development upon that where we took a more modern approach to it. We got a modern style producer called Bruce Rinto, who's also from Glasgow. In terms of the sound, it's got a real like the thing that I keep telling people is like punk, rock, metal, you know, it's got what a real melting pop feel of these different genres that we all are big fans of and we've thrown them together and it's like it's pop songs that are performed by a rock band.

10:09 That's kind of the way that I like to explain it. Because all of the songs that we've written our catchy there are songs that, you know, we wanted to make that would be singable, that would be something that people could listen to and after a couple of listens they would know, you know, know the chorus or get the gist of the song. And we wanted something most importantly that would be relatable to people. That people could read the lyrics and say, I've felt like that at that, you know, or I'm feeling like that right now. I'm so glad that someone else feels like that, because that's the most important songs and albums in my life are that. That's what they've done for me, and so we wanted to do that.

10:50 Oh yeah, I think that's so important to me. A great song is something that means something to the songwriter, but then it means something to the person listening, and to every person listening it could you know, means something different or reference something different. Doesn't have to mean the same as it does to the artists, but as long as I can relate, because that is the best therapy ever in my opinion, And that's what we found from when we've released the albums that when people talk to us about it, they do relate to and they do they find solace in it, and they feel that they're being heard, which I think is something that's really important for people nowadays, because people feel like they aren't being heard, they aren't being represented, and that they're being taken advantage of, whether that be by their work, their peers, the government, which is a big one across the world right now. Yeah, and so it's good to try and give people a sense of liberation from that. You know, it's funny you should imagine government, because I've heard so many people recently saying that, you know, you see it on social media when artists, you know, express their opinions or their political opinions, or they talk about the important issues out there or talk about the government that oh, they should just stick to playing music, they should start doing that. And I'm thinking myself, where do these people come

12:20 from? Because especially punk rock music, hippie music, you know, back in the sixties, it was always about that, you know, that was part of what created the content, and that could help people in that way to express themselves. Like listen, if you're an artist and you do have that pulpit, why shouldn't you be able to spread some awareness and positivity about it or against things are negative in your music. I don't understand people that think you shouldn't have that. I think the only people that think that way are the ones who don't want to rock the boat one way or another and upset people with their opinions, and so they'll just say, well, I feel like I shouldn't have an opinion on it, so you shouldn't either.

13:11 But the thing is that art, in whatever form you want, whether it's music, whether it's painting, whether it's screenplays, acting, whatever it is, are always draws from reality and it always mirrors reality and shows the truth of things that are happening. It's why I remember seeing someone talk about in Russia when they moved from being a communist country. It was a very obviously, Ussia's quite a controversial one. But apparently I'm not being in Russia, but apparently the arts are very well protected over there because they represent truth. Yes, there you go, and that truth is important in art, and I think every artist should be able to express themselves any way they want.

13:56 That's what artists art is. So let's tell everybody how they can reach out to you and express their things to you, and about your new music and check out your music, merge, toured, aid, all that good stuff. How they connecting on socials, the web and all that. Yep. So we're Anchor Lane. We are on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, We're everywhere. If you want to sign up to our mailing list, you can find it at anchor Lane music dot com. It's all good stuff. We're planning on playing some more festivals throughout the summer period and then we're hoping to be getting on some good support tours and seeing all of your beautiful faces. Love it, love your music. Everybody's going to check it out. Thanks for giving us some therapy, and thanks for being on the Adventures of pipe Man Dan. Thank you very much, it's been a pleasure. As always, thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man on W four CUI RADIOH