Interview with Dave McPherson
What made you want to use the the pledge campaign again, well with InMe this time of course? Because it's a fantastic idea! They're an amazing bunch of passionate people to work with & my solo campaign was so successful & ridiculously fun & absorbing. It's the best way to purchase an album for the listener, the band, the charity & the wonderful PledgeMusic themselves. I've spent the last 6 months devising a list that I believe gives great value for money whilst bringing us closer to our audience which is something incredibly important to us.
How did you get to the album title 'The Pride' and what does this mean to you? I was toying with the idea of a pride of underwater lions for whatever strange reason & then I discovered a title with a double meaning. On the one hand, it sounds cheesy but we feel kind of like a pride of lions in that we stick together & remain defiant via our passion & ambition for music. On the other hand we have a lot of pride in what we do musically & as people. We also thought it'd be a cool way of getting people involved in that they become part of 'The Pride' in every way they help & support us!
Can you tell us about some of the lyrical content on this record, and if there is a theme or certain direction that you are heading in as a band maybe? Lyrically I wanted to try something completely different. I'd describe it as very poetic with lots of imagery & the majority of the album is very positive. I'm in a good place in my life right now & I wanted to spread that feeling a bit! The music is in places a lot more optimistic than what we've done in the past. 'Herald Moth' was really heavy for us & quite dark & technical whereas this album focuses solely on melody & hooks. It sounds arrogant of me to say but it's very epic & still progressive. It's easily our proudest effort & jam packed with raw emotion.
Can you tell us a little bit about the recording process for this record? It was done in a whole new fashion for us as we recorded it in separate sessions over around 5 months. We used Mike Curtis from Fei Comodo at CDS Studios & I can honestly say it's the best production we've achieved for our band. We work together really well & we're also great friends so it was a right laugh.