YOUNG GUNS The video for 'Learn My Lesson' is really cool, can you tell us who came up with the video idea, and what you wanted it to mean to your fans? We had a rough idea ourselves as to what kind of vibe we wanted the video to have. Instead of just a standard performance video of us 5 playing, we wanted to put a lot of thought into the surroundings and environment for the video. The director ultimately took our initial ideas and added his flare to the overall idea.
So, how did you get to the album title 'Bones' and what does it mean to you? We all had the thinking that we wanted our album title to be short and bold. We came up with a few suggestions and by this point we had already come up with 'Bones' as a track title. It had an immediacy that maybe some of the other tracks didn't have in the name, and it was short and bold so went with it.
What can we expect from the lyrical content of 'Bones' ? From a lyrical standpoint, in this song particularly the content is a little less direct than the first album. Whereas the first record was more a diary, Gus wanted the songs on this album to be a little more open to interpretation, but the idea behind the record as a whole, and the title, is that we all hold inside ourselves everything we need, it's about self-empowerment.
What was it like recording an album in Thailand then? Recording in Thailand is up there as one of the best experiences of my life. When we got the news that we were going to record in Thailand, we were pretty excited to say the least, but couldn't quite believe it until we actually got to the airport. One of the main benefits with recording in Thailand was that being away from distraction and 'normal' life we were able to take advantage of the surroundings to help the creative aspect of recording. Every day we had to pinch ourselves to realise where we were, and we we're all really stoked, and vibes were good. This definitely put a huge ease to what is normally a stressful and tiring experience.