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FEATURE: CATCH FIRE TALK DEBUT ALBUM
Catch Fire have been a part of the pop punk and alternative music scene in their home country of the UK for quite some time, and have been working hard since their formation in 2015. Three years and two EPs into their career and the band have finally released their debut full-length, album “Karma Owes Me A Lifetime Of Happiness.”
“We feel the title perfectly sums up our views on Karma,” drummer Ash Wain says about the title, “We aren’t saying that Karma doesn’t exist, but we’re saying that a lot young people are suffering that definitely don’t deserve to.”
The album, which was released in mid-November of this year, is a bit different in terms of the overall sound, showing how the band are evolving and perfecting it, and they took the time to do so. “For this album, we really didn’t hold back. We didn’t rush anything, force anything, or set ourselves any limits. We started writing before we even knew we were going to be doing a full length, so there was a sense of creative freedom which was wonderful,” Ash explains, “We’d only done EPs before this, so we had to think how we could make an album emphatic and stand out. I guess this time around it’s not only different because it’s an album, but because it’s a cohesive body of music. It’s meant to be listened to in full. This album definitely sounds bigger, and heavier. The music is more explorative, and mature, I think.” While the writing process went pretty smoothly, the recording process, on the other hand, involved some unexpected setbacks, something else that helped influence the titled of the album. “We wrote the album over the course of a year. Myself and Miles [Kent, vocalist of Catch Fire] would get together every night and hash ideas out nonstop. It definitely wasn’t easy, but we were in no rush, so we took our time, and in the end it came together better than we could have ever imagined,” Ash says about what it was like making the record, “The recording process was full of set-backs which we didn’t account for. Things started to go wrong about six days into recording; like software freezing, loss of recordings, and microphones breaking. Bad things always happen to us, hence the album title. We call it the “Catch Fire Curse”. It took about six weeks in total to create.” As mentioned previously, the band had released a series of EPs over the past few years, all of which led up to this release and taught the band an important lesson that helped them with the process of making the record. “Preparation is key,” Ash states about what the band has learned from making those EPs, “We went into the studio this time with the album almost completely ready to go; whereas with our previous EP’s things were still up in the air and a lot of things would get changed and revised, which in turn slowed down the process.” ”IF WE CAN MAKE SOMEBODY FEEL SOMETHING ABOUT OUR MUSIC, WE’VE DONE WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO.”
It’s clear that the band put a lot of emotion into their music and lyrics, and one goal of theirs with the release of KOMALOH is that the music means as much to someone else as it does to them.
“All we can ask for really is that people connect with it. If we can make somebody feel something with our music, we’ve done what we set out to do. We want to see the world too, if we can take these songs around the world, we’re happy,” Ash says. With “Karma Owes Me A Lifetime Of Happiness” out now, what’s the next step for the band? “A lot of shows,” Ash hints about what’s next, “We’re planning to get out on the road all next year and play as many places as possible! We’re already writing for our next release too, whatever that might be...” With a full-length record now under their belt, upcoming shows to support it, and even more music already in the works, Catch Fire’s future looks brighter than ever. FOLLOW CATCH FIRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA HERE:LISTEN TO THEIR MUSIC HERE:
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