Poets of The Fall släppte sitt nya album ”Temple of Thought” den 28 mars.
Bandet har en intressant bakgrundshistoria:
Sångaren Marko, gitarristen Olli och keyboardisten Captain började sitt musikaliska äventyr 2003. Marko sålde allt han ägde, flyttade hem till sina föräldrar för att tillsammans med sina vänner Olli och Captain kunna investera i deras livs kärlek, musiken. De byggde om Captains vardagsrum till en studio där de kunde spela in och producera musik och använde Ollis gamla bil till kontor. Detta resulterade i deras första guldskiva.
Sedan dess har det gått bra: Efter att ha sålt guld och platina av de senaste fyra skivorna så siktar Poets Of The Fall på att göra det ännu en gång med bandets femte album ”Temple Of Thought”. Bandets låtar har spelats flitigt på bland annat. Bandit Rock och bandet kommer snart på turné i Sverige. Det nya albumet bjuder, tillsammans med Markos starka, ljuva och melodiska stämma, många riktigt bra rocklåtar. Bandet utsågs till Best Finnish Act på MTV Europé Music Awards 2006 och Best Finnish band på NRJ Radio Awards 2006. De har nått miljontals lyssnare genom att deras låtar medverkat på dataspelen Max Payne och Alan Wake.
Kulturbloggen ställde några frågor till Marko Saaresto, sångaren i Poets of the fall.
How do you want to describe your coming album?
It’s sizzling blend of the good old Poets of the Fall sound with always something new and unpredictalble added in the mix. All brand new songs, ranging stylewise form the nigh fragile emotionality to the dangerous and gnarly grindcorish lash outs. In between these there are a wide variety of titles to effortlessly carry the music from one piece to another.
Is it different from your four other albums?
Yes and no, meaning the underlying story is different, yet Temple of Thought is the third part of a trilogy, consisting of Sigs of Life, Carnival of Rust and now Temple of Thought. So there has to be similarities to the previously released music, as well as something new to take the music on and allow us to evolve 🙂 Musically, with The Happy Song, Temple of Thought also leads on to the next trilogy we started with Revolution Roulette, followed up by Twilight Theater.
That second trilogy is still waiting for its completing third album 🙂
You are going on a tour soon: what can we accept from that?
This time around we’ve chosen some of the good old tunes we haven’t played in years, to go with the new ones, and of course most of the favorites are there as well. It’s a night of crazy rocking fun vibe and energy.
How did you choose the title for the album?
We we’re looking to complete the trilogy I mentioned earlier. We already had Signs of Life. We had Carnival of Rust. Temple of Thought kept us waiting many years, but when it came to us, there was no question about it.
How do you work during the creative process? Do you work together with the songs?
Definitely. We all work by ourselves first, then we get together to review and refine our original ideas, then we go away and work on them some more by ourselves and come back again, and finish them together.
Usually it’s a long process and many different things happen along the way. Sometimes we start with a song and in the end what comes out of it is something completely different. You wouldn’t even recognize them as the same song we started out with. Other times the process is very sudden, and the song almost seems to write itself on the spot.
Can you tell us something about the new songs?
They should be heard, really heard, so they can be felt and once you feel them, if you close your eyes, you can see them …
Is there any songs which is very special for you?
They are all our babies, so sure, all of them… for me especially, titles like Cradled in love, Skin and The Ballad Of Jeremiah Peacekeeper touch a deeper note…
What are your influences in music?
Life.
What do you do when you are not making music?
Sleep.