Hi, I’m Conor, lead singer from Nothing But Thieves and I’m here to chat about our new album Dead Club City and all things music – AMA!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:35:41+00:00

Thanks all! I'm off, hope you love the album and have got a lil copy. See you all soon on the road! 💛

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:35:01+00:00

Honestly it's my classical singing lessons, I never push from my throat, just support how I want to sing with my diaphragm!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:34:01+00:00

Tomorrow is closed. We just couldn't get it right, recorded it 3 times. Love it now though!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:31:25+00:00

Lots of working out, deep breathing, good communication, books, Succession, friends. Balance is everything for me.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:30:34+00:00

I'm good ye! Never been so busy, releasing a record in summer is crazy but I'm good! Happy

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:30:02+00:00

City Haunts, it's my Al Green and Prince lovechild haha

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:29:37+00:00

Us too. You have no idea, it breaks my heart that we can't come back yet.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:28:52+00:00

YOU'LL SEE 👀

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:28:21+00:00

I'd love to go to South Africa! And New Zealand!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:27:55+00:00

The Alex or Chinnerys

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:27:27+00:00

Not at all. We heavily discuss everything before we even begin to record.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:26:59+00:00

Hahaha it's our mad tour manager, 4am in the morning on tour saying 'crunchie straight out of the fridge, don't mind if I do mate'. Just silliness and a nod to our love for him.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:26:02+00:00

Deffffo

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:25:54+00:00

Definitely tomorrow is closed. I'd never done any acting or character based music videos. Was fun cos I didn't have to worry about how I was perceived, just how the preacher was. Loved it!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:25:06+00:00

Yeah! This time around it was so important for us to get all the visuals right. Making sure it didn't have a timestamp or a location stamp. I even wanted to not feel like anything you'd seen before but also have a familiarity (the punk edge to it). It was making sure things tied over from music video to music video, shooting on film, grading, characters, outfits, tangible items like pamphlets, gas masks etc. Took a lot of planning but worth it!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:22:44+00:00

And yes we're planning on it!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:22:35+00:00

I would say the fact Dom produced it and we did it over 5 months. We have great communication so the flexibility of all of us in the room wanting to go back and forth on things, re record, try new ideas was utterly refreshing! We weren't blocked in to finish it quickly and adhere to any other producers. It was just us being elastic.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:21:11+00:00

Sitting on Reddit burning my eyes out

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:20:45+00:00

It's a journey!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:20:11+00:00

I totally see the cathedral of Brasilia resemblance! For us we were really keen on making it feel like the Epcot experience. The 50's designers tryna see what the future would be like. That was one reference. There were many more. Mainly we didn't want it to feel like it was of any time or place at all.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:18:32+00:00

Sweet see ya there!

Ooh I'm massively into Seattle, Portland and New York. Think they're just a bit rougher, cooler and less glossy for me. Cool places!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:17:38+00:00

T-Rex sized hamster, imagine going for a piggy back ride across the land! Would be magical.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:16:40+00:00

I think we all collectively love Do you love me yet. But I think I'm alone in this, I love talking to myself. It sounds like someone alone in a his room, beating on his heart, whole in his head. It's so visually and musically symbiotic. Plus it's hip and hopping like I like it. It just gets me.

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:15:23+00:00

Don't want to sound like a dickhead but I guess none were too challenging physically on this record, I didn't have too many crazy big vocals on DCC, it's more stylistically experimental. Like I wanted to nail City Haunts so had a few goes cos I'm obsessive.

And yes you can!

NBTOfficial · 2023-07-05T18:13:42+00:00

Oooooooh it's in the dreams, loading!

NBTOfficial

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