Peace frontman Harry Koisser has spoken about criticisms aimed at the band for the retro sounds in their debut album 'In Love', stating that they "were being compared to all these bands I’d never heard of".
In the new issue of NME, which is on newsstands now and available digitally, Koisser is asked whether the opening track from the band's new album 'Happy People', entitled 'O You', is a reference to Peace's comparisons with older bands, including Suede, Blur and The Stone Roses.
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"I guess, probably," the frontman says. "We were being compared to all these bands I’d never heard of. But I also spend so much of my time thinking about what was better. Does it even matter? It’s actually in the past. Why do we care so much?"
He continues: "Earlier today, I looked on Insty [Instagram] and it was like being back in the '90s. 'The '90s were great' – was it that good? Was there Insty? Was there emoji? No there wasn’t. I always used to be so Peter Pan about growing up. Literally to the point where people hated me because I was so immature. I don’t feel like an adult right now."
The band also detail how after the release date for 'Happy People' was pushed back, they took a holiday to Rockfield Studios in Wales to record three new songs: 'I’m A Girl', 'Perfect Skin' and 'Someday'. "It was a win-win situation," drummer Dom Boyce says. "We either went away and had a laugh or we went away and had a laugh and made some songs. And we made a comical video as well."
Koisser adds: "Yeah, we tried to make a rocumentary, but I just couldn’t be bothered after a while." He goes on to say that he’s glad the extra songs made it onto the record because "it meant we could do the 18-track extended version. No-one does that!"
Peace release 'Happy People' on February 9. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss and Duncan Mills and features the singles 'Lost On Me', 'Money' and 'World Pleasure'. The band are currently in a middle of a UK tour that will continue in Nottingham tomorrow (February 5) and ends in Brighton on March 27.
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