Thom Morgan meets exlovers
“To be honest I hate everyone in the band and yet I still talk to them”
Having done their part in terms of live shows and EPs exlovers have released their debut single and are looking to drop a bit more though 2009. Their tour with Pete and The Pirates wet the beds of indie fans throughout the UK and 2009 sees the band on their first headlining tour. I spoke to one fifth of the indie-poppers, covering tours to albums..
Describe your sound quickly to those who’ve never heard of you..
Somewhere between shoe-gaze and drunken haze.
Tell us more about your new single..
It’s our first single! Just a Silhouette is one of out more poppy songs I think. Clouds is a bit different, there are songs that seem to work when when I record them badly and that was one of them.
You recently went on your with Pete and The Pirates, how was it?
Pete and the pirates are a great band and lovely people. I think their music is quite different to ours but I really like it and that’s quite a rare thing for me, unfortunately the music I listen to is quite limited. I hope we can tour with them again because it was really good hanging out with them.
What is your biggest inspiration?
I guess The Beatles are, though I listen to them a ridiculous amount of Built to Spill and My Bloody Valentine. I don’t really know, it’s hard to say.
What would you consider your biggest achievement as a band to date?
Still being a band after spending about three months on tour together. To be honest I hate everyone in the band and yet I still talk to them, I guess that’s an achievement. That’s my favourite joke.
What are your plans for 2009?
Well maybe I need to stop living like this. I could move into a house and grow some interesting plants, learn some sort of martial are, stop biting my nails and feeling so fucking bad. I think we’ll write and album.
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21st February 2009
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22nd February 2009
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22nd February 2009
[...] recently spoke to exlovers about their new single amongst other things. This month sees them tour the UK with Emmy The Great and who else but TGTF have been given [...]
18th August 2009
[...] big fans, and alas, have wrote quite a bit about exlovers here at TGTF. We had a chat with the band back in January, and even brought you the quintet’s on-the-road escapades via their tour [...]
1st March 2010
[...] Some links:- Exlovers on Myspace, on Facebook, and on Twitter.- Read the lovely Emmy The Great interviewing the band, for Drowned in Sound.- An Exlovers interview at Music Mule- Another recent interview, courtesy of Comfort Comes.- Exlovers interviewed for Female First- And Thom Morgan interviews the band for There Goes The Fear. [...]