Coming to the North East at the end of September, Liverpool’s Red Rum Club return to the live scene with a past album to tour, a new album to promote, and a tour itinerary putting most other bands to shame. Damian Robinson caught up with frontman Fran Doran to find out more.
I love the new single, ‘Nightcalling’; it’s a great track…
Thanks. We’re really proud of it and it’s getting some good reaction which is also really pleasing.
Is it a good indication of the sound of the new album?
Sort of but with the new album we wanted to create some real diversity in the sound so there’s singles like ‘Nightcalling’ which are really full-on and then there’s some different angles for some of the album as well, some which are a little more laid back and singer songwritey.
So the gigs in Stockton and Newcastle will they be part of a pre-album launch tour?
In a way they are. It’s a funny tour because we had an album out that we never got to tour properly, and now we have a new album coming out in October, so this is going to be a real mix of two albums. We’ll play some of the new singles on this tour and a lot from our previous recordings, then we’ll finish this tour and then come back out in December time to properly tour what will be the new album.
Wow, tour, then new album release, then tour – that sounds busy…
Yeah but we’re looking forward to getting out and playing. And the fact that we didn’t get to play the last album on tour means we’re really excited to play not only the new stuff, but also stuff from that album.
You’re doing two North East venues in quick succession, Stockton, as part of The Gathering Sounds, then Newcastle. Do you find any differences with North East crowds compared to other regions?
Yeah, we love the North East. It tends to be the further north you go, the rowdier the crowds. And I think that on a previous time in Newcastle we had a mad stage invasion and we’ve also played Stockton Calling before and that was mad so, yeah, it’s great to play up north. We find that the North East scene is really close to the Liverpool scene and when we chat to people after the gig it’s often the same topics, like music and things, so it’s all good and there’s a real understanding.
The new album by Red Rum Club will be released in October.
They play Stockton’s Gathering Sounds Festival on Saturday 25th September and the Newcastle Riverside on Tuesday 28th September.
