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Former Kaiser Chiefs drummer and songwriter Nick Hodgson is back with his debut solo album ‘Tell Your Friends’. Check out new single ‘Suitable’ below, along with our interview with Hodgson.
Hodgson, who co-wrote all of the band’s songs during his 15 years as a member, left Kaiser Chiefs in 2012 – claiming that he wanted to spend more time in the studio as a producer and songwriter. In those interim years, he’s worked with the likes of Ratboy, Mark Ronson, Hurts, John Newman and many more.
Now, he’s back as a solo artist – unveiling lead track ‘Suitable’ ahead of his debut album ‘Tell Your Friends’, which is due for release on January 26.
“I wrote the song just on the acoustic guitar,” Hodgson told NME of ‘Suitable’. “I had the melody and the lyrics for the chorus, then I took into my studio where I’ve got a 70’s drum kit, a 70’s bass and 70’s guitars. It’s nice to just be able to let them all breathe and just do their thing. I personify my instruments, and you really feel their life.”
Asked about how representative the song is of the rest of the album, Hodgson replied: “There’s definitely a feel throughout. It’s dreamy. It’s like there’s a filter over everything, do you know what I mean? There’s a kind of Instagram filter of that kind of 70’s glow. It is sepia. But they’re not all the same. I think that’s one of the slowest on the record. So there is definitely some more up-beat things as well.”
Former Kaiser Chief turned solo star Nick Hodgson
Obviously in the Kaisers’ early days, you guys were very vocal about what your ambitions were . How do you feel in terms of ambitions for this record?
Nick: “I think it changes, because it started off with me thinking ‘I’ll do some little songs’. On the Kaiser Chiefs’ records, if I had a song on them it would be a smaller song near the end. There was…
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