Thanks for the info Rolo. I was really happy for you to read about your day. Too bad you didn't ask about their idea of obscure Oasis songs!

good morning Rolo.

did PG hook you up with free gifts or anything? what is the new clothing line like?

God bless.

Andy is kind of a loner, so I always assumed World outside my room was his ;D

take one look at andy. he weighs as much as a 16 year old, and he looks like he leaves his house twice a year.. once for beady eye duties and another for DJing.

Indeed, he is a very nice guy..maybe looner wasn't the word, but he is by far the most calm guy of the whole band...thats why I always assumed it was his tune, cos I can't picture Gem or Liam not believing in the world outside their rooms ;D

yeah it's quite worrying that they felt they HAD to go into another direction rather than just finding a new direction or let that direction find them. Most of the time bands heading that way are heading right to break up due to a poor decision taken only because critics didn't like the previous record.

I felt they sounded the best on World outside my Window. Now that was an expected song : no fuss, no overproduction, just instruments and letting the magic do the rest.

Why is it worrying? How do you think a lot of bands find new direction, a new producer comes in with fresh ideas that influence a band in new direction. I think Gem, Andy and Jeff's tastes are quite eclectic anyway so if Liam likes it its hardly a surprise.

You basically try to draw the most negative conclusion from most comments from the band. If its as different as they say it is I doubt you are going to like it.

*Room

If it sounds different then what else are they going say when they talk about it? They have to say something...

Doesn't surprise me. Most bands talk about shifting direction a bit for a sophomore album. And I think BDI mayo possible even be a more dramatic case of it because they have a different evolution than any band I know of.

BDI are a weird case. Usually bands get to know each other and figure out their direction before their first album. BDI just jumped on that first record straight off the bat without taking time to decide where they wanted to go sans Noel. They didn't even take time to draft a new bass player. In the end that meant that they made an album that could have been made by Oasis in a heartbeat. There was nothing even slightly novel on it other than using piano instead guitars on BTL

Sounds to me like they have taken a bit of time to try and discover what they want BDI to sound like. The only thing that I'd be concerned about is them being pulled in a direction they don't want by management, (who are way more involved than Ignition were) but that seems a pretty thin worry at this point, and the songs being up to snuff (which is always a worry with every band)

They've chosen a producer that's out of their immediate wheelhouse but still indie rock guitar based with a creative POV. They took time with the writing. They've resisted talking the album up too much, remaining quite vague since it's still as many as 6 months away.

So far I think they are on a better track than they were this time two years ago.

Could you be a total sweetheart and tell me about their management?
How controlling are they? I thought they were still with Ignition

Thanks for the info! Good to hear it wont be "rock n roll". Every single album Liam has made/worked on in his entire life was rock orientated, it's about time for some change.

You just seem predisposed to say something bad. If there are people frrom magazines asking them what it sounds like (and it sounds different) what do you expect them to say?

Thats your opinion on the what the music should be. You seem to like the simpler stuff so if you don't like it thats alright. It would be a pretty weird thing to imagine that the album hasn't evolved from what they started out with so you could say that any experimenting has been more natural than forced.

Its not a reinvention its just another album that they say sounds a bit different.