![]() ![]() In particular, I’m talking about Federico Bruno, Fifi Dewey and Nick Pini, and my wife Isadora. I always longed for a band to share the core aims of what I wanted to do and I have that now. “In so many ways, I consider the band to be the answer to my prayers. Listening to the album, the input of the rest of the band comes through loud and clear, adding a fresh dynamic to Mulvey’s material. Instead, heading out to do all this at the festivals has made it a little more intense.” “In an ideal world, you would probably start with a venue or club tour since that gives you a little bit more control with sound checks and you get to know the ins and outs of the production. And during that process, we worked on the idea that this could also be a live band too.”īut he adds that it’s been a tough challenge over the summer, taking this new approach to his live performances on to the festival circuit before doing so for headline shows. ![]() We made the album together and it was a really exciting journey that we all embarked on in the studio. Anyone coming to the upcoming shows will get to see and hear them. It is not his first visit to Bristol this year either, having already performed at the Thekla back in June as part of a warm-up for an extensive festival schedule. There’s always a great crowd and a lot of love.” “I’m very much looking forward to the Bristol show. ![]() There’s a big Balanced View community there, which is one of many examples of groups of human beings understanding consciousness in a positive way.” “It’s very progressive there, and a lot of Bristolians seem committed to a very harmonious approach to life. I definitely respond to the vibe of the city which is very much on the street and available, and I love that about it.” Like many people, I first got to know the city through the music of Massive Attack and Portishead and I love the cultural melting pot that it still is today. “It’s somewhere I’m getting to know and I find Bristol fascinating. He moved from London to Wiltshire around 18 months ago so in a sense, it will be something of a local show for him. Touring the new album, Mulvey brings his new material back to Bristol with a show at the O2 Academy on 3 October. “It became apparent that I needed to surrender some of the ways that I might have otherwise controlled and limited the process, and in doing so, find new levels of performance in the studio.” It was during this time that he began to think clearly about how the album was going to be and what the recording process needed to be like. It gave it the chance to breath and I think it was all the better for it.” But because of that, the album benefited from not being the focus of my obsession for every minute of every day, and was instead in the periphery of my life. It was a crazy time and ironically, my attention was 99% elsewhere and instead of songwriting, I was concentrating on supporting my wife and welcoming this new being into the world. Mulvey’s son was born in September 2016 and what was obviously a momentous moment for him personally also became a pivotal creative trigger. But people have been letting me know they love it.” These songs are naturally a bit more provocative and maybe even a bit more divisive in terms of the subject matter, so there has been an interesting complexion to the response from people since it’s been out. “For me, it’s been a really lovely and necessary release. I almost forgot during some of the more intense moments that the whole goal is to release an album. ![]() The build-up to releasing an album is a long one too, in this case all the way through May, June, July and then into August, and the pressure ramps up a bit. On a personal level, I’ve lived with this album for a long time in terms of the writing of it. As if relocating from London to the countryside and becoming a father for the first time wasn’t enough, this month has seen the release of his second studio album and a hectic tour diary to go with it.īut the 32-year-old has been energised by a wholly positive reaction to his latest set of songs: “It’s been really, really lovely. It has been an action-packed 18 months or so for singer-songwriter Nick Mulvey. Martin Allen spoke to him about new album ‘Wake Up Now’ and how his new band has enabled him to reach a whole new level… Nick Mulvey returns to Bristol on 3rd October with a show at the O2 Academy. Interview with Nick Mulvey ahead of his O2 Academy Bristol gig Posted on: ![]()
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