Interview: The Fireman (Paul McCartney & Youth)
| by Mark Jackson on November 21st, 2008 |
The duo's third album Electric Arguments is the first with vocals, and in this interview they discuss their musical process for making songs, how some songs came about.. mostly album related things.
Electric Arguments sounds like an assortment of variously-produced songs, moving from slower folk-inspired ballads to rock & roll to thumping electronic beats within minutes. Vocally McCartney delivers consistently, though lyrically the album could use a lot of extra punch. In the interview McCartney says, "It wasn't the meaning so much as the beauty" when it comes to word choice, but it seems all too often that these "beautiful" phrases just don't provide the necessary fit for these songs.
Regardless of some of the obvious weaknesses of Electric Arguments, there's not too much room for complaint for a guy who's been out of his prime for decades and is still making musical progress.
You can stream the entire album at the band's MySpace.
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