Out of all the songs on the album, which are your favourites both in terms of the music, and also the lyrical themes? Running Out Of Time Doing Nothing is probably my favourite track as it reaches back to the band’s early days with its catchy to the point structure. Lyrically, it must be, I stood �ptoe, reaching up for heaven. There a lot of offensive [for some] splu�ering on this track and it’s as light hearted as it is serious. I think that track alone reflects the very heart of the Meads. Of course, the Meads of Asphodel’s music is very diverse and eclec�c with seemingly nothing off limits when it comes to the musical styles which make up your sound. How does the crea�ve process take place with such an eclec�c sound, how do ideas form and make it into Meads songs? If there is a concept it a process of wri�ng a story, and if not, whatever irks me I tend to write down. Musically James creates what he does and we seem to meet in the middle with ideas and what are born from this process are the songs. The track, Bugsplat, was something James had that had nothing to do with the newMeads album. When he played me it, I just knew it was the intro to the release. It felt right even though the brain was saying, ‘are you mad!!’ It’s true nothing is off limits and that gives us a fathomless pit to fish for ideas. You also released an EP prior to Running Out of Time Doing Nothing, called Imperial East-West Onslaught, a split EP with Chinese band Rerthro. What were the main themes you explored on this release, and how closely do they �e in with the latest album? Also, how closely would you say Rerthro’s side of the split connects with your own? This was meant to be a release with Chinese band, Song of Chu, who are more audible and in tune with our sound, but they could not make the deadline and as I was pre�y determined to do a split with a Chinese band, Rerthro landed in the mix and that’s how that happened. I think the split is [like the Tjolgtjar split] is a clash of harsh and so�, warm and cold, as the bands we share the releases with are far more raw and primi�ve. It is in line with the Meads thinking of, if it sounds like it’s not gonna work, then do it... I like the underground split concept as our back catalogue shows. The tracks were all compiled during the album recordings and we separated the ep from the main album. The music is pre�y much one mass of work set to 2 releases, so it has a cohesive back bone.
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