Friday 15 June 2012

Razorlight are here, but it's all change on the stage

IT'S been a while since we last saw Razorlight in full flow.
Having rocked their way into our lives back in 2004 and making frontman, Johnny Borrell a international success - he dated Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst - the band appeared to fizzle out following the release of their third album, Slipway Fires in 2008.
But now they're are back, with Borrell still in the spotlight, but surrounded by new faces.
David 'Skully' Sullivan Kaplan, Gus Robertson and Freddie Stitz, got on board just a few months ago and have already performed at a string of festivals as they work on new material.
However, the question on everyone's lips is what will the 'new' Razorlight be like and what is like to work with someone as renowned as Borrell.
"We're mostly continuing the old sound," bassist Freddie, pictured with band groupie 'Josh', revealed at last weekend's OsFest, "But there is some new stuff mixed in, so it's changed a little bit, but we still sound like Razorlight, Johnny doesn't want to lose that, it's just more like the first album."
So how did he join Razorlight?
"Johnny was looking for a side project and I played quite a lot of instruments, then he just turned up at a rehearsal one day.
"At first I thought 'what am I getting into?' but it's a different sounding band and I have got a lot of respect for Johnny."
He also revealed that OsFest is just one festival of many over the Summer, while the band concentrate on their new project.
"It's nice to do all types of gigs, the smaller ones like OsFest have a great atmosphere," but commenting on the wet weekend added: "If the crowd can wait in the rain for us then we want to play our best for them."
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