Magazine Article, Brief

Here is my first brief attempt at my magazine article, I have done half of it because I am hoping for some feeback to check I am on the right lines with the article, here is the work in evidence so far...

The scene is a sunny but brisk afternoon in a local park in Leeds, the previous night was a triumphant return to music Liam Lennon and his and band Renaissance who set the house ablaze with a gig Leeds’ o2 academy, two nights before the release of their massively anticipated follow up to debut album Alone We Stand.

Interviewer: Right then Liam, where do I begin, sat here today you look as relaxed as you did last night when you were performing your heart out to Leeds’ finest, how did the gig pan out in your eyes?

Liam: Haha (Liam smirks) yeah you know, we erm felt really good up there (the stage) it was an electric night, the crowd were on form looked really happy, we came off stage buzzing so erm bring on the dates I guess.

Interviewer: One of the most notable things from the gig, was the crowd reaction to the new material, can you give us an incite into what we can expect from your new tracks…

Liam: Well it’s all sort of a blur now, but at the time I remember thinking, wow, these tunes are rocketing all round man which you know it what we wanted. You know we knew how important the second album is for a band like us, it can make or break your career and when we went into the studio on our first album we just got the job erm it was almost like we wanted it to sound like we made no effort, and we were just unleashing on our equipment. So we wanted to carry through to the second album, you know we didn’t want to make the same mistake as other bands and try to act all ‘grown up’ (Liam lifts and bends his middle fingers, with emphasis on the word) and really over produce the record to give it a deeper meaning, hell yeah we still want it to have meaning behind our stuff, but we aren’t four lads who studied at Cambridge, we just write about what we know, and on the second album we want the same guitars riff-ness and to feel as if we’re the same four lads off the street that we were at the time of Alone We Stand. You know man we wanted to create that same vibe with second album but spice it up a little and give it something new, something extra, but keep the no fucking nonsense attitude behind it, give it our all and keep it fresh if you get what I’m.

Straight away after asking only a few questions, I could tell Liam Lennon was a man oozing and crying in confidence, the charisma and drive in his voice, just glimmered his attitude towards making great music. His vision fir the band in clear, he wants to be the shepherd with all other indie follows his trends as the sheep.