There are so many different points to ‘Wild World,’ and it sounds quite different to what people would expect from us. Dan Smith Read Quote
One of the best things about being in a band is that we’re so lucky to be able to travel the world. It takes us to all these cities that we’ve never seen before. Dan Smith Read Quote
There’s always room to make stuff that is completely morose and downbeat, but we’d probably spiral into a state of complete despair if our music reflected the lyrics all the time. I think that’s almost the fun game with some songs, is this complete tearing of two feelings at once. Dan Smith Read Quote
I was obsessed with harmonies and how to put songs together in lush soundscapes. But I don’t know what it was all about, really. Dan Smith Read Quote
After everyone’s gone to bed, I still find myself sitting at the computer writing songs. It’s a nice reminder that this has always been a kind of hobby that I get on with because I really love it. Dan Smith Read Quote
Mark Crew, the only producer we’ve ever worked with, has been joining us on tour as often as possible. Dan Smith Read Quote
It’s fun to take songs from a completely different context and reframe them. We did two mixtape albums called ‘Other People’s Heartache’ and ‘Other People’s Heartache Pt. 2,’ which were full of those kind of covers and mash-ups, mixed with film music and film quotes. Dan Smith Read Quote
There haven’t been many examples of times when we’ve done a cover and not put it out in some form. Dan Smith Read Quote
I really like people to be able to interpret stuff in their own way, I like the ambiguity of the medium. We’re just four guys in a band trying to articulate things in a questioning way. Who are we to tell people what to think? Dan Smith Read Quote
I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our time together. Dan Smith Read Quote