Band Of The Week #329 - Fletchr Fletchr
This week's Band of the Week is Cornish based four-piece Fletchr Fletchr - who have just released their second EP 'On The Island We Call Home' via Polydor.
It sees the young band truly bloom. With songs encompassing universal anxieties about modern life, whilst remaining charged with hope and optimism via their widescreen brand of indie rock, it makes for a life-affirming concoction.
Following up from their debut EP ‘We All Feel the Same’, this latest self-produced body of work also sees the band mature into more nuanced songwriters, exploring their vulnerabilities via vivid guitar textures and introspective lyrical depth.
Speaking about the new EP, lead vocalist Rohan Fletcher says: “‘On The Island We Call Home’ feels like our most polished piece of work yet. While still completely self-produced, we’ve refined what we learnt from ‘We All Feel The Same’ into a much heavier hitting project that was curated to translate on the live stage. We dive deeper than we have before on this EP, and it’s only the start of our next chapter.
The themes we explore are more mature and we approach them with a better sense of what’s going on around us. You can hear a bit more angst and anger in this new set of songs… from ‘Streetlights’ talking about the difficulties of relationships; ‘Fucking With My Head’ being about anxiety, and ‘Passenger’ which is about the state of the UK right now. There’s a lot for people listening to take and put their own meanings to."
Due to head out on tour this autumn - the band took a moment to chat to us about how the EP came together.
Hey there, how are you? So your EP is out now – how does it feel to have it out there?
Really good thank you! We started working on this project about a year ago and have been through lots of up and downs on the mix and overall vibe we wanted to create, but I think it’s really paid off and resulted in our best piece of work yet.
It is called 'On The Island We Call Home' – what is the meaning behind that?
It’s stating what we are. We’re an English band that have grown up and spent our time all around this country. We wanted to address things that we were happy and unhappy about, not just with our lives but with the place we live and call home.
Where was it recorded? Any behind the scenes stories you are willing to share with us?
It was written and recorded pretty much all in Cornwall. We booked out a studio in Perranporth, locked ourselves in there for ten days and self-produced ten songs. The five that made it onto he EP were our favourites.
What are the key influences behind the EP?
We've definitely taken some inspiration from the indie/guitar scene at the moment, by using heavier guitars and rhythms in a lot of these new songs, and leaning into a bit of a darker sound than the last EP.
If the EP could be a soundtrack to any film – which one and why?
We had Requiem for a Dream in our heads a lot during the production process, but I think it’s ended up happier than that. So, I’d say, Perks of being a Wallflower.
Do you have a favourite lyric on the EP? If so, which one and why?
'It don’t feel good being a passenger, front row at your own show'. I think it’s sums up the whole EP of feeling like you don’t have control of the world around you, but also learning that you’ve got to accept that.
Now the EP is out there – what next for you?
Album. We can’t wait for it.
