They (Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys and Kane) found singing in a different style to their respective bands easy: ‘if you’ve written the songs,’ says Kane, ‘you’ve lived with them.’ ‘I enjoyed singing different,’ Turner says; ‘the harmonies were fascinating. I was having discussions with my dad about harmony. He’s a music teacher. This record has really given me a desire to sing more, to practice. I feel like I hold notes for longer now.’ Snatching days and weekends, the trio wrote twelve songs and went to Black Box Studio in France to record them. ‘The time we had there was fabulous,’ says Turner; ‘I remember arriving and thinking it was perfect.
The interview appears in full on the Dvd in this issue.
