When we talked to them, Steve Hogarth and Marillion were tired, but also happy and relieved. The band are proud of their new album, even though it was hard and trying for them to complete, because of an overfull schedule. The singer gave us a few anecdotes concerning the writing and recording of the record – tidbits that sound almost funny when you think about the circumstances the band sometimes had to work in. That should be enough to amuse young bands, who know all about this surrealist, exhausting process.
The band once again asked the help of their fans to finance the recording of the album through pre-orders. A highly profitable solution that the listeners themselves are fond of, since they feel a more important connection to the work they help create. All through their career, Marillion have tried to adapt intelligently to the music market in terms of business management. As Hogarth himself reminds us, this is an indispensible aspect of every band’s life.
At the end of the interview, Hogarth mentions another reason to feel at peace: he finally made a song out of a theme that, according to him, had been giving him headaches for years – the political situation in Gaza. To talk about this subject in the most meticulous way possible, Hogarth made the trip there and talked to the inhabitants, who have to deal with the situation on a daily basis. A beautiful example to all the self-professed committed artists, who sometimes talk a bit too fast, or, more generally, to those who have stopped looking for answers by themselves – or maybe never even tried.
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