He wrote Hotel Ceiling for the album, and it could be my favourite song on the record. I can barely write one song in three days. “He came into the studio and turned out six songs in two hours, which is CRAZY. That’s such a stupid way to think! If Benny Blanco comes along or Ed Sheeran wants to write a song for you, who are we to deny them?” What was working with Ed Sheeran like? We hear he turns out songs very quickly… “It’s funny, when we first started we were that band who thought we could do it all and write everything. Speakerphone changed quite a lot as well from the original but we didn’t mind too much – Benny Blanco knows what he’s doing!” Still, it must have been strange to have your songs chopped up and changed around?
In fact, the song Let The Road was one we didn’t think much of until we played it to him. “Things are always going to change once you’re in the studio. Obviously you had already written most of the songs, but did he play around with them much when you got in the studio to record them? “No, that’s where it was parked up! The song is about remember that whatever happens, there’s always a home for us and there’s always family.” Benny Blanco executive-produced the album. I remember we were in a caravan in my back garden.” The back garden? That doesn’t sound like very adventurous camping, Danny. There’s a song on the album called Speakerphone that I wrote four years ago, and the title track of the album was written by me and Jake six years ago. It’s like our baby and we don’t want to turn it out into the wild yet.” Is it true some of the songs on the album are five or six years old? The more we push the release back the more nervous I get. “Believe me, it feels like ages for us as well. “Yes it is! Like I said we really didn’t think America would play the song much, but now it has, we need to keep up our presence there.” Your debut album Let The Road is coming out next March. Is it going to be difficult juggling releases between both countries at the same time? Hopefully the success will continue.” The song took off in America before it hit Number 1 here. “The thing with that song is we genuinely didn’t expect it to have the success that it did.
How are you feeling about following it up? “I feel like this song is more musical and basically just a strong R&B-pop song to follow Me And My Broken Heart.” Me And My Broken Heart was a massive success here and in America. I think it shows a different side of us compared to Me And My Broken Heart. I think it’s a great pop song and it’s so, so catchy. “The song was brought to us towards the end of making the album. That was kind of creepy, although I’m sure they had good intentions.” Tell us about your new single Wait On Me. “I once got a wedding photo album from a fan that had stuck her head and my head over the bride and groom’s faces. “I can’t tell you as I still use the same one, and it’s also too rude to say!” What’s the weirdest ‘gift’ a fan has presented you with? We book into hotels under a different name and they’re still waiting outside for us when we arrive.” What the best fake name that you’ve checked into a hotel under? “What we don’t understand how they find us. Are you used to people following your every move yet? Not many people know us out there, but as we carried on playing our set more and more people came over to watch us.” Your fan base in the UK is growing fast. “Our fan base is growing at a really steady rate. “I can't it rained for the most part! I’d bought a nice flowery shirt for the occasion and I wasn’t able to wear it.” Do you have many fans in Mexico? Jack White, Kings of Leon, The Kooks and Sam Smith were there and the audience was so welcoming.” How was the weather in Mexico? “We just got back from a festival in Mexico called the Corona Capital Festival. We never use it, we just like to know it’s there.” What was the really last exciting thing you did? The make-or-break of a hotel is if there’s a gym.
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We don’t mind though.” Do you take full advantage of the free stuff in hotels?
“This is definitely one of the fancier ones. “I am in the Dorset Hotel in Shepherd’s Bush.” Fancy! You must have stayed in a lot of hotels recently. The track - called Wait On Me - is released next week (November 16), so we called up band member Danny Wilkin to find out how he's feeling about it. Now they're on the tricky task of following it up. Rixton's debut single, Me and My Broken Heart, saw them break through in spectacular fashion hitting Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart and making a significant dent on the US singles chart.
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