McFly embraces nostalgia and the “ridiculous side” of the ’80s on new album

Eighties inspiration, guitars, drums and lots of fun: that’s how McFly sets the mood Power to Play, the group’s seventh album, released this Friday (9). The disc is the successor to Young Dumb Thrillsreleased in 2020, during the pandemic, but it arrives with more optimism, pointing to nostalgia and the group’s past:

“When we were coming up with ideas of what to do with this album, our producer Jason Perry He had us write everything we love about McFly on a board and talk about fun, guitar solos and drums, all really fun stuff. And then he said, ‘you guys should do ’80s rock, all you wrote was ’80s rock.’ It was the moment when a light turned on. We are all inspired a lot”, says Dougie Poynter.

With eleven songs and two previously featured singles – “Where Did All The Guitars Go?” and “God of Rock & Roll” – the new album is inspired by the group’s youth and names like Van Halen and Rush to present a sound that Tom Fletcher defines as “core values ​​of McFly”, which are songs full of energy and fun:

“We’ve always loved being musicians and playing music, but we’ve always loved having fun, you know? The ridiculous side of playing in a band and really embracing ’80s rock.”

For the two members of the group, the release, made this Friday with the track “Honey I’m Home”, is also the most anticipated by them so far – and that includes the fact that the album is the first written and recorded in the studio band’s own.

“That was our dream, you know, having your own studio, to write and create the songs,” says Fletcher. “I feel like it definitely gave us more freedom and time. Because you normally rent a space for, I don’t know, a month and you only have that period to record, so there’s pressure. With this studio you make the most of your time. You write. and records even a lot of bad songs and it doesn’t matter. There are a lot of bad songs that we don’t use [risos].”

Speaking about the expectation of the public’s reaction, Fletcher says he doesn’t expect anything, but that he is satisfied with the work. He also says that, despite the optimistic spirit of the compositions on this album, there are more emotional moments, which should be celebrated by the public – especially by Brazilian fans:

“I think there are times when, especially Brazilian fans, they’re going to really like it and relate and get emotional. Because Brazilian fans seem to connect a lot, in a deeper way, with emotional lyrics. And that’s an important part of our band, the fact that we are upfront and honest and write about our experiences.”

For Dougie, what ends up uniting the more emotional side of the record with the rest of the party and nostalgia atmosphere ends up being a sense of “victory” and optimism, which even the most sentimental tracks emit:

“There’s also something about this album that, even when it gets serious, the ending is triumphant. Like “I’m Fine” and “Make it out Alive”, which have more serious subjects, and “Honey, I’m Home “, they all say it’s gonna be alright, don’t worry [risos].”

Check out McFly’s full interview for the Rolling Stone Brazil:

@rollingstonebr McFly’s seventh album, ‘Power To Play’, was released this Friday, the 9th, and Rolling Stone Brasil interviewed the British band composed of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd, to find out everything about this new job. In conversation with Tom and Dougie, they talked about the expectations of the release and how it was to produce this new album – full of inspirations from 80’s rock – in their own studio. . Interview by Marina Pastorelli (@marinnapastorelli) #rollingstonsbrasil#mcfly#powertoplay @McFly @Tom Fletcher @Danny Jones @DOUGIE POYNTER @JuddyMcfly ♬ original sound – Rolling Stone Brasil

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