"Dear Eskimo
was based around being a studio band. The Ting Tings are based
on rehearsals and performing live and how Katie and I approach
our lives now. We've moved on from that because anything from
Dear Eskimo doesn't fit. So does Katie's way of singing because
of the frustrations that she found since. We have thought about
picking out some old songs because we've got some really good
songs but every time we do they just can't get off that first
base."
"I can't find the same emotions," begins Katie. "Those
songs were about some things that were a different part of our
lives. The Ting Tings stuff is really easy to perform on stage."
Indeed performing live fuels the music for Katie. "I've
never ever enjoyed playing live like I've done in this band.
It's therapeutic. If we don't do it for a week it's like "What's
happening?""
"Dear Eskimo gave us a great platform," states Jules.
"One thing we did learn when we became the Ting Tings and
there was an interest in us, was that we didn't want to sign
a record deal. We were working well and there was a balance
in our lives again. I just didn't want to go through the whole
hectic thing of making deadlines. Then the offers came in and
we met a whole group of people that our behind us now. We've
got a brilliant manager. He stands up for you know, "It's
up to the band to make their album". So we produced our
own album so no one was getting in the way."
There's a deep pause and a small sigh.
"I don't know whether this was because we were stronger
than Dear Eskimo, learning and we went in saying, "No we
either do it our way or we don't do it" or whether we were
a better band and the label were like; "don’t mess
with this lot". It's a bit of the two. We've got creative
control, we produced our own album and we're making our own
artwork."
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