"That'll expand. We'll probably get a bit more cash from some lights but that is the body of work. Anybody who expects to see the Ting Tings in May and is going to have 44 songs well that's not what we're about. We're a new band and people should come to see us because they are seeing it for the first time. For me that was always the great thing about seeing new bands on their first headline tour. You knew the album and it was fresh. You don't want them to be going over songs you don't know, or that they claim might be on the next album and they've gone into their Sergeant Pepper's thing. I personally want the audience to hear what was formed last year for the Ting Tings. That's what they're getting, that's fresh. When we've toured out the album but the burn out might happen. I suppose every second album is to keep your career going but we might turn around and say it was so good to have that we have this fresh approach that we should start a new band and do a new band every two years. Though we might just go and record the second album because what we’re having on the road is new to us and it's so inspiring. The problem we have at the moment is we don't have time to record. When we do, we use dictaphones and one made the NME. We were told it was to be a cover and we thought we had to write a new song. Our PR thought it was a cracking song and the label said "It's a single, leave it." We told them that it was written for this reason. That it’s going on the NME and it's only half of an idea. We were told that it was a "powerful track" and we "can't do this". Well this is what we do. It's not about planning our future. You can't plan things like this. It's a band. It's got a life and hopefully it will last."

Interviewed by Andrew McLean 2008
Photography © Andrew McLean & © Ting Tings