Pedro Hernandez
After signing to Alcopop! Records in August and releasing the Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! single, Art Brut have confirmed a brand new studio album of the same name.
Out on November 23rd, it’s being led by a single entitled Hospital! which, despite containing all the Art Brut hallmarks, underneath tells the story of a ‘dangerously ill’ Eddie Argos. “I didn’t realise quite how ill I was at the time,” the frontman explains.
“I was in a German hospital und mein Deutsche is nicht sehr gut. I had a big operation, bigger than they were expecting when they started operating on me, and there were a few complications. They kept me in for nearly a month. It was the most undignified month of my life and although I was very grateful to the surgeons for saving my life and also to the nurses for taking care of me, I despised every minute of time I spent there.”
“The only thing that kept me sane was the mantra that eventually became this song. Every single lyric was written and repeated over and over again as I suffered numerous indignities. Songwriting is something I’ve always used to alleviate stress and on this occasion I really tested it to its limits. What I am most impressed by is that even when I’m at death’s door and pumped full of morphine, staggering around and collapsing all the time, I can still write a comical call-and-response backing vocal to amuse myself.”
“I’m very glad not to be in hospital anymore – of course, as this was three years ago, I’ve broken all the promises I make to myself in this song.”
Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! tracklist:
Hooray!
I Hope You’re Very Happy Together
Good Morning Berlin
She Kissed Me (And It Felt Like A Hit)
Schwarzfahrer
Hospital!
Too Clever
Kultfigur
Veronica Falls
Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out!
Awkward Breakfast
Your Enemies Are My Enemies Too
