We are a tight unit after having played so many gigs together. I’ll be bringing the band I’ve been working with a few years now. So to finally get out in the world, to meet the fans and share the music will be fantastic. I love to travel and be on the move so to not be able to even leave your apartment had me climbing the walls. It was very hard during the pandemic to not be able to go on tour. “Yes, I’m very excited to get back on the road. I’m also a father now and that outshines everything else in life.”ĭuring your upcoming World tour, who will be with you on stage? Who will take part to your band? What type of show will it be and what should the crowd expect? I love playing live gigs and that is my reward for all the hard work… writing, recording and promotion. Now I know to focus on what is important. I’ve been around the block a few times and don’t feel restless like I did in 1997. It’s got my name on it so I have to be 100% satisfied.”įollowing up on this, how different is the current musician Eagle-Eye compared to the one from 1997? “Yes, I like to be involved and make sure the album sounds the way I want it. Once the songs are recorded, do you like to be involved in the mixing and post production phases? But eventually I missed touring too much and couldn’t stay away… I had to get Back on Track.” Although after my third album I did take a long break from the business and thought maybe I wouldn’t continue as an artist. Songs are being written throughout so that the next album is up and running when the touring and promotion ends. “There isn’t really a beginning middle or end. To compose, to kick-off a new album, in particular Back on Track is it something you feel you have to do, as to satisfy a creative need, or is it a more natural process, for which you don’t necessarily need to feel an urgency? Either on my own or together with other songwriters.” Usually songs are written with an acoustic guitar. Mainly drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and my voice. The difference between then and now is that today I don’t question during the writing of a song because I’m totally at home with my sound. By the end of the album I knew exactly what I’m about musically. So Desireless was the journey where I found out who I am.
“When I made my first album I wasn’t sure of who I was musically. We recorded eight songs planning to return and finish the rest album but then Covid came and put everything at full stop.”Īfter almost a career 25 years long, six albums and dozens of songs, has your creative process changed or your approach remained constant over time? And how do your new songs usually come to life? Over the guitar or in some other way? I wanted to capture the energy of our live shows in the recording so we went straight in into the studio right after finishing my Streets of You tour. “I had started writing new songs prior to the pandemic. When did you start writing the new songs? Before or after the pandemic hit us all? Not so much the sonically but the feeling I had when I was young and listening to their music… it got me inspired and energised.” Stuff like The Ramones, The Clash and Talking Heads and I think it found it’s way into the music. “When I was working on the album I started revisiting the music I listened to when I was a teenager. Let’ s start talking about your album Back on Track: do you think it’ s possible to find a link (it could be either a word or a feeling) among the tracks of the record? Welcome on VEZ Magazine and thank you for your time. To celebrate 25 years of career, the Swedish songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry returns with a new album, Back on Track, and a new World tour that will also stop in Italy next February. We had the chance to interview him to know a little bit more about the new songs, how he lived the forced stop given by the pandemic and on the legacy of having written Save Tonight.