Touring influences The Zutons

While other bands blame hectic touring schedules for long delays between albums, other bands take the touring in stride. In a recent interview with Billboard, frontman/songwriter Dave McCabe of The Zutons spoke about being influenced by their recent touring and life on the road.
"The [title track], I actually wrote that on a plane in America. It's about transport -- waiting for someone to pick you up and they don't turn up on time," he tells Billboard.com. "[It's also about] people being ignorant when they do turn up, [coming] with attitudes and bringing it with them."

Other songs, including the upcoming U.K. single "Valerie" and "Oh Stacey," came out of meeting people at U.S. shows supporting Keane and Muse.

The next time we hear a band complain that their album would have come much sooner or been much better if it weren't for the hectic touring(ahem Yeah Yeah Yeahs), we might point them in the direction of The Zutons. While I'm sure the public is not scrambling to hear songs about the contents of the hotel mini-bar, life is happening all around us if we open our eyes and there are millions more songs just waiting to be written. No excuses!



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