Roses Kings Castles’ 3rd album – British Plastic is out now. CLICK HERE
We caught up with Adam to find out more:
LTB: Your new album is named “British plastic”, what was the inspiration behind the name and the artwork?
AF: British Plastic can be taken two ways, either a term given to person who less than sincere, or a celebration of the British Plastics industry which seems to be on the decline.
The art is an acrylic painting I made, I knew what colours I needed for the music so set about creating something to sit with the music. I’m no visual artist by the way, it’s just a visual representation of the sounds on the album.
LTB: Has your attitude towards music changed do you feel since first starting out solo?
AF: Yes, I’ve become more determined yet more cynical. Once you self release records you start to learn how dishonest the music industry is. The key is sniffing out the good people that have strong ethics regarding supporting music that has little money attached to it. I’ve got a good strong contacts list now, and it’s growing.
LTB: What is your take on the current state of British music?
AF: The whole urban influenced scene was always going to happen due to the saturation of guitar bands, it’s all subjective but I do find it hard to find merit in lots of the acts that are being championed by our music press. I come from a background of guitar music so perhaps I’m blinkered. It just seems so bland.
LTB: How did having Pat Walden on the new album influence the sound? Did change anything about the songs to suit pat for example?
AF: I wanted Patrick from the word go, I needed the sound that he brings, the passion and the fire. He was fresh out of rehab when he was recording so there’s a real sense of energy on those tracks. I didn’t change them to suit him, he was in place as the album developed.
LTB: having played with pat before with babyshambles and with the new album, do you have plans to work with anyone else you’ve worked with before?
AF: Not really. I’m trying to persuade Graham Coxon to play some guitar, and I recently asked David Gedge to sing on a track. I do find the whole chart ‘collaboration’ drive a little tacky at the moment. I’ve had people say to me why don;t you collaborate with so and so, because I don’t like their music….If I was signed to a major I’m sure there would have been countless awful collaborations by now. I don’t do myself any favours.
LTB: What is the current situation with babyshambles? And should we expect any material with yourself involved?
AF: Nothing to do with me, I just go through lawyers really. I’ve bumped into them on a few occasions.
LTB: you’ve toured all around the world, is there anywhere you haven’t been that you’d love to go to play?
AF: China
LTB: you’ve seemed to explore some new sounds in the new album, especially in “here comes the summer”, where did you get the inspiration to do so?
AF: I wanted to make the album tougher sounding as I was getting bored with playing soft acoustic based stuff. I needed to vent some of my anger sonically and on stage with a bigger sound and some saucy guitar.
LTB: Lastly, how would you describe the direction of RKC, and what do you see as the next step for RKC.
RKC sits between the grit of the Buzzcocks and guile of the Beta band.
AF: Next step is to play lots of live shows and make another album whilst paying the bills and being a Father.
The Album will be reviewed soon, so stay tuned!
