Pulled Apart By Horses: "We hit a dead end, we had to do something"

Pulled Apart By Horses have long been famed for stirring up a ruckus. Over the course of three albums, the Leeds noiseniks have brought their rampant energy and raw anthems to venues everywhere from Sheffield to Sydney, leaving voices singing and ears ringing in their wake. So when the band describe the writing process for their just-released fourth record by saying that they "probably made enough noise to turn milk into cheese at one point," it doesn't come as too much of a surprise. Relocating to a dairy farm in the Welsh countryside to focus on writing, the outfit certainly managed to make their mark. "One of the nights we got a bit carried away," frontman Tom Hudson recalls, laughing. "We ended up basically doing our own karaoke night, fuelled on cider until about six in the morning. The farmer got up to go and milk the cows, and he was like 'I heard you last night! Sounded good!' We were like 'we were singing Duran Duran pissed out of our heads.'" The rest of the band might be convinced that "James [Brown, guitar] has got an inner Simon Le Bon trapped within him," but sing-a-long choices aside, the 80's pop sensations are a far cry from the gripping racket the four-piece create. It's in camaraderie, and with enthusiasm, the group discuss their latest efforts – but having had to forge their future having parted ways with one of the bands founding members, it wasn't always that way. "We freaked out when Lee [Vincent] left because we didn't know what the hell we were going to do," Tom admits. With their former drummer now running a record label and performing in Greif Tourist out of London, the future undoubtedly felt uncertain. Recruiting Tommy Davidson to take his place, the band found an entirely new energy. "It kind of gave us a new lease of life, and a bit of a different angle," Tom describes.