Spector: "There's definitely a plan to record an album, probably next year"

Secret headliners of Etc. 2019's third date, Spector know how to start something in a. Steamy East London boozer. As they drop a brand new banger and get ready for a forthcoming album, we pinned frontman Fred Macpherson down to take their temperature. Hot, it turns out. So you just come from playing Dork's summer party, Etc., how was that? Yes. It was really good. Bit of a sweatbox; it was a kind of endurance test for people. Anyone who was still there by the time we came on at 10, I think deserved something great. What they got was something good. Hopefully, that was better than a kick in the teeth. How was it playing a sort of surprise secret headline show? It was good! You spend all this time worrying about your tours that you do once a year and then it's these little ones that end up feeling the most special. It's a venue I've been going to forever; I've played there with every band I've been in, and always it's always been good with Spector. It was good fun, the other two bands are good. And everyone was smiling; it was nice to see everyone smiling. It cheered me up. Cheered everyone up! We've only played one gig this year. You've been doing EPs rather than albums recently, what was the thinking behind that? There wasn't a massive concept other than it takes us so long to finish an album, or it did in the past, that we thought just making a few tracks at a time means we can get music out more regularly and maintain the energy and fun. Also when you've got a good however many songs in your setlist, no one wants too many new ones. It's gone from albums to EPs to just one track at a time. We can release something every few months for the next eight months or whatever and then do an album next year. So there is a plan to record an album? There is. It's not written. I'm much more used to single songs at the moment; I don't think any of us know what a ten-track album would sound like because we wouldn't want to just do ten bangers, it might be a bit much. It's about getting the ratio of banger-to-slightly less of a banger. Maybe 60/40. But there's definitely a plan to record one, probably next year. What can you tell us about that new track, 'Half Life'? When we did 'I Won't Wait', it's a scuzzy easy, fun, stupid song. This one was one of the first we'd written in a while that felt a bit more, I don't wanna say serious because that implies boring, but like we're reaching a little beyond ourselves, a little higher. It feels like we're saying something bit more honest. I think this is a song that slightly puts our emotions and feelings on the line. And so hopefully, that means that it can connect with people on an even deeper level. Or they'll think it's shit and we'll go back to writing something more obvious.