White Lung: no synths allowed

We're big fans of White Lung's latest album 'Paradise'. You might have noticed, seeing as we made it our 'Album' of 'The Week' on release. Both incendiary and smart, it showed the band evolving their sound, both rounding it off and remaining as fierce as ever in the same breath. To find out more about its creation, we spoke to guitarist Kenneth William about what made the record tick.

Your new album ‘Paradise’ is out now. When did you start working on it? I started recording small clips of guitar parts on my phone about a year ago but we didn’t get into a studio until October, which is where most of the work was done.  Probably 70% of it was written in the studio, it wouldn’t be fun to make a record without any last-minute fear and chaos involved.   Did you have a clear idea of what you wanted it to be when you began? Yeah we pretty much accomplished exactly what we wanted. The scope of the kinds of songs on the record was wider so it was actually the easiest to write of any of them.   What did you find most challenging during the creation process? I wanted to make sure that the tracks that were stepping outside of the typical “White Lung” style didn’t end up being embarrassing. A lot of cool ideas got thrown in the trash by me before anyone else heard them but I needed to make sure that there was a 75% chance we wouldn’t be humiliated by it before I brought anything in.