When Eric Pulido got in touch with some friends to see if they would like to make some music, he wasn’t sure what, if anything, would happen.
The Midlake frontman received a resounding yes from Jason Lyttle of Grandaddy, Fran Healy from Travis, Ben Bridwell, best known for his work with Band of Horses, and Alex Kapranos, Franz Ferdinand’s frontman, and a new supergroup was born.
They would each contribute two songs for a full-length album, but with the musicians spread over continents, it was never going to be an easy task. “The logistics of it probably were the hardest thing with a group like this.” Eric concedes. “ But I think there was a genuine willingness to contribute how we could whether that was remotely by email or file sharing or coming to town.
It was a truly international collaboration which gives the finger to the political climate of fear and division that prevails today. Eric is clear this project is in no way a political statement but adds: “That should be a testament to the authentic nature we should have in relationships and a lack of ignorance or fear because when that permeates it’s so debilitating with something like this.
He concludes: “In these times when this is going on if this can be a representation of how good can come out of not having these hurdles or walls up then, of course, I would champion that.”
