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Spector make their own rules as they play full album shows this week

"I thought it would be funny to jump the gun and create the experience while the records are still both quite recent," explains Fred Macpherson.

Tonight (26th July) , Spector start a two night stand in Manchester, where they'll play both their albums in full at the Deaf Institute. They'll follow it up on Thursday and Friday by doing the same at London's Moth Club. With work underway on album three, we caught up with the band's frontman Fred Macpherson for a chinwag about what it's all about.

What made you want to play both albums in full live?

It felt like it would be an interesting artistic process, and as it's become so popular for legendary bands to play their classic albums in full, I thought it would be funny to jump the gun and create the experience while the records are still both quite recent. You have to make your own rules.

Do you have standout memories from the recording sessions for both albums?

Trevor Horn's anecdotes about recording with Malcolm McClaren blew my mind the first time round, along with our old guitarist Chris Burman walking past Roots Manuva and asking if he'd record an anti-piracy message for it. On the second album it was 'All The Sad Young Men' finally coming together (it took about two months!) and realising we'd written our best song.

What's your personal favourite track from each record?

Hmm, it changes all the time but right now maybe 'Upset Boulevard' (mainly for the "true romantics sleep alone" lyric) from 'EIWIL' and 'Don't Make Me Try' from 'Moth Boys'.