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\"\"<\/a>\u201cYes we really want to spend a lot of time on the road really making this record make sense to people.\u00a0 Whether it will immediately or take a bit of time, I don’t mind, it’s all about reconnecting with the audience, that’s the primary focus for me and for us as a band.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>After a hiatus of around 2 years, Faker are back with a brand new EP How Did We Not Get Loved <\/em>which is a prequel to the brand new full length album set for release on January 27th<\/sup>, 2012 titled Get Loved<\/em>.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a big few years of redefining the band for original members Nathan Hudson and Nic Munnings, but here they are in October 2011 with new band mates Chris and Liam completing the lineup, a new EP, a national tour supporting The Wombats and their own national headline tour they are about to head off on.<\/p>\n

But enough from us, here\u2019s Nathan Hudson to fill you in on exactly what has been happening in the space of Faker since you last heard of them\u2026.<\/p>\n

Hey Nathan, thanks for taking the time to chat!\u00a0 So I guess first things first, we are here to chat about the return of Faker, that\u2019s a name that some people may have forgotten over the last couple of years!
\n<\/strong>Possibly, that’s entirely possible, I almost forgot it myself haha!<\/p>\n

So there\u2019s a new album, new EP and lots of touring on the horizon, so that will all change, it\u2019s been what, about 3 years even since you did your last headline tour?
\n<\/strong>Yes it’s been quite a while since I’ve been on the road.\u00a0 It’s been busy working on who is in the band and what’s happening and also figuring out why we are in the band and how we wanted to evolve, develop or change.\u00a0 We have spent time also making a record, but we have an EP preceding the record, which is called How Did We Not Get Loved<\/em>, followed by the record, which is called Get Loved<\/em> a bit after that.\u00a0 So getting on the road is going to be very exciting given we have reshaped the band somewhat to do that.<\/p>\n

So for the benefit of those who might not be up to date with all the Faker happenings, did you start to go underground so to speak after the Pink tour back in 2009?
\n<\/strong>That was a really busy tour that was towards the end of the cycle for the last record.\u00a0 The lineup had changed about 3 or 4 times between the period of the last record and that tour and we got back from that tour and I headed overseas to do some writing and came back with the realization we needed to think about why we were doing it.\u00a0 The lineup had changed so much and I had started the band with a particular set of ideals and a want for a way of doing things and it felt like if we were to make a record at that stage it would be with an entirely new band and it just wouldn’t feel like a follow up or a natural progression.\u00a0 Nic who I’ve worked with for about seven years, we kind of went, well maybe the two of us should make the record and then build the band once we have figured out what it was we wanted to make.\u00a0 So I guess that’s what happened after that particular tour.\u00a0 I also disappeared a little bit too as you spend so much time on the road and realize you don\u2019t have a home life or a social life as such, it’s mainly the people you see on each touring cycle.<\/p>\n

So when Nic and I figured out we wanted to make this record, we kind of looked at the way people were making records and we felt if we got a producer and made it in a similar way to we have the last two albums, it didn’t really make sense as we wanted to learn to record and produce ourselves.\u00a0 So we set out to do that and found a house, kind of a caretaker\u2019s cottage on an industrial estate and I lived there and we set up a studio and started recording and writing in that space.\u00a0 Then we got those recordings to a point and worked with Stereogamus on some programming and extra production and then got the record mixed in London.\u00a0 But yeah, the process felt very different, it felt much more about crafting and building something rather than capturing what happens when you get four or five people in a room and record in a traditional sense.<\/p>\n

So did it actually get to a point where you were thinking of releasing this stuff under a different name, rather than Faker?
\n<\/strong>Well all the bands I like are all free to evolve.\u00a0 I kind of feel like the third record is a point where hopefully you have built some level of trust that some kind of fan base will let you challenge them.\u00a0 I think it feels like the last year or two, socially, certain aspects of living have been about complacency and people not embracing change whether on a political level or just a willingness for people to change their environments.\u00a0 Things have felt a bit more static than they should be and in music and art, that’s kind of the place where people are supposed to be inspired to change and do things differently.\u00a0 It’s not that much of a stretch to try and do things differently if you are in a band making music.\u00a0 So no I didn’t feel like renaming the band, this is the band I’ve always been in!<\/p>\n

You have a new rhythm section now with the addition of Chris and Liam, how have they settled in so far?
\n<\/strong>They’ve settled in wonderfully.\u00a0 It was great that the two people joined at the same time and we limited it to a band of four people, I think introducing three new members would have made it less authentic.\u00a0 The four of us have great camaraderie and the four of us work really well together and they’re the kind of things that make a band.\u00a0 It’s really exciting and I don’t think I have felt more excited about a lineup of this band.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You have released a couple of songs already from the album being Dangerous and Back When Solvents, how indicative are they of the rest of the album do you think and how has the response been so far?
\n<\/strong>It feels like the songs have been warmly received, but at times however there has been a little confusion about how things have changed and evolved and without people being able to see where it’s going to go or work in the context of the record, that’s not a total surprise.<\/p>\n

For someone who is in music, describing music is not exactly my forte haha!\u00a0 It feels like however those tracks are a good indicator of the album.\u00a0 We kind if push ourselves to have a level of diversity and I feel like there are a few different faces to the record<\/p>\n

You are soon heading off on your first headline national tour in a couple of years, what are your thoughts at this stage as far as setlist goes?
\n<\/strong>Fortunately the songs from our earlier records work really well with the songs off this record in a live context.\u00a0 We’ve played a couple of low key shows and I’ve been playing more guitar on stage now with some of the older songs to make the four piece thing work, it\u2019s a relief to have a 3 record palette to put a set list together.\u00a0 There’s a few different things we can introduce depending how a night feels, I’m feeling reinvigorated playing songs off the first and second record by virtue of having time away and the energy that Chris and Liam bring is amazing.<\/p>\n

So there\u2019s the EP, then the new album to be released and lots of touring on the immediate horizon, is that the prime focus for the immediate future?
\n<\/strong>Yes we really want to spend a lot of time on the road really making this record make sense to people.\u00a0 Whether it will immediately or take a bit of time, I don’t mind, it’s all about reconnecting with the audience, that’s the primary focus for me and for us as a band.<\/p>\n

Essential information<\/span><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> www.faker.com.au<\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> How Did We Not Get Loved EP (October 7th<\/sup> 2011, EMI Music Australia)<\/p>\n

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