KUBB BIOGRAPHY

A more straightforward uplift comes from the surging, 'Tomorrow Never Knows'-reboot that is 'I Don't Mind' and the piano-led 'Wicked Soul'. 'That's quite a sexual song,' says Harry. 'It's just about casting off your inhibitions and fucking the brains out of your missus.'

'Grow', a towering, soulful song complete with gospel choir, is 'a relationship recovery song': "who said broken pieces don't mend?/I say, I say to think again..." 'Coming into Kubb and making our album, I realised it was about simple, lovely, strong ideas, no pretension.'

Harry also gained calmness from reforming his caner ways. He doesn't talk about his drug use to be cool or clever, but because he knows how much they damaged him - and how he used them as a way of blocking out 'frozen' emotions dating from his childhood. It's not a 'bloke' thing to say, but then Kubb are no bloke-rock band. It's that 'mother/feminine' side coming out again.

He's looking forward to getting out there and playing. He won't be taking ephedrine, but he is also honest to say that he may fall of the wagon once touring takes hold. 'Never say never,' he says of his 'addictive' personality and appetite for adventure. With a record as vivid and skyscraping as Mother, it might be hard to keep feet on the ground.

Harry shies away from predictions. All he knows is, 'it feels right to do Kubb. And I'm not gonna look any further. Any further than that -who might like it, who might be interested in me, all of that stuff - is none of my business. That's only fuel for the ego. You need the ego a little bit. But self-importance will bring you down eventually. And leads to pain. And I've had enough of that.' page << 1 2 3 4 5 6 >>