Metronomy Frontman Claims 'English Riviera' Success Down To 'Beautiful Weather'
Friday, 09 March 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Electro-pop trio Metronomy have claimed that their LP ‘The English Riviera’, which hit shelves on April 8th last year, only saw great success because of the really nice weather at the time – and that the album really ‘worked well in the sunshine’.
The modest remarks came during an interview with The Independent, when frontman Joe Mount was asked about their unprecedented success of the album, which was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize. But, instead of listing hard-work or pure talent as the reason, he claimed that it was simply the weather which helped the record receive massive critical acclaim.
“It was released in April and we had this unreasonably lovely May,” he told the paper. “It was really beautiful, really hot, and the album was quite summery and I guess it kind of caught people at the right time.
“There's an element of chaos theory to it. I was trying to express how I used to feel in the summer when I was growing up; that's why it seems to have worked well in the sunshine. If it had been a crap spring then maybe we wouldn't be here.”
Mount went on to talk about missing out on the Mercury Prize – and why he thinks it was beneficial that the quartet didn’t walk away with the trophy.
“Really I think it's great that we didn't win because by being nominated you receive the same boost in press or interest or whatever. But if you win you get £20,000, sell a few more records and then there's just loads of pressure.
“The prize money is almost like the compensation for that pressure. But someone like PJ Harvey wouldn't feel that pressure by now anyway so it's fine. We used the evening to have a proper good time and take advantage of the free drink and have a little dance afterwards.”
Metronomy will be performing at a handful of festivals this month, including Inverness’ RockNess Festival and Suffolk’s Latitude Festival. If you need tickets, check the link below.
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