Video: Indie band The Pigeon Detectives perform This Is An Emergency inside Fopp.
Indie band The Pigeon Detectives played a gig in the Broadmarsh Centre to promote their latest album.
The Leeds-based five-piece performed six stripped-back, acoustic tracks and signed copies of their fifth album, Broken Glances, at Fopp record store on Sunday (February 26).
Frontman Matt Bowman, guitarists Oliver Main and Ryan Wilson and drummer Jimmi Naylor ran through a set which included their classic hits This Is An Emergency and I’m Not Sorry, as bassist Dave Best sat out and filmed the show.
Broken Glances was released last Friday (February 24) and newbie Enemy Lines was a particular highlight.
After hanging around to chat to fans and sign copies of Broken Glances, Bowman said the band have gone for a “deliberate change in sound and direction on the new album”.
“We approached the writing process in a different way, often going against our instincts,” he said.
“In the recording studio it was experimentation, going for different sounds. It’s a different listen – you wouldn’t expect it from us. But at the same time it’s an album we’re proud of.
“It’s a natural thing for us making music, releasing music. We’ve been doing it for ten years.
“We’re not reinventing ourselves as a band, but giving ourselves room. We’re proud of what we’ve done and all the albums we’ve made, but it’s important to not get stuck in the mud and be defined by the earlier records.
“There’s mixed emotions: excitement, trepidation and you’re anxious to see if people like it. But at the same time we’re quite confident with the piece of work we’ve put out. We’re excited to get positive feedback from fans.”
The band, who rose to fame in 2007 with the release of their debut album Wait For Me, are currently on tour and play a sold-out Rescue Rooms show in Nottingham on Thursday, March 9.
Bowman said: “We love going on tour, it’s the best part of being in a band. Going to sleep in Paris and waking up in Amsterdam – what’s not to like?”
Wilson said the band have always had good experiences playing in Nottingham at both the Rescue Rooms and Rock City.
He added: “We also played a small venue in Nottingham a few years back and on the day Leeds United played Derby County and Forest played someone local – there was a lot of trouble in the city.
“We turned up in our white transit van, which we all bought between us. Six lads piled out of the van and there were football hooligans on the street up for a tear up. We were like: ‘We’re just a band and we want to play a gig’.”
Bowman added: “One thing that never ceases to surprise us is the loyal following we have. It’s got to the point now where we’re on first name terms with some of the fans.
“They’ve been coming to our gigs for ten years now. We’re always a band that will go to the merchandise stall and meet people and thank them for coming along.”
