Album Focus: Leadfinger

Answered by: Stewy Leadfinger

Album title? Friday Night Heroes

Where did the title of your new album come from? Ultimately it's a song about playing live — the unpredictability of venues, turnouts and people. But it was originally inspired by how we usually party heroically Friday night, and are hungover the rest of the weekend!

How many releases do you have now? Friday Night Heroes is our fifth album since 2007. Leadfinger have also released three EPs and a single.

How long did it take to write/record? We started writing and developing the songs in January 2014 and it was recorded and mixed through winter 2015 at Linear Recording in Leichhardt, Sydney.

Was anything in particular inspiring you during the making? We purposely tried to develop these songs as much as possible in the rehearsal room. This was the same for lyric ideas and melodies, which mostly came spontaneously from the music and the moment.

What's your favourite song on it? The second song Heart On My Sleeve is my favourite, although Mean Streak is my favourite to play.

Will you do anything differently next time? It's way too early to think about that! I'm looking forward to this album coming out and people hearing it. It's got heaps of bottom end and is our best yet.

When and where is your launch/next gig? The Friday Night Heroes album launch tour winds through four states in late July and August. The first gig is this Friday 15 Jul, Factory Theatre.