Six Pack: Planet Love Sound

“Living in Europe absolutely affected the way the songs ended up sounding,” Franklin says, talking about recording their EP, Part 1, in Berlin. “Geography plays such an important part in the art you create. We also wrote and recorded both EPs [the second to be released mid-year] without a drummer, which also played a huge factor in the way the recordings sound. Our live show has completely surpassed the recordings since drummer Cristo Kollias joined the group. It sounds much more like a band now, as opposed to studio-written tracks performed live.”

Naturally, playing in a musically fascinating city such as Berlin does have its benefits.

“After our show with Karen Elson in Berlin, we were hanging backstage with her and the band and she was chatting to someone called Jack on the phone and was kissing the handset as they spoke. Cute. We realised soon after that she was talking with Jack White. We were all pretty star-struck by that. I love what Jack White does – even if I don't always love the music. He takes risks, strips it back and is a total purist. All of these things we're striving for.”

Planet Love Sound have also released Part 1 on 12” vinyl. Being huge vinyl fetishists here at Time Off, we ask Franklin all about it.

“Pressing vinyl was an important thing for us to do. We feel that CDs are a little dinosaur-like in the way that they're a physical object storing digital files. Vinyl sounds and feels better and the people that listen to vinyl are generally avid music lovers. These are exactly the kinds of people we want listening to our vinyl. One other cool thing is that we're donating 20% profits to the Against Malaria Foundation.”

Planet Love Sound plau Saturday 5 May, X&Y Bar