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Were Your Pension Savings Spent On The New Album, Ville Valo?
Ville Valo and HIM took their fate in their own hands and they haven't been fighting with anybody.
(The caption: HIM performed in Berlin on Tuesday.)
HIM recorded their Tears On Tape album in a peculiar situation. The band was lacking a recording contract and made their album in all peace with their own wallet.
Last autumn, Ville Valo announced that the goal of the new album is to combine the heaviness of Black Sabbath and sensitivity of Roy Orbison.
- We got pretty close for sure but I hope that we didn't succeed in it perfectly. Then this would be it and it would be time to quit, Valo says.
Tears On Tape stays together well. It sounds almost like a theme album.
- Our drummer Gas' (Mika Karppinen) hands couldn't bear playing for a long time. When we got to play and the stress and tears were over, suddenly everyone became seriously excited about making an album.
- Maybe this is one of the reasons why the album's got a main thread, the same undertone carries the album from the beginning to the end.
Tears On Tape plays devilishly heavily from time to time.
- Probably one reason is that the album was recorded completely in Finland. And when the texts of the album were made, blood red leaves were falling from the trees. There's also a lot of Finland in the album, too: Hurriganes and the devil-may-care atmosphere.
The heaviness is partly based on the fact that according to Valo, HIM don't make two similar-styled albums in a row.
- The previous album was kinda pop somehow and polished up anyway so this time we made a heavier album. The next album will probably be more or less poptune.
Disappeared Day Offs
Last autumn, Ville Valo says that making an album with their own money means that the pension savings of the band shrink. Did you lose it all now, then?
- Not all of it, we got some discount from the studio, he jokes.
- In fact, such a funny thing happened that when we paid all the recordings by ourselves, we didn't have to fight about money with anybody. So it was worthwhile to take our fate in our own hands. However, I don't mean that earlier we've made albums with a counter in our hand.
In the end, HIM's new situation led to the fact that the band now has three recording labels. One in United States, one in Britain and one takes care of the rest of Europe.
- The good thing is that each label knows their own area and knows how to work there. This is a bonus, Valo says.
- The bad thing is that I have a triple amount of work compared to the earlier times when I keep in touch with the recording labels.
Valo doesn't remember when the last time he had a day off was.
- The album was made for a long time and without breaks. After that there's been a good share of everything when we always have to answer all kinds of questionings right away.
And there are no days off in store. HIM started their tour in Germany on Monday.
- On the other hand, the funny thing is that when you go to tour, you feel like you're having free time.
HIM's tour includes a couple of festivals, too. Then Valo is lurked by a danger - performing in the daylight.
- Yes, it is horrible. So, I hope that it will rain like hell everywhere so that it'd be darker. So welcome to see HIM's festival gig and wade in
The english translation by Heidi Malin @Heartagram Italy about Iltalehti article
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Were Your Pension Savings Spent On The New Album, Ville Valo?
Ville Valo and HIM took their fate in their own hands and they haven't been fighting with anybody.
(The caption: HIM performed in Berlin on Tuesday.)
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