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So , I don ' t think it initially came from us . But the more we talked about it , the more we realized what a unique time in our history to be recording in Scotland and what that meant to us . To be doing it ourselves ; it was quite a hands-on process . There were no meetings about making
this album . Usually , there ' re meetings about meetings and how did the meeting go ? Are you looking forward to the next meeting ? It ' s exhausting . But with this , we just got in there and did it . In some ways , the movie was similar to that . Not spending hours deliberating things . It was like cool , let ' s do this . And very quickly we struck up a great rapport with Jack and the other guys that helped film it . I think that ' s really important if you ' re gonna spend that long with somebody . We were feeding [ Jack ] haggis the first day he got there . I look back and it ' s like we were trolling him ! The national dish of Scotland ! You couldn ' t get more Scottish if you tried . I think having that relationship with him was quite important for all that to happen and thankfully it did happen , you know ? You would ' ve seen it in the movie if we were being guarded or somebody else . I think we were able to be ourselves .
IE : It does feel like a genuine , honest look at the band . It ’ s like sneaking into the studio and seeing all these intimate moments no one else is privy to . You guys cooking and hanging out and bouncing ideas off each other . It ' s all
smiles and laughter and good times . When going into the film , were you hesitant or worried at all about letting fans into this intimate , private experience of recording the album ? JJ : It ' s a funny one . When you ' re making an album , I ' ve always found that you get about 90 % of the way through and then you go fuck people are gonna hear this ! I forgot . You get so caught up in what you ' re doing you forget that
Biffy Clyro 2014 ( L to R : Simon Neil , James Johnston , Ben Johnston ,)
people are gonna see it . In the same way , you sort of forget that there ' s a public at the other end of the camera . You ' re just talking to Jack . So not really , no . I don ' t think it ' s because we were ready for it . I think it ' s ‘ cause I didn ' t think about it . I think I ' m just emotionally slow ( laughs ) It wasn ' t until we were at the premiere watching it that I went oh Christ people are watching me cry and seeing the emotion we have attached to the band . I didn ' t give it much consideration – probably for the best . It ' s kind of allinwiththisbandlikelet ' sgetonwiththings . I didn ' t have much trepidation . Five years ago , you wouldn ' t have gotten in the door . There ’ s been more crew coming over the last few years , so the place has naturally opened up to more people . We ’ ve done the occasional photoshoot
there for example . I think with the passage of time , we ' ve become a bit more open to letting people in . If you tried filming that movie four years ago , we would ' ve just laughed at you . ( laughs ) It was nice to let people in and have a glimpse at it .
IE : The tour launches soon in Chicago , which we ’ re really excited about . Do you remember the first time you played Chicago ? JJ : No . ( laughs ) I remember being there with our tour manager , Stevie Bradford , who ’ s no longer with us . He took us around America a few times . Of course , I remember the pizza but don ’ t remember the show . But Chicago ’ s a proper town . There ' s no bullshit in Chicago . That ' s certainly how I see it . I get the feeling there ' s hard-
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