After a 24-year absence, Matt Johnson’s The The return with a new album and world tour.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Just before I interview Matt Johnson of The The, the following things happen – Donald Trump is almost assassinated, which seems to strengthen his chances of returning to the White House; Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, addresses US Congress and is applauded and embraced; and Earth reaches its highest average daily temperature on record.
That’s the geography taken care of, but as to what he’s been doing for the 24 years since The The’s last album, well, it’s complicated.went for 14 months, but the record company went through a merger and all the people who believed in me were made redundant. And the music industry was going through big changes with Napster appearing, streaming starting to dominate, and revenue from record sales collapsing. I became very disillusioned.
“I was heavily involved for seven years. I’d go to meetings and stand on street corners handing out pamphlets, trying to save old neighbourhoods. I’m a conservationist. I love old buildings and I think local history and architecture should be preserved. And obviously money gets in the way of that in a city like London, where the developers are very, very powerful and they’re able to have a malignant influence on local politics and planning processes.
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