READING-BASED band Third Lung are gearing up to launch their debut album with a launch party.
The group will see in the arrival of their first full-length release with a live launch at Sub89 on Thursday, November 10.
The band features Tom Farrelly on lead vocals and guitar, Cams Jurasek on lead guitar and backing vocals, Rob Jacques on bass guitar, and Sam Waugh.
Cams says of the album’s beginnings: “The plan was to actually just do another EP, because they do tend to be a little more affordable.
“But we had so much material- because it’s not really advisable until people are asking you to do an album- If you can, keep doing EPs, but we had enough to go on.”
Bandmate Tom says: “We wanted to do a seven track EP, but there were two or three other songs that we wouldn’t necessarily have thought of as singles, and we thought that this would be a really good opportunity to get those recorded too.
He says that one of the last songs to be added to the album was their latest single release, LO-HI.
“That track was a real special one actually, because we had like ten tracks we were going to take into the recording studio,
“Two days before we’re due to record, the producer, Michael, said that he’d been going over the demos and we needed something else- we need Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own, by U2, we need that kind of song.
“But we’ve been working with our producer for a long time and we’ve really built up a trust there, so we did it, and that’s how LO-HI ended up on the album.”
Tom says the song has a focus on co-operation between the bandmates.
“Going through this process of doing the album so collaborative, the four of us creatively have really come to the fore started to express ourselves quite openly.
“Because when you’re working, even with friends, it can be quite difficult to get over those first initial hurdles of like selling records, for example,
“The song really centres around just needing your friends- trying to find the courage to ask for help basically, is the essence of what that song is about.”
While he says also that the album is not particularly conceptual, “I do think the songs that we’ve chosen have some similar things going on.
“The album’s called Gameplay, which was a bit of a random thing, since Cams and I were chucking out some old things, and we found this old chessboard.
“We were moving soon and decided to chuck it on the fire, and we thought that it looked pretty cool,
“As soon as we thought of the title, we knew we had a heavy influence for the artwork, but then it felt that the themes of the songs had an element of gameplay in them,
“The games we play with each other, as well as on ourselves, so there was a link running through.”
The band say that they are looking forward to being able to launch the album at Sub89.
“It’s always been on our radar, it’s the premier gigging venue in Reading, and because it’s the debut album, we said screw it, let’s do something special.
“We’re a little anxious, but we want to put on a proper show, and we’re just gonna have a real party.”
Third Lung’s debut album Gameplay will be released on Thursday, November 10.
They will be joined by Elucidate at SUB89 that night for the launch party, with more special guest acts to be announced.
Tickets are available via: premier.ticketek.co.uk
