Charlie Mock caught up with Rob Damiani, lead vocalist of Don Broco ahead of their headline UK tour to chat trending on Twitter and new releases.
If people havenÔÇÖt heard of Don Broco, how would you describe yourselves to them?
A rock band! We like playing loud rock music, but weÔÇÖve got melodies too so youÔÇÖre going to find a tune in there. The best thing is to check us out really!
ÔÇÿYou Wanna KnowÔÇÖ was released last month- it placed at #1 on the iTunes Chart and trended on Twitter. How did that feel?
It was great. It was really cool- itÔÇÖs the first new music weÔÇÖve released since our debut album came out, so we were quite excited to get it out and see what peopleÔÇÖs reactions would be; if our fans were enjoying it or not. That was the main important thing. I guess, the icing on the cake was getting to number one on iTunes and I donÔÇÖt know how we did it but we somehow made it into in the Top 40 Charts, which we never saw coming. It was a really, really big weekend for us!
It was the first song that you had written since your last album- what was it like going into the studio after that length of time?
It was weird. I mean, we released the album last year but we actually recorded it the year before, so yeah! We were kind of a little bit nervous. We were thinking, ÔÇÿHave we lost our touch?ÔÇÖ ÔÇÿDo we know what weÔÇÖre doing?ÔÇÖ But, as soon as we heard the riff and laid the melody down we were getting good vibes from it. It just gave us that push to get new music written and now we canÔÇÖt stop! We write all the time now. You go through your different cycles obviously; the promo stageÔǪ But, the writing stage- itÔÇÖs just really nice getting back into the studio.
You guys have got your tour coming up at the end of the month- youÔÇÖre coming to Cardiff on December 1st to play The Great Hall. What can we expect from those shows?
WeÔÇÖre psyched to come to Cardiff! We managed to hit up Clwb Ifor Bach on our headline tour back in February and this is the first time since then, so itÔÇÖs exciting for us. ItÔÇÖs a big old venue; weÔÇÖre going to be bringing the full live show. ItÔÇÖs the biggest tour weÔÇÖve done to date so itÔÇÖs the first time weÔÇÖve been able to bring a proper production and lights and think about the show on a big scale. On top of that, weÔÇÖve got two amazing support bands coming. Lonely the Brave who are from Oxford- theyÔÇÖre this really passionate rock band. WeÔÇÖre also bringing these guys over from Boston called Bad Rabbit, who you need to check out as well. TheyÔÇÖre kind of like a funk-soul band! WeÔÇÖve got a huge night ahead.
Finally, what are your plans for upcoming releases?
When ÔÇÿYou Wanna KnowÔÇÖ came out we were eager to get back to writing. WeÔÇÖre hopefully going into the studio early 2014 to have some more new music out for people to hear all over next year. WeÔÇÖre getting really excited for what weÔÇÖre doing at the moment, so we canÔÇÖt wait for people to hear it!
Catch Don Broco at The Great Hall on December 1st. ÔÇÿYou Wanna KnowÔÇÖ is available for download now.┬á