Recap of new Simple Plan interview from France

Spreadtheirsound recently released a brand new interview with Chuck, Seb and Pierre that was filmed in France. In the interview the guys talked about Saturday, new album and the band’s future. You can either watch the French interview on the video below or you can read through the short recap I prepared for you (big thanks to Sab for the help with the translations!)

– They chose Howard Benson to produce the next album because of the albums he produced before (My Chemical Romance’s, The All-American Rejects’…). Their styles match.

– “Saturday” released because SP likes to give songs for the fans waiting for their next album, and it’s a way for them to know how the fans might react to the album. They sampled “Saturday Night” by Bay City Rollers. The ressemblance was made on purpuse, it’s not a coincidence or plagiarism.

– They’re going to do some featurings for the next album because they find it fun to do and think it give a fresh sound to the songs.

– They invited other bands to appear in the BOOM video to please the fans and also to bind bands from the same music genre, new bands and old bands together.

– Releasing the book 3 years ago made them realized the progress they made together throught the years.

– They always try to convey positivity through their songs because they know well how music can help in life and how people might need a little positivity.

– How they picture themselves in 10 years of time: Pierre has no idea. Out of the guys, he might be the one who plans his future the least. Seb thinks they might still be a band, maybe a little slower, but they going strong. According to Chuck, they’ll keep on doing music as long as people still want to see them live.

– The hardest part of being in a band is to stay faithfull to your own style but always trying to bring something new.

– Before they release an album, they like to do a tour where they go to small venue as a warm-up and to connect with the fans.