It’s as if Scottish indie rock band The Snuts have travelled in time. From an outsider perspective the past few years have shown an
CLASHMUSIC / FEATURES / 19 · 02 · 2024
Deep Diving: The Snuts Interviewed
Scottish band on seizing independence, their new album, and touring with Louis Tomlinson...
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As they get ready for the release of ‘Millennials’, their second studio album, songwriter, producer and frontman Jack Cochrane talks to Clash about doing things differently this time, creative freedom and health, Louis Tomlinson and how he wants to see changes for young bands and artists in Scotland.
Talking of being on stage. How close did you get close to Louis Tomlinson?
We’ve done a support tour with Louis Tomlinson, we loved this opportunity. It really gave us a chance to get in front of people we wouldn’t necessarily be in front of in a live environment. It’s a different type of fan, our music translated well towards that. We’ve done tours with him over the past couple of years, we know him well.
He comes up to Glasgow for his shows, and we’ll go and watch football. He’s a good guy. Quite private. It’s funny because he been in the pop world, but deep down his roots are in indie guitar music, that’s what he is making. He’s fun guy to be around, and for us it’s great to see how others do things.
What did you take away after sharing stage and spending time with Tomlinson?
There’s been a confidence shift in terms of being onstage that we picked up on tour. The idea of taking control, sometimes I felt like we were always trying to part of the crowd and never wanted to be the centre of the attention. So being in control, having a stage presence, being able a walk on and be confident enough to do what you are meant to do up there. Definitely learned lots, we got so much better after those tours.
The Snuts mention touring with Louis Tomlinson, in their interview with Clash Magazine [19.2.2024]
