“Note to self: write easier parts!” Inside Love Is Noise’s debut album

You’ve already ready our gushing review of Love Is Noise’s debut album – released, appropriately, on Valentine’s Day 2025. Now, having spent a couple of days getting properly acquainted, allow mastermind Cameron Humphrey to show you how To live in a different way…

“This was one of the last songs we finished but became one of the most impactful. It seems like we were listening to Oasis a fair bit when making this as the Britpop feel is wild. I remember creating the lyrics when I was on a friend’s London rooftop, high up in the sky and staring at this one light that didn’t stop flickering – a metaphor for my musical career, I guess.”

“This originally wasn’t gonna be the first single but Century [Media] pushed us to drop it first, and thank god they did. Soft Glow has become a song that I know we’ll be playing for a very long time, one for the ages. I can’t wait to hear ‘You are the one that shines on me’ sung in unison.”

“This almost didn’t make the record and I’ll take the blame for not understanding how great it was. We proper went deep into the shoegaze guitar tones with this and I reckon if we showed this to Kevin Shields he’d love it.”

“This is the ‘we need to have a heavy tune’ song and it does exactly that. Cool story: the screeching you hear in the end breakdown is us shouting into the pickup of the guitar. Pretty gnarly stuff.”

“Jeff Buckley-core and another song that took ages to find the right vocal melody. This is probably the most shoegaze we went with the guitar tones, using the Fender Blender pedal to its full potential. Can’t wait to play this one live. Pretty powerful song lyrically too, real proud of it.”

“Arguably the best song on the album. I remember Tom coming to the band with the chorus chords and I was like ‘Bro, this is special.’ Probably my best vocal performance, too. The solo in this song is the only guitar playing I did on the whole record – funny that it’s such an impactful moment.”

“The song that started it all and I’ll never forgot how stoked I was with the vocal delivery when we recorded the demo. What a journey this song takes you on. It’s a pain to sing live but I’m enjoy the challenge. Note to self: write easier parts!”

“I remember exactly where I was when I heard the final mix: The Bullring in Birmingham, of all places. This song is perfect for the end of a film when the character walks away into the sunset. Hopefully one day you’ll hear Sunshine on the big screen…”

“The best Love Is Noise song title, hands down. Described as ‘a feeling of nostalgia for a time or place that you’ve never experienced’, Anemoia sonically does exactly that. I think this could be the song that surprises everyone. If Oliver meets Radiohead meets Apex Twin in some strange way. If you thought Love Is Noise could only create rock/metal songs, this is the song that will change everything you thought about us.”

“Love Is Noise meets The Beatles. The most ‘out-there’ Love Is Noise tune, I reckon. We almost put the drums just in the left speaker to fully give the Beatles effect. Vocally this song was one of the hardest to record as it meant so much to me. I started crying as soon as we finished the final take which turned out to be the final take of the whole record. It takes a hell of a lot for me to cry, so for this tune to do that means it has a real special place in my heart.”

“I wrote this one about my thoughts around death and how we’ve got to live life to its fullest potential. The main thing I won’t be doing is being on my deathbed with regrets. This is such a powerful realisation as life becomes all about living and appreciating everything you have. I also love how Mogwai this song is – what a band to be influenced by.”

To live in a different way is out now via Century Media.

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