We’ve made an album that can add to culture and shape the music bands make after this

Glasgow rock outfit on how they approached the creative process and changed their entire outlook by using iconic groups as inspirations for a new sound perfect for live arena concerts doing what was expected of us in a to say, ‘OK, how do we do it?’, so Ross to us, we think other people will feel that Novocaine, is out today and the album genre we didn’t even believe was the right and I watched YouTube videos and read way too. Power follows on January 24. thing to do. so many articles. In our own way, we “If it was exciting doing it, it means There is also a tour, which sees the

“We were following the rules of rock went to internet audio university.” it’s good, as that’s how it’s been in the band warm up for the mammoth because we felt like we had to, because The result is a dazzling record that past for us. campaign that lies ahead, with some that was how we got to where we were explodes out of the restrictions of rock, Sam said: “What does it sound like? It lower key shows away from the big cities. and what gave us the opportunity to bringing in elements of the electronic sounds like five Grammies.” Ross said: “The shows kick off in March tour and be a band. music the band – especially Ross – have There’s yet more change as original and it’s interesting as it’s lots of different

“Jacknife told us we didn’t have to do always loved. member Barry McKenna is no longer venues and towns – just thinking outside that, we could do it our way - we could Ross said: “In a sense for us and our involved in the studio set-up, although the box, do you want to see the band do whatever we wanted. It was a real definition of rock, Kanye West is a rock is still very much part of the live band. again in the same venue? awakening. band, Justice are a rock band. Ross said: “After we did the last album, “We’re not playing Glasgow or

Sam agreed: “We were advised to set “It’s been such a positive, life-changing we all realised we were maybe not Edinburgh on this run, we’re doing our studio and way of working up like experience for us that, even if no one travelling in the same direction plus he’d Motherwell (March 3), Aberdeen this by Jacknife, this is basically what likes it, we will never be the same again. been talking about wanting to explore (March 4), Dundee (March 6) and he has. “The sound came completely naturally, composing. Kilmarnock (March 7).

“We were coming in, plugging things it was in no way premeditated. “He is still an integral part of “We have done so much touring in and learning how they mechanically “I’ve been thinking about what to the band live – he will be on now, we didn’t want to be obvious and worked, because he made us realise compare it to or how to describe it and the road with us and a big part go the usual places but equally not tiny we had the ear to do it ourselves and, I really can’t - I don’t know what there is of the shows. venues.

“It couldn’t be more amicable. in fact, we were doing it already at out there that’s like this album. “It’s a mish mash on these shows

We’re all going to tour an album his place. “Jacknife makes music for the future by design.

together and we are all still best “The bands he had worked with, like and we had been making music according “We tried to go to paces we haven’t

friends but he is concentrating U2 and The Killers, are famous been for a while – or even before. to the rules of the past. We were like the on what he wants to do musically

“The idea is to do this, get into for innovating and working this way – Victorians.” and we are doing what we

Europe, do the summer festivals and he said we could and should Craig added: “This album sounds want to.” in Europe and UK and see be doing it that way too. really exciting to us. The single, where we land after that.”

“We had too much pride “It is totally different but if it’s exciting