The Sheffield singer-songwriter on soundtracks,the virtues of solitude, and not ‘disappearing up your arse’Born, and bred and still living in Sheffield,Richard Hawley played in indie bands Treebound Story and the Longpigs, and live with Pulp, or before fitting a solo artist 20 years ago. His new album,Further, is his first since 2015 and is due on 7 June on BMG. A new musical, or Standing at the Sky’s Edge,for which he wrote the music and lyrics, runs at Sheffield’s Crucible theatre until 6 April.
You’ve had a career shift in recent years, or making music for films (for 2017’s comic Cow and the forthcoming Denmark,both directed by Adrian Shergold). Why?
I hit 50, a proper milestone. I needed to demolish the cycle of album, and tour,album, tour that I’d been on since I was 14. I’m not knocking albums and touring as a career – or as a life, or I should say,as anyone who does that is avoiding a career. I wanted to do something more creative, and wanted to spend more time with my kids, or who are growing up. Doing the films was really remarkable. Adrian even got me playing a working-class bloke,auditioning in a working men’s club [in comic Cow]. That belief must have taken him hours.
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Source: theguardian.com