Inhaler (the band of Bono’s son), pop turn “like the Nirvana”
“This album scores an additional foray into pop? Some of our favorite albums are pop albums. Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, for example: it is very pop ». The Pursti del Rock are already ready to trigger their fatal wrathbut Elijah Hewson, or the son of Bono, of the opinion of the Taliban does not affect much. Indeed, it doesn’t care at all. It would not be the frontman of one of the most talked about rock bands of recent years, those inhalers who have scored on the platforms with their hits 250 million streamsconquering goals more from pop star than from Rockstar.
Tomorrow the new album “Open Wide” comes out. The title, translated, means “.open wide“And inside there is all the attitude of the Dublin quartet – composed, as well as by Hewson, also by guitarist Josh Jenkinson, bassist Robert Keating and drummer Ryan McMahon – who He took rock and reworked him in his own way. Dividing, yes, but also by opening the doors of the genre to a new generation, together with other realities such as the Fontaines DC and the Murder Capital: “It did not seem feasible that new bands could perform in the arenas. I am surprised that there are so many young people of our age who are now interested in listening to guitars. When we went to school, there were only songwriters, like Ed Sheeran. It’s nice to see a lot of bands back in fashion», He claims, proud, in an interview with the British newspaper The Independent, on the eve of the album release.
With “Open Wide” The inhalers bring their sound to new, bold directions. Without giving up a rock matrix – it is no coincidence that among the sources of inspiration quote the T.rex, but also the Depeche Mode and Prince – but dirty their hands also with other sounds. The group began working on the album last year, intent on out that comfort zone in which the 2021 debut “IT Won’t Always Be Like This” and “Cuts and Bruises” of 2023 were born. The difference in the approach was the pop touch of Kid Harpoonproducer already behind the successes of the records of Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles and Florence and the Machine. “Open Wide” promises to strengthen the status of Bono jr. and partners of Modern Rock Band par excellence, group that He manages to make exuberant pop melodies coexist in his writing, intricate grooves and the dynamism of rock’n’roll.
It is no coincidence that the exit of the album coincides with the departure of what is to date the biggest tour of the band in the United Kingdom and Ireland, departing tomorrow from the O2 Academy of Leeds, before the great Appointment on May 30th at St. Anne’s Park of their Dublin, in front of 20 thousand fans (but First they will arrive in Italy, on April 26th at the Fabrique in Milan). “If I can say one thing about our band is that We are not afraid of being ambitious»Explains the group frontman, who spent the last few years on tour together with artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, Pearl Jam, Harry Styles and Kings of Leon.
The album is anticipated by the single “A question of you”, a pop-rock piece à la Harry Styles who promises to be the manifesto of the album: «For me this is a love song that talks about how it must first be honest With yourself to be honest with someone else. Type: “I have to solve my problems to be able to be with other people”. It is also a question of twin souls. The refrain really turned the piece in this case ».
