Episode 101 - Declan McKenna

Sodajerker On Songwriting

Sodajerker

Sodajerker, Barber, Simon, Music Interviews, Liverpool, Songwriters, Musicians, Oconnor, Songwriting, Interviews, Music, Podcast, Brian

4.9 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Rising star Declan McKenna talks to Sodajerker about the writing of his fantastic debut album, What Do You Think About The Car?, including the songs 'Humongous', 'Isombard', 'Paracetamol' and 'Brazil'. Declan also reflects on the process of being socially and politically aware in his music.

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0:00.0	And the Hi folks, welcome to another edition of the Soda Jerker Podcast, this is Simon, joined as always by Brian,
0:26.0	and on the show today we have one of the most exciting young songwriting talents to emerge onto the UK scene in quite some time,
0:32.0	as reflected by his inclusion on the BBC's
0:34.4	recent sound of 2017 list alongside the likes of Ragginbone man.
0:38.6	As this episode reaches you the release of his debut album What You Think
0:42.1	about the Car is Imminent,
0:43.6	and looks set to become one of the most talked about records of the year.
0:46.6	We're very excited to welcome the excellent Declan McKenna to the show.
0:50.1	Declan was born in Hartford,
0:51.6	in 1998 and grew up in the commuter town of
0:54.2	Chesant. He's from a musical family and began writing songs around the age of
0:58.1	seven taking classical guitar lessons age nine before going electric at secondary school.
1:03.0	Judas!
1:04.0	It was as he entered his teens that he began to take music more and more seriously
1:08.0	and while studying for his G.C.s, entered and won the 2015 Glastonbury Festival emerging talent competition with the enemy
1:14.8	Tousing gamers one to watch.
1:16.8	In August the same year, Declan released his first single, Brazil, which not only amply demonstrated
1:21.8	his precocious songwriting abilities,
1:23.8	but also brought into the attention of the wider public with its withering criticism of the powers behind the 2014 World Cup.
1:30.3	The track precipitated something of a record label Bidding War II with Columbia Records
1:35.0	emerging the bloodied Victor.
1:37.0	Declan toured extensively for the remainder of the year and released his second single, Parasetol, which tackled the evils of transgender conversion
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