Roddy Woomble
Roddy Woomble
Roderick "Roddy" Woombleis a Scottish singer, songwriter and writer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of indie rock band Idlewild, with whom he has recorded six studio albums. In 2006, Woomble released his debut solo album, My Secret is My Silence, and released two subsequent albums, The Impossible Song & Other Songs and Listen to Keep, in 2011 and 2013, respectively...
bunch eat fans gin good guys half hot lyrics maybe sing sound stand themselves throw type whisper
If you have good lyrics, there is a type of person you want to be at your show. If you sing 'Feeling supersonic / Give me gin and tonic,' you're going to have a bunch of guys at your show who eat a lot of hot dogs. Not that I want to sound pretentious, because half of our fans that come to a show just want to throw themselves around in the crowd, but the other half want to maybe stand there and whisper the lyrics into their boyfriends' ears.
acoustic direction next response rock shows surprising
This year, with the acoustic shows we've done the response has been amazing. It would not be surprising if that was the direction we went with the next record, but, that said, we are still a rock band,
patterns
I like patterns in words. I'm not really interested in meaning.
who-i-am voice singing
I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.
past thinking voice
I'm quite happy for my voice to be pushed up, whereas in the past I wanted it buried with the guitars, or part of the band, not like I was thinking of myself as 'the singer'.
made really-happy
I've made a living out of music since I was 19, which is something I'm really happy about.
artist scotland actors
Pretty much every artist in Scotland - musician, writer, poet, actor - they're all part of a thing called the National Collective.