Jockstrap on playing with Blur and their Mercury Prize nod for 'I Love You Jennifer B'

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00:00 Good morning, Jockstrap.

00:01 Good morning.

00:02 How are we feeling today?

00:03 Yeah, good.

00:04 Just got up a few hours ago.

00:06 Feeling great.

00:07 Nice to be out.

00:08 Yes, out in the sunlight.

00:10 It's good.

00:11 So when did you find out you were nominated?

00:13 We found out a week ago whilst we were on tour in America.

00:17 So we were in the tour van and our managers called us

00:20 and on FaceTime and we had a little yay.

00:24 Did you have champagne to hand?

00:26 What was the closest beverage?

00:28 No, we had water.

00:30 Fizzy water at least.

00:33 No, tap water actually probably.

00:35 We had a show that evening so we were sort of like in the thick of it.

00:38 Yeah.

00:39 Nice one.

00:40 Well, each shortlisted record tends to sort of capture something about the last year.

00:43 What would you say that...

00:44 How would you describe the character and the energy of I Love You, Jennifer Bee

00:47 and what it says about music in the last year?

00:49 It just...

00:50 It's...

00:50 Oh, it captured us for the past year, innit?

00:52 That's it really.

00:54 I don't think it's...

00:55 I don't know.

00:57 It's very...

00:58 It's just me and George are doing this so...

01:00 Yeah, I wouldn't say it's reflective of the times.

01:02 It's more reflective of our personalities and when we come together, what we do.

01:06 Yeah, I mean we're probably definitely...

01:08 We're making music that is...

01:09 Because of the times that we're in so we're a product of that, you know?

01:14 Yeah.

01:15 And for those who haven't heard it, how would you describe the energy of this record?

01:17 Quite hot, innit?

01:20 Yeah, hot, thumping.

01:23 Milky.

01:25 And what do you make of your competition?

01:27 It's good, yeah.

01:29 Yeah, it's a good lineup of albums.

01:31 You know, most people on there and some really great stuff that we're both fans of.

01:37 So, yes, awesome.

01:38 If you're betting people, who would your money be on other than yourselves?

01:42 Because you can't do that, can you?

01:44 You can't bet on yourself.

01:45 I think there's laws against that.

01:46 Yeah, there's laws against it.

01:48 Won't do that then.

01:48 Fred again.

01:50 He's gonna win.

01:51 Fred again.

01:51 Fred again's gonna win.

01:53 Into it.

01:54 I'd put my money on him or you guys as well.

01:57 And you recently got to support Blur at Wembley.

02:00 How was that?

02:00 Fun.

02:02 It was like a video game because the stadium looked like a weird colour.

02:07 Like, it's very white and it was empty but half full.

02:11 It was good.

02:12 It was really fun.

02:12 Yeah.

02:15 I've done that before, yeah.

02:16 Really good.

02:17 You guys hang out with Blur backstage?

02:18 No, but they watch from the side of the stage, which is nice.

02:23 I heard that there was like...

02:26 Did you guys get to use the football as jacuzzi?

02:27 I was reading that that was available.

02:28 Oh no, not us.

02:29 We were first support.

02:30 We were very...

02:31 Yeah, we were.

02:31 Next time.

02:33 And what can you tell us about the rest of your 2023?

02:36 What's the rest of the year had in store?

02:37 We're touring.

02:40 We've been touring a lot and there's more touring to do.

02:43 We've got some really exciting shows at the end of the year at the Barbican that we're really excited about.

02:48 Yeah, the Barbican is the main thing we're going to be working on now.

02:52 Because we're doing like a new show for that.

02:54 So, but going to America is good.

02:57 Yeah.

02:58 Sweet.

02:58 And this is a selfish question considering we're celebrating this record.

03:01 But have you started work on the next album?

03:03 No, because like the shows we're doing are like that basically.

03:09 So that's the reason to come.

03:11 Because they're going to be like album, new album vibe, but not new songs.

03:16 Just like that energy into the show sort of thing.

03:18 Yeah.

03:19 Sweet, we've heard.

03:19 Jockstrap, congratulations.

03:21 Thank you.

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