CPI Archive 2008: After 10 years knocking on the door, Cork’s finest, Fred, are finally ready to join the party. Andrew Hamilton chats to front man Joe O’Leary about creating an album of pots and pans and always keeping the happy side out.
IF FRED were a newspaper they wouldn’t sell a copy. In journalism, bad news sells - while good will consistently fail to shift a single unit. This piece of vital information must have been completely overlooked when Cork band Fred were plotting out their route to success. I guess nobody told them that you can’t get a break in this world with a collection of shining-happy pop tunes. But is that true? The last ten years of prosperity have been notable, musically at least, for a succession of very successful, but undeniably whiny, singer-songwriters. Now that the Celtic Tiger has caught a bad case of feline distemper and probably, let’s face it, a urinary tract infection, is the time just right for some good old fashion cheer-up music? Could this be a time to Fred? “Personally, if it was up to me, we would be a much grumpier band. Ah no, I’m only messing. But it’s much easier to write a depressing song than an upbeat song. That’s what I think anyway," said Joe.
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