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\"Brigitte<\/a><\/p>\n

We first caught wind of Chicago\u2019s Brigitte Calls Me Baby when they released their debut EP, This House Is Made of Corners, <\/i>in 2023<\/a>. It took just the record\u2019s five songs to be smitten with the band\u2019s mix of infectious melodies, hepped-up riffs, and singer Wes Leavins\u2019 dreamy croon. They hearkened back to \u201850s leading lights like Roy Orbison and the King himself while also recalling The Smiths for Leavens dire odes to love and life. Indeed, when he sang about flowers and people and a place where he could be happy, you half expected him to follow those lines with “Take me out tonight.”<\/p>\n

Brigitte Calls Me Baby released their debut full-length, The Future Is Our Way Out<\/i>, the following year, expanding upon the EP\u2019s five songs with another six every bit as impressive. And this month, they released their second full-length, Irreversible<\/i>, an album that somehow seems more cohesive and purposeful than its predecessor. Whether it\u2019s the riveting first single \u201cSlumber Party,\u201d whose line, \u201cI thought I told you, no excuses to stay home,\u201d seems like an answer to someone complaining about not having a stitch to wear, or the slow burn of \u201cI Can\u2019t Have You All to Myself,\u201d this is an album that meshes big hooks with lyrics equally poignant and charming.<\/p>\n

I caught up with Leavins a couple weeks ago on the phone to learn more about how it came into being.<\/p>\n

Everyone talks about the second album being difficult because a band has its whole existence to work on the songs for the first one then the slate is cleared. Was this album more difficult to make?<\/b><\/p>\n

Wes Leavins:<\/strong> Not really. We started it on the road. I\u2019d have these “aha,” lightbulb moments where I\u2019d get an idea in the van out on the highway heading to a gig.<\/p>\n

So when you were coming up with things, did you work on them at soundcheck?<\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Yeah, absolutely. We arranged songs at soundcheck. We would sometimes play them that night and then modify them.<\/p>\n

Once you headed into the studio, did you have very specific ideas about what you wanted to do?<\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Very much so. Lawrence and Yves helped us elevate the live thing. We wanted to keep the integrity of how exciting the songs felt live and retain that feeling. So, when we were in the studio, the producers had great ideas as to how to keep that feeling<\/p>\n

Was there a specific reason why you went with the Rothman brothers? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL<\/strong>: We had a vision for the album. When we met with them initially, I let them talk and tell me what their vision was. They didn\u2019t know what I was thinking, but what they said was so much in line with what I was thinking. It just felt like, \u201cOh, this is the answer. These are the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

What were some of those thoughts and ideas that you had going into it?<\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Well, we knew we wanted to make a big album with songs that you could play in an arena, or you could play in a club, and they would just blow the roof off the place. We wanted the sound to fill the atmosphere, so we had more layers than usual. On most songs, we had loads of guitars, with synths and keys, and then the drums are massive. The hooks… we wanted to elevate the hooks, make the hooks more massive as well, with a big voice, big drums, big guitars. We all mutually wanted to make a rock album while maintaining our hooks.<\/p>\n

In other interviews, you\u2019ve talked a lot about growing up in Texas, listening to records. Does this feel like the fruition of those teenage dreams, or are there still bigger dreams? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Oh yeah, it\u2019s never enough, you know. You always want more, and that\u2019s maybe the blessing and the curse of pursuing this. You\u2019re constantly in pursuit of more. I\u2019ve got an insatiable appetite for life and things in life. I always want more, and that takes work. I can\u2019t stop trying to express myself. That\u2019s how it\u2019s all manifested for me, and I can\u2019t really stop. I don\u2019t want to stop, and when I do stop, I\u2019m not very happy.<\/p>\n

In the press release for the record, you\u2019re quoted as saying that it\u2019s the vulnerability of your music that\u2019s being embraced. Do you feel particularly vulnerable when you\u2019re singing or burying yourself in your lyrics? And do you feel like that\u2019s required? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Oh, yeah. absolutely. I mean, \u201cWhen my life is through, all the people will love me. Oh, if life could only be so kind, then I wouldn\u2019t mind being alive.\u201d That\u2019s about as vulnerable as it gets, I think. But yeah, I do definitely feel vulnerable. And it\u2019s rewarding, too, because you see these guys with jackets and muscles, and they walk into the show and they\u2019re kind of standing in the back with their arms crossed. It was like that in England. But by the time we get to that song (“The Future Is Our Way Out”) and that lyric, their arms are outstretched, and they\u2019re singing along. I think it\u2019s kind of therapeutic for everyone involved. I notice a lot of men at the gigs, and you watch the barrier break, and when it does, it\u2019s rewarding.<\/p>\n

What has the reception overseas been like compared to in America?<\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> I feel like they\u2019re more willing to embrace something that isn\u2019t right down the center of pop. There are places in America that really get us, but over there, there\u2019s definitely an open-mindedness that I find very attractive. And the way they react, the tears that I see from grown men. That is mostly in England. In Europe to0, but mostly England.<\/p>\n

You guys opened up for Morrissey. Did you have any encounters with him? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Oh, yeah, we\u2019d spend a little time with him at every show.<\/p>\n

Did he have any words of wisdom for you? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> He was very kind to us and complimentary. He has a very dedicated fanbase, and playing for them certainly moved the dial for us.<\/p>\n

You get Smiths comparisons thrown at you quite a bit. So, do you have people showing up with flowers for you? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> No, no flowers yet.<\/p>\n

I think it is a fair comparison, though, as both you and Morrissey have a tendency to frame things in terms of life and death. I mean, lots of people use cliches like, “I\u2019d die without you,” but you\u2019re talking about wanting to die in a suburban garage or predicting that you only have five years left, sort of the same way that he has sang about dying on a double-decker bus. <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Yeah, I think some people just tackle those more existential topics. And Morrissey is one, and I certainly am one. I\u2019ve had a fear of death since I was young, and naturally, that\u2019s manifested in the lyrics. I think a lot, and I feel a lot, and that has been very painful at times. But it\u2019s also manifested in some songs I\u2019m really proud of.<\/p>\n

But I think maybe there\u2019s something to be said about that, like the subconscious part. Even where we\u2019re from. I\u2019m from a small town in southeast Texas. There are lots of refineries and lots of gloom that in some way have to be similar to how Morrissey felt when he was growing up. Have a look at Beaumont and Fort Arthur, Texas, on Google images, and you\u2019ll see what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve said that the first one was about the impermanence of everything. Could the same be said about the new record? <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> It is called \u201cIrreversible,\u201d so that was the topic. Nearly every song has something to do with a moment in your life when things are never the same again, for better or for worse. There was a Tears for Fears lyric that kept resonating: \u201cWelcome to your life, there\u2019s no turning back,\u201d [from \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World\u201d]. So less impermanence on this album and more like, \u201cOkay, this is it. We\u2019re living, we\u2019re alive. Let\u2019s hope you get it right the first time because there isn\u2019t really an encore. You\u2019re not really going to get a second chance anymore.\u201d Especially as an adult now, your decisions have results, sometimes good, sometimes bad. So where the first album was more about impermanence, this album is more about the trials and tribulations of life and how a moment or a decision or something unexpectedly happening in your life can change things in ways that you can\u2019t even see coming, for better or for worse.<\/p>\n

I assume you\u2019re not particularly religious. <\/b><\/p>\n

WL:<\/strong> Well, no, I would say I\u2019m not religious, but I\u2019m hopeful. Some would say these songs are very negative, but I think they\u2019re filled with hope and acceptance\u2014radical acceptance\u2014that this is how it is. So maybe I can complain sometimes, but there is hope. I do have a lot of hope, and I\u2019m not just faithless and afraid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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