L’OBJECTIF LIVE IN MANCHESTER

Taking to the stage at one of Manchester’s most iconic venues – The Deaf Institute – L’objectif brought an incredibly electric performance to the city, with fans in undeniable awe.

The room was packed for the band, with an undoubtful excitement for the gig to come. Whilst the venue was filled from wall to wall, the show felt extremely intimate with the floor-level stage (belonging to the Lodge) and intense showmanship from every band member. Debuting new material to the city and playing timeless classics from their discography – there was nothing to fault at all about their visit to the music capital.

However, ahead of their show – we caught up with band to discuss their latest music releases and plans for the year.

You released Goth Kids, your first music of 2025 in January, can you tell us a bit about the track?

Saul: Yeah, so it's been just over a year since we wrote it, we've been playing it live for over a year now as well - we started debuting it on our last tour.

We always had it in mind as the song that we were going to release after our last EP. But we had no idea how we were going to do that.

We were in quite a transformative time for the band, with different band members and different things going on. We knew we needed to almost rebrand ourselves, and felt like that song was right for the start of this next 'project'.

It took forever to do. We were producing it for over a year, nothing we did we rated. It was just really hard to get it sounding how we hard been playing it live, but then we finally did it. It was supposed to come out on Halloween which was our original plan, but it came out at the start of the year instead.

Do you think that's important then, to know when to hold on to a track and keep working on it?

Saul: Definitely, we wanted it to be perfect. We were recording for the first time in a studio just ourselves, producing it in our uni studios. We wanted it to be an improvement of what we had done before, so yeah it was important for us to hold on to it until we had got it right.

As you mentioned its a new direction for you, was there anything you were trying to do with it musically?

Saul: I feel like with Goth Kids we were thing to get more of the live band sound into the track.

Louis: We've spent so long just recording in our bedrooms, but this was our first time using a real studio at uni, with a live drum room and recording gear that we hadn't used before. When you think of 'recording' you think of a full band recording, so we hope that it comes across in the track and makes it sound more 'live'.

You did a music video for Goth Kids, do you think it's important to have that visual element as well these days?  

Saul: Yeah, I mean in a way the music video is a bit of a dying art, because of Tiktok and things like that. People just want to see quick snippets of footage to grab your attention, but we still wanted to make one as we felt that it's a song that needs a bit of a story with it.

We sorted it all out ourselves as well, we got some mates from the arts uni in Leeds to help us out. If anyone's seen the video there's a big house in it. We were looking around to see where we're going to live next year, doing a house viewing, and we knew someone who lived at that house. We asked them to use it because we just felt like that was such a cool place to film a music video.

It was a lot of fun and the first time we've had a lot of creative input on the visual side of it, so we're really proud of it.

You've just released your new track 'Burbank' what was the inspiration behind it? It seems to have a great story.

Saul: Yeah so its about a chacter who moves to Burbank in LA, in search of fame and to find themselves. They end up getting distracted, caught up in addictions and things like that and losing themselves, forgetting why they even went there in the first place.

That was another track that we've spent a long time working on it in the studio.

Why did you choose to set it in Burbank?

Saul: Well initially, I was listening to a Sly and the Family Stone record that was 'Live from Burbank', and I just thought that was such a cool name for a town. So I researched it and found out that all of the media conglomerates and record labels are kinda based there. So I imagined someone heading there to try and make the big time.

You're currently out on your headline tour aren't you, will you be playing any of your new tracks?

Saul: We've got a fair few new songs getting a debut hopefully!

How would you describe your live show in 3 words?

Saul: Loud, danceable (is that a word?)

Louis: Complete, I might prove myself wrong by the end of the tour but I feel like we are complete.

You've got a few festivals coming up too haven't you?

Louis: So yeah, we've got Live at Leeds in the Park and Kendal Calling - we're playing the same day as Fatboy Slim so I'm buzzing for that.

Do you think the pressure will get to you playing in Leeds?  

Saul: Well on the tour we're playing the Wardrobe in Leeds, and they always put a fog machine on, so I can't see anyone. I'm still not sure how I feel about that, I'm not sure if it distills the nerves or not.

Who are three artists that we should be listening to right now?

Louis: They’re already doing pretty well, but Get Down Services. Divorce too, their new album is amazing.

Saul: The Bug Club, their tunes are proper funny, I like em. Cameron Winter from Geese has got a solo album out which is really cool.

As we are called Pass It On, we ask all of our artists to pass a question on to our next interview. Your question is from Ben Johnston from Spangled. He asked:

‘Pretend you are an elite businessman who is off to make a multi billion dollar deal and you have to go to France but on the way there you stop off at a French Mcdonalds and see Anne Hathaway. She she has roller skates on with a mask of Christopher Biggins and she wants to know if you would go roller skating with her. Do you continue with the business deal, or go rollerskating with Anne Biggaway?’

Louis: (Very confused) What?

Saul: I'd join Anne Hathaway to be fair, I think that's the only right answer isn't it?

Louis: What rollerskates are we talking?

We're gonna guess they might be pink, with the 4 wheels and a stopper on the front?

Louis: Okay well I don't think I could do the proper professional ones, but the 4 wheels I could try my best.