FG: I think, yeah, it`s something that we`ve always done before.
We had a little bit of time after we finished this album before it came out and we suddenly realized it was something we had never really done and we were in a point now because of what we do now for a living, people have more notice and we can get some more money. I`ve always strongly felt that it`s crucial to do something like that.CM: With it being a 60 mile trek, did it make a certain level of teaching or fitness?SFG: Yeh it did. We spent six months beforehand going on tour which is the worst preparation you could probably do. We did sit on children`s bikes. We thought that it could be quite a good gimmick, which it probably was, but it was quite painful actually.CM: You must`ve caught a lot of attentionSFG: Actually yeh, as we were starting to hit through some towns, it was quite embarrassing [laughs]CM: Talking of fitness, you too were lucky to go in the nets with the England cricket team two weeks ago at Lords, how was that?SFG: Amazing, it was a dream come true. It was fun, really good fun. There was no real winner. We had to hold our retirement from International cricket after that but don`t think we`ll be doomed to be honest [laughs]CM: So your new single, Don`t want to give you, the third off your album, is out on Monday. What were the influences behind the track?SFG: It was but a very simple song which we had for a long time but it simply took a long time to get to a target to get it right when we were recording it; a long time to play out which way to go with the mob and how to really get the song work. The song was originally just on a piano, there was nothing else to it, so it took a long time to run on the production and the lyrics.CM: The person was actually quite incongruently called `Silly Song` originally. Why the change?SFG: It was real because we were never going to go it as a single originally and it was just what we called it when we were recording it. The second course is `it`s a silly tune I write for you` and we consider it was quite a nice name. When it came to releasing it as a record, people were saying that they didn`t know what the name was called and finding it hard to get it. So we thought when releasing it as a single, then we would alter it to something easier for people to get on Itunes.CM: It`s a great track, I hope it does very well for you, like your number one least Easter with This ain`t a love song. How significant is chart success for you?SFG: I think we simply want to write serious songs. I think the songs that have ever done better in the charts have been the songs we have enjoyed the most writing and playing live really. I think it`s awful to have chart success but I don`t think it`s why we write music.CM: I`m guessing also that touring your album, which you have been doing all year, has been scores of fun?SFG: Too much fun. We get an absolutely amazing time. Because we have been friends so long, it feels like one big long stag do essentially, for six weeks. And all the beer is free.Any great tour stories to share?SFG: Not that we can share unfortunately (laughs)CM: The Daily Star reported this week that you guys have landed a huge advertising campaign in America. Is this true?SFG: Yeh. It`s not started yet. It`s a name which isn`t yet on the album, but is a bonus track that we`re going to remix and put out so people can try it. It`s been exciting. We`re on Epic in Us as well and we`re looking at ways of going out there and promoting it. This Ain`t a love song is starting to pick up radio plays and it`s such a good buzz without anyone having to do anything, just on the strength of how it did in the UK, and what it is as a song. We`ve played American radio a few times as a lot I would absolutely love to go back out there, I really would.CM: How important is it for you to crack Anerica?I don`t think I let no expectations of cracking America. I would love to go there and release some shows and influence in it. It took us essentially a year and a half constantly to create a bid for ourselves in the UK, and Usa is like fifty UKs so it would be an opportunity of a time. It would be lovely just to do some pockets of fans and go there to play for them.CM: So what should Scouting for Girls fans be expecting from you guys in the near future? Is there a new album to be looking forward to?There will definitely be some new songs. We`re writing new songs at the moment. There was two and a half years between this album and the last one and we need to have sure we give our fans music as a display, and that we don`t leave it too long. As a service to our fans, we only need to form sure they have got new songs. I suppose we`re passing to work on doing some songs at the moment. We`ve got a bit of time after this one so we`ll take some songs and get back in the New Year.CM: Will you be going in a new focus on that?I think, in a way, the difference is like the one between our first album and a song like This aint a Love song, in a way. At the end of the day, we get but always been like a proper band; we relieve our own music, we run right and we excel when we play live. We just want to make music that is lawful to ourselves, with integrity, and with a little bit of that Scouting for Girls voice that we suffer always had.CM: It`s obvious you take pride in making your own music. Do you let negative views of bands who have it big from reality TV shows?Not really, it`s always happened in the music business. There has always been manufactured bands, even on reality TV shows or can the scenes by record labels. I think it`s ever going to see and it sometimes comes out with some really great pop music. I judge every band by the strength of their songs and how good they are at entertaining people live.CM: If you could sum up in a few words, what would your motto be for what we can see from you guys in 2011?New songs and bigger shows.Thanks to Scouting for Girls.
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