Johnny Borrell: ‘Razorlight’s second album f***** Indie music for everyone’
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Johnny Borrell has admitted that Razorlight’s second album ‘f*****’ Indie music.
The band’s former frontman, who had hits including America and Golden Touch, has said that they ‘opened the floodgates’ for mediocrity.
In a candid interview with Noisey, the 36-year-old credits their 2006 song Before I Fall to Pieces with destroying the genre.
“Here’s where we totally f****** it up for everyone,” Borrell said.
“I think you can kind of say that in 2006, at the start of this video, music was in quite an interesting place. Then three-and-a-half minutes later it's f*****.”
While the singer still has positive things to say about their first album, he seems to think it all went wrong when drummer Andy Burrow joined for the second record.
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“I think the second Razorlight album definitely opened the way for a flood of mediocrity in UK music,” he said.
“In my defence, though, people think of Razorlight as some kind of Johnny Borrell solo project, but it was always collaborative.”
Borrell added: “I rate the drummer Andy Burrows. He was a great drummer with a melodic ear – but if you want to figure out who was taking Razorlight in which direction, then maybe have a listen to what we’re each doing now.
“I’m playing psychedelic blues-tango, and his stuff is so middle of the road it’s got more white lines than Liam Gallagher in 1997.”