“We were all pushing each other. We all had ideas as to where it should go. It was an intense time”: The Pineapple Thief asked how the world went off-script with It Leads To This
The Pineapple Thief's frontman Bruce Soord and drummer Gavin Harrison have discussed how a new, more spontaneous way of working shaped their 2024 album It Leads To This, which departed from their usual scripted approach to songwriting. The piece draws on a 2024 interview in which the pair, along with bassist Jon Sykes, described an intense creative period marked by rigorous self-critique in the studio, with the discussion resurfacing now as the band announce their next record.
The band, working in Harrison's studio, described a demanding process of recording songs and immediately listening back critically as a group, with Soord noting that "Gavin doesn't sugar-coat anything." The retrospective coincides with news that The Pineapple Thief's 15th studio album, Far And Wide, is set for release on 9 October 2026, continuing the creative momentum established during the making of It Leads To This.
- The Pineapple Thief revisit the intense creation of album It Leads To This
- Band described a candid, self-critical studio process with drummer Gavin Harrison
- New album Far And Wide announced for release on 9 October 2026