Durry delve deep into their new album, This Movie Sucks, in our interview and chat to us about their upcoming US headline tour.
Durry, a brother/sister indie-rock duo originally from Minneapolis, have just released their sophomore album. This Movie Sucks is an extremely diverse and certainly unique album, showcasing the duo’s creativity and singularity.
Austin and Taryn Durry first captured the public’s attention when their song Who’s Laughing Now? amassed over 6 million streams, after taking off on TikTok. Since then they’ve established their sound and made their mark, their sound consists of rock, punk, folk and indie.
This Movie Sucks is a super energetic album and sounds as if it has been directly pulled from a 2000s film. It captures that era beautifully and feels quite nostalgic in parts. If you are a McFly fan, or just love the feel of noughties music, then you absolutely need to listen to this album! My personal favourite song from the album is Polaroid.
Although the album sounds very rocky and punk-like, the lyrics behind some songs are somewhat meaningful. The album discusses themes of grief, losing loved ones and also the toxiciness of online culture.
We had the brilliant opportunity to chat with Durry about the album, their favourites from it and also about their upcoming US headline tour.
Congrats on releasing This Movie Sucks, I love it! How does it feel to almost have the album out in the world?
SO good. This album has been a labor of love for like 2 years now. I’m honestly just so excited for the fans to finally dig into these tunes. We’ve been working on every piece of this roll our for so long. It’s so rewarding seeing folks already connecting with it.
How does this second album differ from your first album, Suburban Legend?
Suburban Legend was really a reactionary album. Our song blew up like 3 months into being a band. Luckily we had already done a lot of the ground work to be prepared, but the actual album was really a lot of patch work, finishing songs, recording whenever we could here and there. Always felt like we were trying to catch up, ya know? For this record we were able to slow down. Take our time, and make every little thing as perfect as we could. This album feels much more intentional, and I think we’re able to really say more with it.
Was the process for the second album any different from the first?
The second album was so much more prepared. We wrote like 30 good songs. Cut it down to just the album, rehearsed all the tunes, and then went into a super legit studio and just crushed it for 10 days straight. It just feels more confident, like we know for sure every single song on this record is great. It really feels like how I always imagined making a record should be.
Listening to the album, I think it sounds very similar to early 2000s music. Did you have any influences or inspirations crop up while working on the album?
We’re always getting compared to that time period, and we don’t mind at all! But honestly we’re not really trying to make any particular kind of music, or emulate any specific time period. I think this style of folksy indie rock just comes very naturally for us. We definitely have some big influences from that time frame though. I think Weezer is a really obvious one, Sum 41 was huge for me as a kid. The Killers are a big influence, Foo Fighters too. You can definitely hear all the different pieces in these tunes I think.
What are both of your favourite tracks from the album and why?
Austin [A] – For me it’s gotta be Bully. It’s the most punk song we’ve ever made. Just feels like a kick in the teeth. Super out of the box for our usual sound, but in a super satisfying way.
Taryn [T] – Surprisingly The Long Goodbye has become one of my favorites! Very different sound compared to the rest of the album, but I find it to be a nice breather that gets you in your feels. This song is kind of a hidden gem towards the end of the record and definitely holds its own spot. It’s also gonna be a memorable one to play live and I can’t wait to sing it with everybody!
How does it feel to have so much support from your fans? There’s been so much love over here in the UK, including being played on Radio 1!
I’m still pumped about my neighbors in MN liking our music. It’s genuinely hard to believe so many folks so far away are hearing it and resonating with it. Blows my mind every time I think about it. We were able to stop over for a quick acoustic show in London and Berlin recently, and the support was just massive. So many people listening so intently. It’s just so rad.
You are set to embark on a US headline tour later on in the year. Are you looking forward to playing the album live for your fans?
These songs were built for the live show. There are so many parts of the tunes that are just gonna be so damn fun to sing with everybody. Cannot wait to get on stage and go crazy. These shows are gonna be next level.
Is there a track from ‘This Movie Sucks’ that you’re particularly looking forward to performing live?
Honestly all of them, but I think the song Start A Band is gonna take on a whole new life when we play it live. It’s tailor made for chanting and jumping up and down. It’s gonna blow the roof off.
What three words would you describe the album in, to somebody that hasn’t listened to Durry before?
1. Rock. 2. And. 3. Roll.
You can listen to This Movie Sucks now.
You can also catch Durry on their headline US tour this autumn, tickets can be purchased here.
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