We wanted to bring to mind ascending to heaven, something heavenly. “We were discussing the title and we wanted something uplifting. Recording their older songs with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra does make one think of beauty, as it is a beautiful album. A Flock Of Seagulls always wrote and recorded very leodic music, but with the orchestral treatment the melodies soar. Which brings us back to Ascension, an interesting and appropriate title for the album. I did an interview recently at a radio station, huge building, but when I got in there it was practically empty.” Now they just record their part at home and everything gets fed into a computer. There are no D.J.s anymore and whatever D.J.s are left are not given a choice. Bands don’t have MTV and there seems to be a lot less radio. I play live and put out records when I feel like it. You either go independent and play live a lot and get good at playing live, or you sign a deal with a major which is hard to do these days. I would not want to be a new band trying to make today. “I don’t really care how music comes to me, as long as it is a good song. Vinyl, CDs, streaming are all formats an artist must deal with today. Score has been recording for many years, and since A Flock Of Seagulls broke big with “I Ran (So Far Away)”, the music business has changed a great deal. I just tell them that I hated that song on that day. Someone said to me that they heard me say I hate “I Ran (So Far Away)”. “I have been through stages when I don’t like certain songs, but when you are out there to play live for a crowd the songs are all great. You know there was never a time like when we are together in the same studio, and just say, ‘let’s go to the chippy’, and then record. And being in different places made it quicker too. “Because it was songs we knew, since we recorded them in the past, our recording went very quickly. But rerecording the new songs is different than performing them live. Score tours extensively with a new version of A Flock of Seagulls. You don’t have to be together to do a video or an album. But that is the thing with technology today. “I happened to be in England and three of us got together. For the video, three of the members were in one room together. But again, it was very strange, it was like that was another band who recorded it.”Īlong with the new album is a new video for the first single from Ascension, “Space Age Love Song”. My favourite is “Electrics” (originally from the 1983’s Listen) because I have not played it for years. It was kind of strange playing the old songs. “We have not been together for 30 years, and it was a little weird. It was recorded in different studios everywhere,” says Mike Score during our recent conversation. We were actually never in the same studio together. A person from August Day asked if we would be interested. “Somebody at the record company suggested the idea, of recording an orchestral album of our older songs. At the time, I kept it quiet.”įor Ascension, however, they are joined by The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. It was about my friend, who had killed himself. “I wanted that album to be a concept album. The Story Of A Young Heart is a brilliant album, and one that many fans list as their favourite. In 2017 it was announced that the classic lineup was reforming with the intention of recording an album, Ascension, The album is about to be released, and it is the first time since 1984’s The Story Of A Young Heart, to feature all four members. He also released his debut solo album Zeebratta, in 2014. Mike Score toured under the name A Flock Of Seagulls, with some member changes over the years. That seemed to be the end of A Flock Seagulls’ recorded work. In many ways they defined and shaped the ’80s sound.īy 1986, and the release of Dream Come True, they were down to three (Reynolds had left) and following the release of that album, Mike Score was on his own with a whole new lineup to record the album The Light At The End of The World, released in 1995. Starting with “I Ran (So Far Away)” the band had a number of hit singles and enjoy world wide success. This is considered the classic lineup of the band, and the four of them recorded three classic albums together. He was joined by his brother, Ali (Drums) Paul Reynolds (guitar) and Frank Maudsley (bass). ASCENSION A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE SCORE OF A FLOCK OF SEAGULLSĪ Flock of Seagulls was formed by guitarist and keyboardist Mike Score in 1980.
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