Nothing But Thieves 'had a lot to learn' before album two

Nothing But Thieves' self-titled debut album went straight into the UK top 10.

The success of the record took them around the world.

But they've told Newsbeat how the pressure they put themselves under "took its toll on the band" before they made the follow-up Broken Machine.

"We just ran ourselves into the ground. It got to a point where it was all or nothing and we made some big decisions," explains singer Conor Mason.

"We're just a bit smarter now, we had a lot to learn and I think we've learned it.

"There's no manual on how to live this lifestyle, we just got thrust into it. We started this when we were 18 or 19. There's no guidebook you've just got to learn on the way.

"You forget that you're a human with emotion and you've just got to physically sustain what you do."

Nothing But Thieves on Radio 1

Guitarist Joe Langridge-Brown adds: "We took every show that was given to us.

"Instead of just doing our own shows we'd do a support slot with Muse in the same day then we'd go to America and it just all took its toll.

"It is amazing but it sometimes just catches up with you and you've got to take a minute out and then go again.

"But all of that influenced the second album and we're really happy with how it came out.

"We did it all in seven weeks, we're really proud of it."

Broken Machine was released on 8th September

Broken Machine has been released less than two years after the debut album.

Dom Craik, who also plays guitar in the band, says they were aware of the shift in how much new music people are exposed to since the introduction of streaming and pre-selected playlists.

"The plan from day one was that if we ever got to album two was to churn it out.

"Even when we were recording, we were thinking 'does the first 10 seconds grab you? Is it going to hold your attention?'.

Joe adds: "But also, after the first album there were only 11 songs.

"It was a process of wanting to get more songs out there and say 'this is our band this is our sound'.

"Being in a band you're trying to establish your sound and stake your claim. That's what this album is about for us.

"I've got a horrible feeling that the famous difficult second album is going to be the third album for us."

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