Their brand new single 'Honest' featuring the songbird Gabrielle Alpin is out now —it's an upbeat track with lyrics that are sweet with a heart on their sleeve feel to it.

In a time where the world stood still, the Brothers were gaining inspiration for the album that comes out on Friday. We caught up with them ahead of its release to chat about inspiration from fellow musicians and from life itself, what they'd be doing if they weren't musicians, and advice to aspiring to grow in the industry.

1. Your new single ‘Hold Out Hope’ is just out, can you tell us more about it?

'Hold Out Hope' is a happy/sad song about trying to remain optimistic at times when it's hard to stay positive. It's about realising that life can change and things happen that are beyond our control and sometimes all you can do is hold out hope that better days will come.

2. Where did you find inspiration during the pandemic, particularly lockdowns?

In lockdown, we found inspiration in the small things and stuff that we hadn't really ever got to fully experience — home life, routine, walking the dogs, working part time in a coffee shop.

Years with no gigs gave us a lot of time to reflect on a decade of touring and working in music and when we decided to write this album last March, it gave us both a platform to talk about it and write it down.

3. Where was the best gig you ever played and why?

We've been lucky enough to have played some amazing gigs so it's hard to pick, but if we had to choose, it was a gig in 2015 when we accidentally played to 55000 people supporting The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park. We were playing on a stage called 'The Village Hall' way in the back of the park early in the day.

Then when we were finished and having a celebratory drink before watching the Stones, we were summoned to the main stage to fill in for Tom Odell who had a chest infection and couldn't play. We found out 30 minutes before going on the main stage. It was so unbelievable and all happened so fast that there wasn't even the time to think about nerves.

4. What was the best gig you’ve ever been to yourselves and why?

(Alfie) I think the best gig I went to was the first gig I went to. It was in 2009 when I was 15. Harry and I and some friends went to see Oasis at Slane Castle, it was the first proper gig I went to, where I knew all the tunes and loved the band.

Kasabian and The Prodigy were supporting and we got really close to the front. I loved it and I remember it left a huge impression on me at the time. We were two brothers at the beginning of our career and they were two brothers nearing the end of theirs.

5. If you weren’t a musician, what would you be?

(Harry) If I wasn't doing this I think I would like to run a cafe, I love hosting people and I love good food and coffee. I work well with my hands so I also like the idea of being a gardener or something. It's funny because sometimes I feel like being a musician is about 10% of what I actually do.

My 'job' (if you can call it that) involves wearing many different hats — I start off as a songwriter and collaborator, then become a musician and singer, then business partner, creative director, video producer, photographer, social media manager, live performer and then many other way less exciting but necessary roles.

6. Do you have any advice for people looking to succeed in the music industry?

(H) I think it depends what you're looking for in your career. I wouldn't get into it for the money because it's just not there, I have found it very difficult to make any money in music.

Other advice I'd give is to write your own songs as much as possible, make the music that you like, don't make it for other people or for fame or fortune. Follow your gut, work with nice people whom you trust and if you're signing anything, get yourself a good lawyer.

7. Do you have a favourite movie soundtrack?

It would have to be the 'Forrest Gump' soundtrack, it's got some deadly tunes and they're all placed so well. 'For What it's Worth' by Buffalo Springfield being one of my favourite songs. The theme music is lovely as well.

8. Name your favourite album in the world.

'Blue' by Joni Mitchell. Love the simple and bare production. Her melodies and singing are incredible and the lyrics are genius — we often wreck our voices in the car while attempting to sing along to it.

9. Name your dream venue for a gig.

We feel very lucky to be booked to play some of our dream venues this summer. The Olympia theater is one of our all time favourites. We recorded one of our shows there in 2018 and after listening back we felt we had to release it because the crowd sang so well.

10. What’s next for you guys?

We release our third album 'Searching For The Answers' on 3rd of June and get back into touring after a long pause. We're playing all over Ireland in Wexford, Dublin, Tipperary, Galway, Belfast, Derry, Cork and Limerick and playing some festivals in the UK and Europe this summer.

Who knows where the album will take us, at the moment we're very grateful to be working again and taking everyday as it comes.

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Hudson Taylor's new album 'Searching For The Answers' is out this Friday the 3rd of June.