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12-11-2009, 15:48
X Factor stars Journey South have confirmed that they are releasing a Help For Heroes Christmas single.
Andy and Carl Pemberton, who finished third in the second series of the ITV1 reality show, will re-release their track 'What I Love About Home' with all proceeds going to the British charity for wounded servicemen and women.
"It's a song about when you are away from home, how much you miss home. For all the guys out in Afghanistan, missing their families, it must be a terrible time. To realise they are not coming home for Christmas, well we think the song is very apt for that," Carl told DS.
The brothers are hoping that the single will challenge this year's X Factor winner for the festive number one spot.
"It did really well on the forces radio station. They told us, 'We're not in the game of breaking artists, but we have heard the song and just thought it was very apt'," said Andy. "They played it and it got a massive response from the troops and troops' families.
"Two years later, with all the current issues, we thought it would be good to re-release it alongside Help For Heroes and give all the proceeds to them. That's what we're doing in time for Christmas and hopefully it will compete with the X Factor single."
The song is currently being re-recorded in Sweden with producers Carl Falk and Didrik Thott. It will be available to download from Sunday, December 13.
Journey South - Interview
Middlesbrough's Carl and Andy Pemberton won the UK's hearts on the 2005 series of The X Factor with their renditions of rock classics such as 'Angel of Harlem', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and 'Let It Be'. The duo reached the live final, but ended up losing out to Andy Abraham and eventual winner Shayne Ward. DS caught up with the boys four years on to find out what life has been like post-The X Factor.
Tell us a bit about the Help For Heroes track you are releasing at Christmas?
Andy: "'What I Love About Home' is a song we wrote a couple of years ago. It became the title track of our second album Home and it did really well on the forces radio station. They told us, 'We're not in the game of breaking artists, but we have heard the song and just thought it was very apt'. They played it and it got a massive response from the troops and troops' families. Two years later, with all the current issues, we thought it would be good to re-release it alongside Help For Heroes and give all the proceeds to them. That's what we're doing in time for Christmas and hopefully it will compete with the X Factor single."
Carl: "It's a song about when you are away from home, how much you miss home. For all the guys out in Afghanistan, missing their families, it must be a terrible time. To realise they are not coming home for Christmas, well we think the song is very apt for that."
Tell us a bit about your success in South Africa?
Carl: "We've had two singles ('Reconcile our Love', 'What I Love About Home') and one album, which was a combination of our two UK records. 'What I Love About Home' was voted the best song of 2008 over there, so that was an amazing achievement. We're looking at going out there next year with an arena tour. Things are going really well out there."
Are you pleased that people are starting to refer to you without the tag 'reality TV stars'?
Andy: "We will never want to not be referred back to The X Factor because it was that show which gave us our big break in the end. For eight years before that we were trying to get a record deal and never thought it would be through a reality talent show. But at the end of the day, it's all about getting there and getting your face known. People know who we are now and we have a foot in the door, which will never go away. It's all about the music now."
What are your ambitions for the future?
Andy: "We want to show people what we are capable of. Me and Carl love songwriting, we can sit in a small theatre and entertain people acoustically. You get a lot of people who mime these days. We have a lot to prove and we haven't exerted ourselves at all yet. We want to be able to do three, four, five, six more albums and still be doing this when we're 50 or 60 - like the Rolling Stones. Them people are just so lucky."
Do you miss the celebrity aspect that came with being on The X Factor?
Carl: "It never really attracted us that part of it. We wanted to just be able to make music and not worry about the money."
Andy: "We're always embarrassed when people recognise us and we've never been that comfortable with interviews. It's taken us a while to get used to it. We don't go to parties or things like that. Will Young's like that. You hardly ever see him at parties, he's just interested in his music. That's like us, we're all about the music. It's so corny, isn't it, but it's true."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRAByxjryqo
Andy and Carl Pemberton, who finished third in the second series of the ITV1 reality show, will re-release their track 'What I Love About Home' with all proceeds going to the British charity for wounded servicemen and women.
"It's a song about when you are away from home, how much you miss home. For all the guys out in Afghanistan, missing their families, it must be a terrible time. To realise they are not coming home for Christmas, well we think the song is very apt for that," Carl told DS.
The brothers are hoping that the single will challenge this year's X Factor winner for the festive number one spot.
"It did really well on the forces radio station. They told us, 'We're not in the game of breaking artists, but we have heard the song and just thought it was very apt'," said Andy. "They played it and it got a massive response from the troops and troops' families.
"Two years later, with all the current issues, we thought it would be good to re-release it alongside Help For Heroes and give all the proceeds to them. That's what we're doing in time for Christmas and hopefully it will compete with the X Factor single."
The song is currently being re-recorded in Sweden with producers Carl Falk and Didrik Thott. It will be available to download from Sunday, December 13.
Journey South - Interview
Middlesbrough's Carl and Andy Pemberton won the UK's hearts on the 2005 series of The X Factor with their renditions of rock classics such as 'Angel of Harlem', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and 'Let It Be'. The duo reached the live final, but ended up losing out to Andy Abraham and eventual winner Shayne Ward. DS caught up with the boys four years on to find out what life has been like post-The X Factor.
Tell us a bit about the Help For Heroes track you are releasing at Christmas?
Andy: "'What I Love About Home' is a song we wrote a couple of years ago. It became the title track of our second album Home and it did really well on the forces radio station. They told us, 'We're not in the game of breaking artists, but we have heard the song and just thought it was very apt'. They played it and it got a massive response from the troops and troops' families. Two years later, with all the current issues, we thought it would be good to re-release it alongside Help For Heroes and give all the proceeds to them. That's what we're doing in time for Christmas and hopefully it will compete with the X Factor single."
Carl: "It's a song about when you are away from home, how much you miss home. For all the guys out in Afghanistan, missing their families, it must be a terrible time. To realise they are not coming home for Christmas, well we think the song is very apt for that."
Tell us a bit about your success in South Africa?
Carl: "We've had two singles ('Reconcile our Love', 'What I Love About Home') and one album, which was a combination of our two UK records. 'What I Love About Home' was voted the best song of 2008 over there, so that was an amazing achievement. We're looking at going out there next year with an arena tour. Things are going really well out there."
Are you pleased that people are starting to refer to you without the tag 'reality TV stars'?
Andy: "We will never want to not be referred back to The X Factor because it was that show which gave us our big break in the end. For eight years before that we were trying to get a record deal and never thought it would be through a reality talent show. But at the end of the day, it's all about getting there and getting your face known. People know who we are now and we have a foot in the door, which will never go away. It's all about the music now."
What are your ambitions for the future?
Andy: "We want to show people what we are capable of. Me and Carl love songwriting, we can sit in a small theatre and entertain people acoustically. You get a lot of people who mime these days. We have a lot to prove and we haven't exerted ourselves at all yet. We want to be able to do three, four, five, six more albums and still be doing this when we're 50 or 60 - like the Rolling Stones. Them people are just so lucky."
Do you miss the celebrity aspect that came with being on The X Factor?
Carl: "It never really attracted us that part of it. We wanted to just be able to make music and not worry about the money."
Andy: "We're always embarrassed when people recognise us and we've never been that comfortable with interviews. It's taken us a while to get used to it. We don't go to parties or things like that. Will Young's like that. You hardly ever see him at parties, he's just interested in his music. That's like us, we're all about the music. It's so corny, isn't it, but it's true."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRAByxjryqo