GAVIN FRIDAY 13 years after the release of his previous album, Gavin Friday is back, alive and kicking with a new studio album called 'Ecce Home' and a European tour. Reason enough to interview the former head and voice of one of the most beloved and eccentric alternative / gothic bands ever! After a 13-year hiatus since your ‘Catholic’album,'Ecce Homo' presents a fuller, more sonorous expression. Could you elaborate on the artistic journey and experiences that influenced this evolution in your music? Tough to say, the 13 years were busy on son many side project from Film Score / The Casement Sonata Sound Installation in 2016 / Peter and the Wolf Animation Film / Numerous Bespoke Live Performances with Hal Willner’s Entourage and Gavin Bryars Ensemble, to making an Album with French Musician Renaud Pion the Atonalist / Atonalism Album, to looking after caring for my dying Mother yeah real life does get in the way but also feeds the seeds of inspiration. www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be - 14 - This album features production by Dave Ball of Soft Cell, Michael Heffernan, and Riccardo Mulhall. How did these collaborations shape the sound and direction of Ecce Homo, and what was the creative process like working with them? I started the writing process of Ecce Homo with Dave Ball and Riccardo Mulhall from 2014 till 2017, on and off random sessions over 3 years a fewweeks then a few months later a week or two. In 2018 brought sessions back to Ireland and worked on adding more with more classical instrumentation and finished recording in 2020 and was delayed mixing till post pandemic. It was a quick process writing and for finishing we took our time. What shaped the sound was so many things, the title track Ecce Homo was very influenced by my dislike of the rise of far right POLITICS … fuck that shit! The title Ecce Homo, meaning "Behold the Man," suggests themes of self-revelation and human experience. What central messages or emotions did you aim to convey through this album, and how do
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