

It comes from a funny time when we were on the dole and we’d have to go to the job centre and say “Hello. Did you spend a lot of time working on that? It started off just me but it’s got to be teamwork or it doesn’t work properly. It used to be more black and white and now I do a lot more music, Adam does more vocal stuff it all makes sense together. TH: It’s the same as mine really but he’s a lot more the fingers and the hands and I’m the mouth. What would you say is Adam’s role in the band? We put the differences of our personality in to the music which is an important thing. TH: It’s always give and take because we both offer something different to the band but it’s all good. Then obviously it’s important for the band and how the band grows that you end up that way because you see each other every waking hour of the day.

We started just making music and working together. I mean we spent the last four years constantly together, working. So are you and Adam friends or are you just co-workers? And also that democracy is overrated (laughs). Don’t compromise what you do for other people, all those things. Like don’t do loads of gigs in shit venues to ten people. TH: Well it was mainly all the bad things. It was all important though, it teaches you loads of little things, what to do and what not to do. Those didn’t quite work and Hurts was the natural end to it. When you start making music you’ve got to try different things out. Theo Hutchcraft: It was more that those were a learning curve like we were checking things out. You’ve been in other very different bands that didn’t work out so why did you bother carrying on making music? The only 'The' is the 'The' at the start of the word Theo."Īs well as clear up the confusion over their name, Hutchcraft also spoke about Hurts debut album, what it was like to work with Kylie Minogue and what's in store for the future. "It’s not the worst thing in the world but it’s a common mistake," singer Theo Hutchcraft said of people who often mistakenly call them The Hurts. Of his first marriage.Hurts are known for their infectious pop music and love of smart tailoring, but as Gigwise discovered when we sat down with the band to discuss their debut album 'Happiness', they've got a wicked sense of humour too. This song was written by Colin Vearncombe (aka Black) andīlack accredits the creation of this song to the dissolution And these locations are: New Brighton Lighthouse, Southport (Merseyside) and Wallasey.

The 1987 release of this classic was featured on Black’s debut album, also entitled Wonderful Life. It also made an appearance on the soundtrack on the 2006 comedy film Starter for 10.Furthermore, it broke the top 10 in several places such as Australia, France and the Netherlands. It was subsequently re-released by A&M Records in 1987. This outing proved to be much-more successful, as the track then peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.In that particular instance it managed to reach number 72 on the UK Singles Chart. “Wonderful Life” was initially released by Ugly Man Records in 1986.
