![]() ![]() Behind the scenes, they’re far from guarded about their personal lives and interests, but when put on the spot next to a dictaphone, they tend to give diplomatic, catch-all answers. London Grammar have often been accused of being polite, or boring. If this was Freshers’ Week, guitarist Dan Rothman would be the instantly likeable one gathering the troops to go to the pub, scruffy-haired Major would be the elusive muso blasting Pixies records from his room, while Reid would be in charge of the communal stereo. The three met and formed at Nottingham University, and despite graduating years back and being on the road ever since, you can picture them back in student halls. In between mouthfuls of fried rice, they’re discussing politics and Beyoncé. NME finds the trio bunched together in an east London studio, necking down Chinese takeaways before having their photo taken. ![]() They have an uncanny ability to make intimate subjects feel universal, like inner dilemmas are tormenting all of us – which is probably why they’re selling tons of records when most bands struggle to shift a handful. Instead, they apply their big-thinking hats to topics everyone frets over – falling in and out of love, getting older but none the wiser, the early-onset mid-life crises twentysomethings tend to experience. There are no references to quantum physics, songs named after Stephen Hawking theories, or realisations we’re all being controlled by a higher species. You wouldn’t glean these obsessions when listening to the trio’s chart-topping second album ‘ Truth Is A Beautiful Thing’. Multi-instrumentalist Dot Major says a great deal of life is “so killer bees”, citing the Charlie Brooker-directed episode where drone-like insects take a turn and start randomly, savagely murdering people. Super-dark sci-fi series Black Mirror is another one of their shared loves, although Reid saw one about virtual reality and was too freaked out to watch the rest. He’s like, ‘Of course, obviously it’s a simulation!’” says singer Hannah Reid, when explaining their fandom. He once claimed there is a “one in billions” chance we’re not living in some kind of computer simulation, The Matrix-style. The trio collectively cite fellow big thinker and entrepreneur Elon Musk as one of their heroes. Between writing songs, they’ll pass the time in a studio discussing the meaning of life. London Grammar are armchair philosophers. ![]()
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