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Dinosaur Pile-Up vocalist Matt Bigland has been through the wringer. After the Leeds-based alt. rockers released the killer album Celebrity Mansions in 2019, Bigland spent much of the pandemic in and out of hospitals after he broke out in painful ulcers across his body.<\/p>\n

Now, thankfully, he\u2019s on the mend. With a diagnosis \u2013 ulcerative colitis \u2013 and treatment plan, Bigland got married in 2022 and the band\u2019s new album, I\u2019ve Been Better, is an absolute belter, exactly the kind of defiant comeback that rock\u2019n\u2019roll was made for, all big riffs and belligerent choruses in the face of hardship.<\/p>\n

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Celebrity Mansions<\/strong> felt like the moment Dinosaur Pile-Up really hit their stride. Where did it all go wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The making of Celebrity Mansions was actually pretty bleak. We\u2019d been touring 11:11 into the ground, there weren\u2019t any label options, we were tired and there was no money. We decided that Celebrity might be the last thing we ever do, so we wanted it to be fucking ace. We started making it, and Parlophone got interested, so we sent them Thrash Metal Cassette and they were all in. Total reversal!<\/p>\n

But you weren\u2019t quite out of the woods. When did your health issues start popping up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the making of Celebrity, I started getting these mouth ulcers. I know you can get them from being tired or stressed, but I was getting so many they\u2019d make me talk funny and I couldn\u2019t cope with doing vocals. Everything went downhill from there. At one point I got put on a six-man ward, and three of them died. It was scary because they couldn\u2019t really figure out what was happening and why it was like my throat was collapsing at points.<\/p>\n

After all that, how do you write an album that doesn\u2019t just sound like [English doom metal stalwarts] My Dying Bride?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just because it was a very rough couple of years doesn\u2019t mean my spirit has been broken. I love music that gets me pumped and makes me want to party \u2013 like Presidents Of The USA\u2019s debut album.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the most defiant song on the new record?<\/strong><\/p>\n

About To Lose. It\u2019s a raging song. It feels so powerful and strong, but I know exactly how weak I was when I recorded that. I had to do the vocals over and over again because my voice was too weak from being laid on the couch or hospital beds for a year. But listening to that now is empowering.<\/p>\n

Dinosaur Pile-Up have shared stages with some iconic bands over the years. What\u2019s the best advice you\u2019ve been given by any of them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pixies, Weezer, Sum 41, The Offspring\u2026 we\u2019ve done pretty well. Recently I went out with [his wife and musician] Karen [Dio] when she supported Limp Bizkit, and getting to chat to Fred Durst was really cool. He\u2019s a shrewd businessman. But the biggest lesson from Fred, from Noodles, from Sum 41, is how to behave \u2013 to be cool and still down-to-earth.<\/p>\n

What does the new album mean for Dinosaur Pile-Up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a monument to our resilience. The one piece of advice I\u2019d give to anyone is: don\u2019t quit. You don\u2019t know what\u2019s around the corner and the biggest part of this is staying in the game. Sometimes, to make your best work you have to look at it as the last thing you\u2019re ever going to do.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve Felt Better is out now via Mascot. Dinosaur Pile-Up play London’s Electric Ballroom tomorrow night (September 13) before US dates next month. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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