Louder Than The Music

Louder Than The Music brings you a guest blog from [dweeb] frontman Tim Alford, who gives us his thoughts on the band's final single 'My New Hero' and what it means to him and the band. Tim also tells us about the sad news of the band's decision to finish.

'My New Hero'

Writing My New Hero felt a little like sculpting a statue. We started with whole bunch of ideas including two complete songs and chipped away, glued together, recorded and re-wrote, recorded again, re-worked and re-designed until eventually we came out with the song you hear today. It was a long process, but we took time to really craft the best song we could. And as a result I personally think it's the best song we've ever written.

The lyrics address celebrity culture. Inspired by X-Factor and the apparent desperation we have to be famous, to be loved and adored and by seeing how the crowds screamed as their 'new heroes' were revealed in their home towns, once 'nobodies' and now 'somebodies'.

But in seeing all this I wondered; Why? What had they achieved to make them so adored? Why the pandemonium? Why are they more important now then they were two weeks ago? And why do we all seem adore people so much just because they are well known?

Here's the thing... fame doesn't work and fame doesn't last. Today's icon is tomorrow's bargain bin clearance sale. And fame does not make you special, it does not make you valuable or worthy of love. It's temporary and it's fallible. No, Jesus makes you special by how he created you as a unique individual. Jesus makes you valuable when he calls you his 'special possession' (1 Peter 4:11). And in Jesus only are you loved without condition, not only if you are well known and adored by millions of people across the world.

And so for me, Jesus is the only hero worth having... (sorry One Direction).

As you will probably know by now My New Hero will by our final release as after nine years of writing and recording [dweeb] is coming to an end in September this year. After so many years it does feel strange to end, but we do all feel that it’s the right time. We have devoted nine years of our lives to this - and grown from teenagers to adults in the process. It has been a privilege and an honour to make music that has made a difference in people's lives. So there's a sense of sadness, but of peace as well. It's been an incredible adventure, and we will always be grateful to our fans for joining in with us. But as a very wise man once said, there's a time for everything...

Tim. [dweeb]