Frank Carter: Rules don't apply to me now
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Frank Carter has fronted three bands over the last 11 years.
He "hit a crossroads" with Gallows in 2011 and has been on "indefinite hiatus" from Pure Love since 2014.
His latest band, The Rattlesnakes, is his first fully independent project. Ahead of the release of their second album, Modern Ruin, Frank's said "rules don't apply to me".
He told Newsbeat: "We have full control - something I've never had before. I've always sold my soul to a major label."
The first three singles from Modern Ruin were Hottest Record in the World on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show, with Lullaby being playlisted by the station.
"I've never had a playlisted song in my life. Our debut album had my highest chart position ever.
"If something works then it works, and it's working so far. There's no pressure. There's no responsibility.
"Before, once you've been given the money it's hard to say anything. You've just got to suck it up."
He explained "everything was different" about this album compared to the three he's previously been involved in.
"There's a lot of excitement. We've been sitting on this for almost a year, we've just been trying our best to not give it away.
"I wanted to explore as many options as I could, that meant me playing guitar.
"I only ended up playing on one song [the opening track Bluebelle]. I'm not good at it, let's be honest here."
Frank says his career "has always been about emotion" but suggested that in the past, he's focussed heavily on one emotion.
"All I can do is be the most authentic version of myself as I can be at any point.
"It [Modern Ruin] encapsulates my entire history in one record.
"Now I have a record I could give to someone and say, 'That sums up the last 12 years.'
"This is who I am, what I've been and it's also a good platform for where I can go.
"What I hope the listener gets is what I get, which is an incredibly hopeful sense of where we're going. That's something I just didn't have before.
"This is definitely the record I'm happiest with making. But it's not an entirely happy listen."
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