Oliver Cole says sorry to former bandmates

In today's Hot Press he talks exclusively, and very openly, about heartache, and apologises to his former bandmates for the self-destructive way he handled the demise of Turn.

Regarding his departure from Turn, Cole says, “I think I was subconsciously trying to self-destruct everything. I was trying to leave Turn but I wasn’t going about it right. I’m really sorry now to everybody who was around me at that time, managers and everything, because I was really destructive, it was like I wanted it over, but I wanted them to fire me.”

On his new solo album We Albitri, Cole’s lyrics often scan like letters of chastisement written by his shadow self.

“I suppose on this record I had to deal with an awful lot of fallout. After I left Turn I split up with the same girl I was with for ten years... There’s a couple of songs on there I’m really proud of. ‘Moth’s Wing’, lyrically, is me at my most vulnerable and honest. It was a tough one, because I didn’t even choose to write those songs, they were just fuckin’ coming out of me, it was the record I had to make.”

In the Hot Press interview, a reinvigorated Cole also explains how he came to record his solo album in Freiburg in Germany and how a successful musician friend wrote him a cheque for five grand to fund the recording.

For the full interview, check out today's Hot Press (MGMT cover)