The Script think that the late Mark Sheehan would’ve loved the new album ‘Satellites’.
The ‘Man Who Can’t Be Moved’ band were left devastated by the passing of the guitarist at the age of 46 after a short illness last year but frontman Danny O’Donoghue is convinced that he would be proud of their latest record and the title track especially.
Danny is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper’s Wired column as saying: “There was one song which he heard, which he really loved, which was the song ‘Satellites’ that I know he loved. And although we didn’t work on it together, I know he loved that tune and he loved the lyric in it.”
The 43-year-old musician also thinks there is a particular poignancy to the title of the new album that is released on Friday (16.08.24).
Danny explained: “So for me, moving past, it wasn’t necessarily why we called the album ‘Satellites’, but the more that I love the album title there’s a great symmetry to it as well.
“And also, someone had brought it up that like he’s a satellite right now. You know, he’s got this beautiful vantage point above the Earth where he can look over everything and just, you know, check over things.
“I mean, what are we all at the end of the day? We’re all just pieces of dust floating through space.
“So ‘Satellites’, I think it’s an apt name for the title of the album. It’s a beautiful, beautiful song as well on there. I hope he’d be proud of it.”
Danny explained that his songwriting has shifted to a point where he wants fans to be belting out the Irish band’s anthems like “football chants”.
He said: “There’s a few melodies that hit a whole stadium that they sing. They’re almost like football chants. So they can’t be too complicated in melody.”