"On stage, I've still got to look after myself and be a bit careful," says The Pigeon Detectives' frontman Matt Bowman, who injured his leg at Radio 1's One Big Weekend a few weeks ago.

"But I can't get back to 100% until I don't do any- thing for two weeks, and that's not going to happen any time soon."

He's in very good spirits, considering the band have also had to deal with the disappointment of watching their beloved Leeds United lose the Division One play-off final, which the boys travelled to Wembley to watch.

The reason he won't be able to rest his weary limbs is the Pigeon Detectives' biggest tour to date, to accompany the release of second album Emergency, which came out on Monday.

Although the shout-along choruses of the five-piece's punchy indie-rock seem tailor-made for bigger venues, Matt remains pleasantly surprised by the band's continued rise.

"It's a weird one, because the first tour we ever did was with the Dirty Pretty Things - 1,000-2000-capacity venues," he says. "I remember soundchecking and thinking, 'We'll never, ever play gigs like this in our own right.' And we've actually eclipsed that now."

Emergency has arrived less than a year after the band's platinum-selling debut Wait For Me, a remarkably short gap between full-length releases.

"I think all bands write quickly. It's record labels and other music industry influences which stop bands putting out more music," Matt explains.

"Because we've signed to an independent label, there were no time constraints. We had the songs and we had a month period when we could record them. There was no master plan."

Despite the album being produced by the legendary Stephen Street, famed for his work with The Smiths and Blur, The Pigeon Detectives have again divided critics.

"The thought of working with Stephen was intimidating but as soon as you meet they guy, he's so personable - he puts you at ease," says Matt.

"We didn't get fantastic reviews for the first album but it still sold 300,000 copies. I think it's a perfect situation. We don't owe anybody a thing and nobody's built us up so nobody can knock us down.

"Because people either love or hate us, the people who do love us tend to love our band with a lot of passion. It stands us in good stead to be able to make music for as long as we want to."

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