The Script getting back to basics in new album

Nothing will ease the pain of a year in which two of The Script lost parents, but the band are still glad to have music as a constant in their lives, writes Ed Power

Around the corner from Google’s Dublin headquarters and in the skeletal shadow of the $300 million Boland’s Mill redevelopment, U2’s old stomping ground of Windmill Lane studios has thrown open its doors to a more modern flag-bearer for anthemic rock. The Script’s Danny Donoghue sits at a huge mixing desk in the complex’s sarcophagus-like upstairs space.