๐น ๐ผ๐ 2007, ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ , ๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐. ๐๐ข๐โ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐.๐ฟ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐
Photo credit: Screenshot from Henry Rollins Show (2007) |
⭐ After the first album, we found that the standard guitar, bass, drums format was quite limited. That's how we started our romance with technology. And we started to discover all these vintage synths, electronics, mixing stations, industry standards, until Sleeping with Ghosts which was very much computer based. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.
⭐ When it came time to create Meds, we first recorded two songs for the compilation of our singles (Once more with Feeling), and then we kind of felt that we were really moving towards space-rock. But under the pressure of our producer, we really felt that it was important for us to make an album as if it was the first, as if all our lives depended on it. He felt that technology was like a refuge for us, and he wanted to take us out of it. He wanted to put us in danger, to get us back to the soul and essence of a band.
⭐ We recorded the album as spontaneously as possible. We weren't too afraid of that, because we spent a lot of time doing what we call "cabaret shows", which is taking our songs and playing them on the piano, with brooms and stuff. We wanted to use the minimalist aspect of things. But that's something you can only really do if you feel you have the song to go with it.
▪ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ '๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
⭐ No, we don't really think about it, to be honest. We just try not to repeat ourselves.
▪ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ [๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐] ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ ๐? ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
⭐ Yes, Alison is a friend... A fairly recent friend actually. Actually it's Jamie [Hince], her partner in crime, who I've known for over 17 years. We went to university together. I saw him start and leave a number of bands, before I met Alison and started The Kills.
Photo credit: Michael Buckner |
⭐ I bet she has a number of shows behind her.
▪ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ ๐. ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
⭐ It's a very good way of putting it on the table. I hate the word Mature. It sounds like cheese to me. In England we have mature cheddar, and it's cheese. I think it's a word that's overused by journalists.
⭐ I don't think I was trying to be provocative when I started. I just think I wasn't as good a composer as I am today. The compositions were much more subversive. We were kids crying for attention. For this album, I really wanted to get away from all the fancy stuff I've used in the past, and use everyday words. In fact, this album is quite dark, not particularly happy, but not adolescent either, I don't think, just aimlessly going through the world. It's a very human album, about abuse, addiction, anaesthesia. It's not a party album, but not an emo album either.
▪ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐-๐น๐๐ , ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐.
⭐ That's true, but we've always done things like that, like Teenage Angst, from the first album, which was musically upbeat, and the lyrics were almost the opposite. We've always liked to play with that dichotomy, to confuse the emotions. Maybe we naturally revolve around that, because that's how we feel about life... For me, anyway.
▪ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
⭐ I tell stories. They're little fictions, like little stories... But for any style of writing, they tell what you know, so I write about situations and society, with a small s, that I encounter or that I see around me... About problems, emotional difficulties. These are things, the subject and the story, that I have encountered. But there are not as many pages torn out of my diary, as there are stories with characters you know? It's what they go through, what they experience, and that's an important point of contact for me. I think that's the most important thing to explain.
▪ ๐พ๐๐ "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ" ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
⭐ As much as breaking into any other country I suppose.
▪ ๐ซ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
⭐ Yeah I guess so, and that's something I encountered for a while, in Europe, and it's kind of something I like. If we don't become extremely famous [in the US], it's not a big deal, because we have a really strong and passionate cult, you know ? Which is more accessible for us, and it's quite family-like.
✔️ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ - ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ00๐ฝ
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๐น ๐ผ๐ก'๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ก ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐'๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ผ โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ! ๐ผ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก. ๐โ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ? ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ! ๐ผ๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐๐๐. ๐โ๐๐ข๐โ ๐ท๐๐๐, ๐ต๐๐๐๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐๐ฆ โ๐๐๐'๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐.
๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ? ๐ข๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ? ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ?
๐น ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐, ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ผ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐ข๐๐ง'๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ : "๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐กโ".
๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ?
๐น ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค...
๐ผ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ โ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ '๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐' ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ. ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ข๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก, ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก: '๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐'. ๐ผ๐ก'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐'๐ก ๐๐ก? ๐ผ๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐... ๐ผ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐กโ๐๐๐. ๐ด๐๐ ๐ผ'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐น ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก, ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ 2007 ๐กโ๐๐ โ๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ . ๐ด๐๐ โ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐กโ๐๐ โ๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ 2007, ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ . ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐. ๐
๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ช๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ 2007 ๐ฅ https://bit.ly/3jF3CGY ๐
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