💎 𝕀ℕ𝕋𝔼ℝ𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎 𝕎𝕀𝕋ℍ 𝕊𝕋𝔼𝔽𝔸ℕ (𝟚𝟘𝟘𝟙) 💎

🔹 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2001.

🔹 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑥 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚, 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 "𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦", 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 😄

𝐴 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡 ☺️

𝐼𝑛 21 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑠.

🔹 𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

Photo credit. Kevin Westenberg - Edit by Laetitia

🎤 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰?
🎸 It’s been great. We went to number one in France.


🎤 𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀.
🎸 Yeah, we toured for Without You for fifteen months and then were in the studio for the new album for nine months. It’s been like a pregnancy from conception to delivery.


🎤 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱?
🎸 We laughed our way through this one. The second one was full of relationship troubles and we weren’t feeling good psychologically and didn’t get along with our producer. This time we co-produced and it was more creative and inspiring.


🎤 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼?
🎸 We wrote most of the album after we finished the tour. When we went to the studio we had it all in us really from playing the new songs too much. We were dying to do new stuff.


🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲?
🎸 I think its an angrier record. I think it is more coherent. I think it rocks more. I think we had all of that in the back of our minds when we wrote this album. Because Without You I’m Nothing was a bit skitzo. It didn’t know if it wanted to be a punk album or a melodramatic love song album. I think it suffered from being slow in some places. On a submusical level we wanted to keep this one up.


🎤 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲.
🎸 I think we matured more as songwriters. We definitely decided to put music ahead of our lifestyles as we did in our past as well. Which is something I think we’ve fallen victims to.

Photo credit:  Kevin Westenberg / Edit by Laetitia

🎤 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.
🎸 Yeah its headline grabbing stuff.


🎤 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 ‘𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵’ 𝗼𝗿 ‘𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴’.
🎸 It gets quite boring really.


🎤 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗺 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹. 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 “𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗞” 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 ‘𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆/ 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴’.
🎸 It’s the comparison of the rush of drugs to falling in love. Where gravity comes from is what comes up always comes down. You can’t escape it.


🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 “𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻”?
🎸 That is really about two and a half minutes of self disgust. It explores why humans treat themselves so badly and treat everything around us so badly. It seems everything we touch turns to garbage and how we’ve enslaved ourselves. And how we still feel the reprocusions of slavery. It basically explores those topics.


🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹.
🎸 They are still broken hearted love songs that we’ve been doing since the first album. I think this album is more inward looking than outward looking. It’s more worldly. There are topics of racism, homophobia, politics, voyeurism, and other sorts of things.

Photo credit:  Jason Tanaka Blaney

🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗮𝗻’ 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 ?
🎸 (𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩) You know what a Trojan is right ?


🎤 𝗬𝗲𝘀. (𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘦) 𝗢𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲. (𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯) 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗲.
🎸 Well its really about changing a lifestyle. It’s telling a friend to take it easy and if he keeps going the way the song describes that he will die.


🎤 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘅, 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗹.
🎸 Yeah. It’s really about pulling someone you care about back from the brink.


🎤 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 “𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗲” ?
🎸 It’s about following your dreams and not getting stuck in the nine to five machinery. It’s about promoting individuality.


🎤 𝗜𝘀 “𝗦𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 & 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲” 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀?
🎸 That was written during the May Day Riots and that is where the line “Revolution, dope, guns, fucking in the streets” comes from. It’s the first track we brought hip hop into the mix.

🎤 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁?
🎸 It was really cool. It actually felt really natural. It was a song that didn’t have a chorus at the time. We were like “what the fuck are we going to do here?” And we were like “fuck, lets do a rap”. And it seemed crazy, but it really turned out to be a great idea. We knew Justin Warfield for a few years and got him to come over. And it was just that one second before he opened his mouth where we were like ‘shit, I hope this thing works’ and then he opened his mouth and it was like ‘ahhhhh’.

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 “𝗛𝗮𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻”?
🎸 On the musical level we managed to sequence music with a live rock band on top. That took us the longest to get right. On the lyrical level its our version of “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday. It’s about walking around the south in the last century.


🎤 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴?
🎸 Yeah, about black men hanging from trees.


🎤 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?
🎸 We want to be more hands on each time, but we always have had the final say. We have to live with it so this time we decided to let it be on us and become more hands on. We wanted it exactly the way we wanted it and I think we achieved that.


🎤 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳?
🎸 It was really good. We were more focused and definitely more confident.


🎤 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀?
🎸 We had an acoustic show about a week ago in Paris. And we did the songs differently and I was shitting myself so badly.


🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱? 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀?
🎸 It depends. Some nights I feel really intimidated by the whole thing and other nights I sort of surf like a wave and try and eye as many cute little boys as I can in the audience.


🎤 𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲.
🎸 I also run through my rock poses. (Laughs) It’s like ‘rock pose number twenty-three coming up’. (𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴)

Billie Holiday. Photo credit:  Getty Images /  Michael Ochs Archives

🎤 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱?
🎸 We found the perfect way recently in a hotel in Australia. We found this Jacuzzi and a beer and that was a perfect way to unwind. We don’t have that everywhere so usually it’s a couple of drinks and I’m out by six in the morning.


🎤 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱?
🎸 No, I think any press is good press. We stand behind everything we’ve ever said. But there have been a lot of lies printed about us, some have been quite good.


🎤 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆?
🎸 Yeah. Apparently I had tea with the Dalai Lama. I thought that was quite good. There are just loads of silly lies like how many drugs we’ve consumed in a week. Which if we would have done it we wouldn’t have been here.


🎤 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
🎸 I find it annoying. I mean they want to blame us for everything like the Columbine massacres because we do drugs as well. It's one of those things where drugs have always been a part of music since the days of smack, sweet potatoes, and jazz. It’s just headline grabbing. It’s going to be more interesting than what guitar strings we use.


🎤 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀’ 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀?
🎸 Yeah, but we live in a see tv culture with shows like Big Brother. People are fascinated by other people’s lives. It’s a voyeuristic quality like we explore in “Peeping Tom”.

Photo credit: Hamish Brown

🎤 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗳𝗳, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘅 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆?
🎸 Absolutely. We do that sometimes in the studio. There are no defined roles in our music. Maybe we should just get three keyboards and stand around like Kraftwerk. I’m a huge fan of Depeche Mode as well.


🎤 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝘂𝘆𝘀.
🎸 Once you’ve written one way and then do it again you can’t keep doing it. We don’t like working from a formula. It just gets boring if we repeat ourselves. We want to find new methods. I think anything that feels written when we play it together becomes Placebo. I think the fact that we come from three different backgrounds makes it more possible and opens more doors.


🎤 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂.
🎸 Thank you. To me any music that intrigues you enough to want to listen to it again is a really positive thing.


🎤 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼.
🎸 I think most of the songs are filled with melodies.


🎤 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁?
🎸 I picked up the bass because of Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. (𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴) And then I really wanted to write music because of Depeche Mode. I’m just in total awe of their song writing.

🎤 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
🎸 “The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA. I grew up with them. I still think they are the best pop band of all time.


🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲.
🎸 It’s kind of ABBA on speed. It’s all just songwriting by the book to make a million. It’s stinkville. (𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩)


🎤 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼’𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲?
🎸 I think we’d like to stay around for a long time. We look up to bands like U2 and REM for their longevity and reinvention. If we can still be here in ten years and make relevant music. And if you go to the record shop and can still find us between PJ Harvey and Portishead we’ll be happy.
✔️ 𝙷𝚒𝚙 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 - 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟷𝟾, 𝟸00𝟷

ABBA. Photo credit: Sigfried Pilz

⭐🎵 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑲 (𝑪𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑶𝒇 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆) https://bit.ly/3atFq90

🎵⭐ 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 (𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝑪𝑴 𝑪𝒂𝒇𝒆́) https://bit.ly/3znXJXJ

⭐🎵 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒗𝒊 (𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔) https://bit.ly/3xahK1d

🎵⭐ 𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑻𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒈𝒆 (𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝑫.𝑼𝑲) https://bit.ly/3NYnzWa

⭐🎵 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 (𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍) https://bit.ly/398rxwR

🎵⭐ 𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒏 (𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒆 𝑹𝒆́𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒓) https://bit.ly/38RIXO2

⭐🎵 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒅𝒂𝒚 - 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕 (1959) https://bit.ly/3mfeVHj

🎵⭐ 𝑷𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐𝒎 (𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝑵𝑨𝑪 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒔) https://bit.ly/3NUVWgP

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