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We need to retain all artistic control...
This
means that what we create goes, we don't construct or plan our songs,
they evolve almost independantly. Therefore we are unable to
write to order, so there's no point in demanding that we do.
We also require the final say so and full input into all artwork,
photographs etc. - but we will not be afraid to ask for outside
inspiration if we feel it to be necessary.
To record simply, cheaply and as quickly as is feasible is our
aim. Fancy, pricey studios don't do it for us, nor do name
producers or albums that take years to record and multi-layer to
death. We have short attention spans, too much nervous
energy, and are too mean to sit back and watch as money is flushed
needlessly away. Same goes for any potential video forays the
future may hold for us - In fact, the same goes for anything we might
do.
Live appearances must be selective (we're not a band that will stay on
the road for years at a time). Our music is such that the
setting must be right, there's no way
we can get away with being
lumped next to the latest rap metal sensation or jangly indie bores,
no-onee will leave
happy.
Ultimately we want to be able to get on and make the albums we've been
writing all these years. We want our music to be heard, but
not at any cost - we're not about to sit back placidly while others
make money hand over fist and we're still working crap jobs.
We don't need Ferraris or mansions - a living would be nice.
Ideally we'd take a future recording budget and build a small home
studio, thus slashing later recording costs to the bone, but for now
anywhere basic where we can get our first batch of songs down more or
less live will suit us just fine.
We are, quite simply, cheap. Minimum band personnel, precious
little equipment (by most bands standards) and an overwhelming desire
for frugality and lack of financial wastage. We make music
because we have to, the need
for this release of self expression would burn holes right
through us if we tried to contain it, but we don't need
meaningless status symbols - just give us the means to create the live
feel of Mazzy Star or 'Dry' era PJ Harvey, and we'll be
content. And pay us fairly, without straining off absurd
amounts of money to pay for excessive extravegences when simplicity and
clean minimalism would suffice.
And that's it. All pretty undramatic and logical,
really. We're never going to be stereotypical rock stars or
top 5 pop star, we're doing what we do, and we don't know any other way
to do it. Uncluttered, unfussy, straight to the point -
beautiful, affecting and utterly unaffected...
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