Rock And Folk magazine (french)
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Translated for slabtown.net by Luc
During a trip to England, the Dandy Warhols visited Massive Attack with which they recorded three songs including "The House 0f Yes" which will perhaps be on the album but nothing is certain. "Apocalypse Shit" is the name of work for an album whose title is not even considered yet, entrusts hilarious Courtney Taylor to us. "Indiana Jones And The Temple 0f Shit" is an other one, adds Zia. "This record should be the good one", hopes Peter.
Eleven titles await the final mixing. And it's without any doubt that we can say that the time of the Dandy Warhols approaches. After hearing the Stones' influenced "Rock Bottom" ("Ain't got keep silent music yew you ain't got the muscles"), with the guitars flamers, or the Bowie influenced "Not Fucking Kate Moss (Was The Worst Decision 0f My Life)", the feeling is the same : this record will hurt. Pure heavy psychedelic rock'n roll in the tradition of pop art of the Dandy Warhols. The Dandy Warhols acknowledge no to have ever had as much pleasure to work on a record. Because they have never been so free to create, proof of the great confidence from Capital now. Courtney : "Yes, we had a lot of pleasure. And that feels on the compositions. All these songs are better, better built. About the lyrics, I understood many things, they are briefer, emotionally true... I have never been so true for all my life, never so depressed too, ....not everyday but... a few weeks ago... it was ....terribly vain, a deadly empty uselessness, and you know, we have success, we live from this success and the future appears better and better but it does nothing but making the things less obvious...."It was around last Christmas, during a depressive moment that Courtney Taylor wrote what he calls his first true song, the one he never thought of being able to write. Zia : "He called me for Christmas and sung me this song on the telephone. I cannot describe you the emotion I felt. My body was thrilling. Many people will recognize themselves in this song". Courtney takes its 12-string guitar and sings this cute song entitled "Suffered And Sound" which has this warm perfume of the already heard, due to a perfect melody. One of these songs which remain in the head during hours, days. An obsession with a honey taste. This song, Courtney received it like a blessing. As a medium in fright, he canalised this creation come from nowhere. "'I've delivered comfort to the aching and the tired with these words of comic wisdom' This line I've fucking canalised it. All the good lines, I canalised them this manner. It is enough that the head is in a well place. It is necessary to control this situation because if you want to catch a pen and a paper to write what you receive, everything’s lost. It is hard to retain two lines, retaining four would be incredible". And if a huge success was waiting for them, would they be ready with the glory? Zia: "It will never happen. That will not disturb me but I am sure that it will not happen. To be honest, I'd like our group to become huge everywhere except in the USA. I'd like to remain an underground band here".
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