Bella Union have struck gold yet again with their latest signings, Denmark 5-piece The Kissaway Trail. Their self titled album is in stores now and is a real gem. Think Arcade Fire meets The Beach Boys with the same charm and likeability that so many of todays Scandanavian bands possess. Here we catch up with singer and guitarist Thomas Fagerlund as we offer up to him our delectable 20 Questions.

1. Describe your sound in 3 words
Fish, bird and in between.
2. Diet coca-cola or normal coke?
I think we prefer normal coke.
3. What would be your ideal holiday?
Last summer I went to an island near Rome called Ponza. If I get a chance for a holiday I would go there again!
4. What’s the best cure for a hangover?
Plenty of salt and lying on the couch watching movies. Maybe with a girl?
5. What’s on your rider?
I don’t think we are in a position of demanding anything special, so it is just wine, beer, some towels and water.
6. How do you get ready for a live show?
Some of us are eating a good meal and drinking some wine or beer. And smoking lots of cigarettes!
7. Favourite song to play live?
My favourite song live must be the opening song from our album “Forever Turned Out To Be Too Long”
8. When was the last time you told a lie?
Oh, I can’t remember…
9. Who would win in a fight, a stoat or a goat and why?
The stoat… I didn’t know what a stoat was and when I googled it, a big picture of a stoat with big teeth showed up and it looked really dangerous!
10. What was the last album you bought?
I am one of those who never buy records because I get jealous. I only buy music documentaries. But the newest album in my collection is the new Blonde Redhead “23” which I got a few weeks ago from our Danish record company.
11. What do you find annoying?
The “Jante Law”, a stupid Danish/Scandinavian unwritten “law” [a kind of “who-do-you-think-you-are” mentality if people try to be different]
12. Dead or alive. What 5 acts would you have play with you at a festival.
1.Nirvana (my favourite band)
2.Smashing Pumpkins (the band I’m most inspired by)
3.Psyched up Janis (a Danish band I miss so much)
4.Daniel Johnston (just love him)
5. The Beach Boys (just love them)
13. If you could only listen to one record for the rest of your life. What would it be?
Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”
14. Most memorable on the road story.
There are so many, but our first time in the United States. I felt like being in a movie for 2 weeks…
15. What’s the best thing about being in The Kissaway Trail?
That we’re down to earth all the time.
16. Do you read your own reviews?
I sure don’t! But some of the other guys in the band do…
17. Tell us a fact about yourself we probably don’t already know.
I stutter and am very very shy.
18. Are you a morning bird or a night fox?
Both… I love being up early and love to party and write music in the night.
19. If you could travel back in time where would you set the dial?
Like many others I would like to have experienced the 60’s.
20. Least favourite person in the universe.
I don’t have one person in particular, but I don’t like people who think violence is funny.

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Links:
The Kissaway Trail [official site] [myspace]