Introducing: Screaming Lights

For people out there that have never heard of you. Give us three reasons why they should…
They might like it, they might not like it, they might not like what we’re doing now, but maybe will in the future. I can’t really be upfront and shout our name from the rooftops. That’s not me.

Can you recall the moment when you first decided you wanted to become a musician?
When I heard Neil Young when I was about 10. I’d heard him a million times before but never quite got it until then.

Where do your songs come from? What’s your inspiration?
Anything at all. From myself, to other people to things that happen all the time that either directly or indirectly affect me.

Name your Top 5 records.
Difficult but along the lines of :
Radiohead – Kid A
Neil Young – On the Beach
Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues
Pixies – Doolittle
Four Tet – Rounds

What was the first gig you ever played and was it a success?
A community centre by where I grew up. And unless you could call 6 terribly performed Green Day songs a success, then no, absolutely not.

What one piece of criticism has stuck in your mind and was it justified?
‘That was wank’ from some pissed man at a show. And I don’t think it was. But that was his opinion.

What one thing has caused you to waste your free time in the past 6 months?
A comfortable bed, an X-box and Koyaanisqatsi.

If you weren’t making music, what do you think you’d be doing?
Absolutely nothing.

What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?
I only ever had one job, washing dishes. It lasted a month, I quit.

We’d like you to make us a mix-tape. Pick five tracks with a theme of your choice.
Theme? Can the theme just be ‘what I have on right now?’
Pixies – Hey
Bob Dylan – All I really want to do
Crystal Castles – 1991
Arcade Fire – My Body Is A Cage
Sonic Youth – Computer Age (Neil Young Cover)

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