

There were a million bands for a while in Portland.

Some went on to record… Crackerbash, Quasi. The best shows I’ve seen were local bands from Portland, Oregon because of the energy and the locality, people were so into it. Neil: What’s the best concert you’ve ever seen? Just ’cause I’m not singing about sex and sports doesn’t mean I’m sad. There has to be a certain amount of darkness in my songs for the happiness to matter. I wanted to remove it but my friends made me keep it. No but I thought it was pretty funny that the word ‘conquistador’ ended up on ‘Figure Eight’. Slim Shady: Is there a specific word you would like to incorporate into a song but haven’t? It hasn’t got one song that’s representative of what it sounds like, in fact if there’s any goal I say it would be to make it indescribable.Įlliott Smith remembered, by photographer Autumn De Wilde It sounds like someone who isn’t in a band emulating one I guess. Rachel: How about giving us a little sneak peak of the new album ? What does it sound like? There were four vocal parts, so there was a question of whether I could do it. It felt weird because I don’t see the point in covering a Beatles song, except to take it apart and put it together again. Nips: How did it feel to sing The Beatles’ ‘Because’? I thought it was perfect.
