INTERVIEW: Robots in Disguise
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Interview with Sue Denim by Zarina Raja
You just played Reading Festival last weekend. How was it?
Ah-May-Zing!
Did you get to see any bands?
Yeh, loads, MSI, Crystal Castles, CSS, Gallows, Glasvegas, The Kills, Metallica, The Death Set, Pendulum. There were loads of others I wanted to see, but they played on the other two days!
Did you stick about for the campsite looting on the last night? Sounded pretty horrible to me!
Don't know anything about that! (At least that's what we told the police when we were taken in haha). No, seriously, haven't heard about that. We did try to find a campfire though and then gave up and forward rolled down a muddy hill instead.
Was it the biggest festival you guys have played this year?
This and The Mighty Boosh festival.
How was the Boosh fest for you? Have R.I.D got anything else lined up with the Boosh that you can tell us about?
It was such good fun because we're all mates. It was a really good atmosphere. We are going to be doing some gigs at the aftershows on their live tour coming up.
In September, you have a string of London dates. Is it always good playing to a London crowd full of R.I.D fans, or is it just as good playing to a festival crowd, perhaps to people who aren’t solely there to see you guys? I imagine it is more challenging.
It felt really good playing to the Leeds and Reading crowd. I guess they weren't all fans, but they were having such a good time and so were we, it was a brilliant energy. Plus we came on in a home made human size mirrorball!
The last time we spoke, it was just before the release of We’re in the Music Biz.’ How are the fans treating the newer stuff?
They didn't boo. Oh actually sometimes they do join in with the booing on the end of Music Biz. They've been going crazy for the new stuff, it is extremely gratifying!
What else have you been up to since then?
We're writing and knitting woolly catsuits for the big freeze.
Are you working on anything new?
Yes! We really want to record the new album early next year but it's no where near finished yet.
What seems to be their favourite song from the new album?
There are lots, but Music Biz always goes down really well.
The Tears is out in September. It is slower than some of your other stuff, is it still a good one to perform?
Yeh, it's not as frenetic but it's a song that you can get deep into in an anthemic kind of way.
Tell me a bit about the background to the song.
It's a twisted love song, it's about paranoia and pain and possession.
Although it is a slower song, the feisty R.I.D vibe still slips through with my fave line: ‘I’ll cut her from ear to ear.’ Which one of you penned that?
This line may have been written by Dee, or me, or together, I can't remember. We both had our reasons! It's always important for the songs to be relevant to us both since we're both singing them, which is why we write so together.I do remember us writing lyrics for this song in a cafe in Friedrichshain Berlin, round the corner from the studio over much discussion and masses of tea.
What is your advice for girls (and boys) that find themselves in that crazy state of paranoia in a relationship?
It's not worth The Tears! Learn from it. Life is short! And relationships go through all sorts of phases. Don't panic!
Sum up The Tears in one word.
Intense.
What have you got planned from now until the end of the year?
More gigs, writing; I want a holiday too!
Are either of you working on any solo projects?
I have Sue And The Unicorn, my folky project. Dee plays drums with The Budda Cakes.
Are you and Android still living in Berlin? Does that work out OK with Dee in the UK?
We officially live there but I can barely remember what my flat looks like. I haven't been back since June. Ann has been spending a lot of time in Cologne due to romantic reasons too so we've kind of abandoned Berlin.. for now!
I’m going to Berlin in September for the first time. If there was one place you recommend me to check out, what would it be?
I recommend you listen to our song ''I Live In Berlin' and do the Robot trail.
The Tears is out on 8th September 2008.
Related Links
The Tears single review.
Interview with Robots in Disguise.
Buy Robots in Disguise tickets
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