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escapism and hedonism in my life, as well,
and thinking about the end of relationships
and this breakup, too, until I started get-
ting comfortable talking about it. And
that’s where we were, at that point. And I
had in my head that we would finish the
record and get it out really quickly. But it
ended up being a record that was more
labored over than we expected. But I’m so
glad that it happened that way.
IE:
Matthew Murphy from The
Wombats says you’ve been recording
with him for his new Love Fame Tragedy
solo project.
DS: Yes. We became mates because we
share a producer. So I’ve done some writ-
ing with him, and he’s fucking hilarious.
IE: Have you finally started writing your
own scripts now?
DS: Umm…I have another project happen-
ing on the go, with one of my best mates
who’s in another band. I can’t really talk
about it yet, but it’s a real multi-media
thing wherein we’re telling the same story
across a variety of mediums. It’s very visu-
al, and I’m really excited about it. But it’s
been a longtime labor of love, but the very
nature of it just takes ages. I would love to
tell you more about it, but I just can’t.
IE: It’s an old showbiz cliche — ‘But
what I really want to do is direct.’ But you
really want to, right?
DS: I would, I really would. But I actually
feel quite comfortable making music. So it
would be quite the jump. But hopefully,
this new project I’m working on at the
moment will sort of halfway allow me to
make that jump. We’ll see what happens.
IE: Without a sense of humor to ground
it, intellect is useless, I've always felt. So
there seems to be a bit of Dude, Where’s
My Car? on Doom, as well.
DS: Dude! I haven’t seen that film in so
long! But the hazy morning- after? Totally.
And one of the things we’re constantly
dealing with is that my voice just sounds
so serious all the time. So everything
sounds way more devastating than it actu-
ally is to me, just because of the tone of my
voice. And I wanted to play with that sense
of doom and despair like it can be all-
encompassing, or it can be ridiculous, like
when you’re feeling completely fucked,
and there's nothing you can do about it.
But then you get a stupid text from your
friend with news of some horrific event on
the other side of the world, and that nega-
tively affects every aspect of your life. And
it’s a massive cliche, but you just have to
laugh. Otherwise, you might go complete-
ly insane.
Bastille appears at The Chicago Theater
on Wednesday, October 2.