Hello Chris! Tell us more about single L. U. V? L. U. V is a nursery rhyme about a listed building and a particular party that took place in it a few years ago. It was a total, out of the blue, stream of consciousness song that was written in about 5 minutes and is probably all the better for it. It’ s fun, it’ s bouncy and it goes down well at parties. I’ ve been annoying my neighbours with the 7’ test pressing. I’ m proud of it; it’ s always nice to have your music on vinyl.
Talk us through the recording of your upcoming LP. Can you tell us any details about it yet? We’ re currently spending all our time down in London, recording a huge batch of songs with the very talented Ms Margo Broom. Working with her was a bit of a eureka moment for me. We just clicked. She’ s much more Rock and Roll than I am and she takes us right out of our comfort zone musically; really challenges us to really push ourselves sonically. We’ ve never been this excited in a recording studio before. And despite our insane working habits, we’ ve never felt so … healthy. Details to follow.
The Shallows, New Year, L. U. V, Catching Up... are these going to feature on the début? I change my mind on this every five minutes. Currently it’ s like this: Definitely. Maybe. Probably. Maybe. We’ ll just see what feels right when those final mixes are finished. We’ re definitely making an‘ album’ though. We want it to make sense when played cover to cover.
3 things about Catholic Action people don’ t know yet? First, the term Glam Rock really makes me cringe. It’ s so nasty. I just wanted to be in Big Star. Secondly, I question why I am doing this with my life every single day. I usually answer that question at some point every day too. Finally, we all think the first three albums by The Cribs are completely underrated masterpieces... Ryan Jarman is the ultimate anti-hero guitar player.
We just heard the Silver Jews Cover. It’ s an interesting cover! Why this song? I was an obsessive fan of this band when I was younger and I’ d definitely consider David Berman a big song writing influence. American Water was the first Silver Jews record I owned and it had Stephen Malkmus on guitar; another huge influence for me. We picked this song because it’ s a scrappy, morbid sing-along love song. The kind of song I wish I’ d written.