You reach a point where your attention span is just battered in. I tried Sheffield for a while. Author Olivia Laing met me at the London Library & helped me collect my thoughts on this & a number of other subjects. ", IDLES' vocalist Joe Talbot talked about those comments in an interview with The Guardian earlier this month, "Im not virtue signalling, Im not hiding behind any sort of surrealist bullshit. Im saying: this is what I believe in. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Co-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, Ten Thousand Apologies is that rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional that does not seek forgiveness. Once all that was gone, I had no hankering.". For me, straight down the middle post-post-punk represents a collapse into nostalgia, born out of a refusal of the present, in a world where the future has been all but cancelled. He was waiting for the man., What did the band make of the book? He had an incredible array of records in his living room that me and his daughter would help ourselves to. Artist Jeremy Deller meets Jonny Banger, founder ofSports Banger: a rave/fashion/food bank/political activism collective whose latest clothing collection bears the label The People Deserve Beauty. Under no circumstances would I ever willfully agree to that. Its constantly shifting. The NYC Downlow is outrageous, anyone would kill to play there, and this is when Decius was a reall small thing that not many people knew about, he continues. The Fat White Family frontman on sonically tripping to Sarah Davachi, rewatching Threads and a heroic history of poo in art. I was a very violent person. Making the thing is a never-ending agony, by the time its done youre like see you later. I dont think that things are going pan out as drastically kind of awfully as it feels like they will right now. Depending on what kind of guests you have round for tea or whatever, its the ultimate coffee-table placement the ultimate conversation-starter. It got dark once heroin started to get involved, says Saoudi. Im a musician for Christs sake! After the world being shrunk down to nothing, socially, to see that big explosion of color and life, it was an inspiring experience. Did you go? The black pill is what I subscribe to at this point. I think thats something Id like to move away from: monotone rage and anger. It was a bit heavy, that. The river split at that point because youre just on completely different psychic wavelengths. Lias Saoudi: It was really good. Lias Saoudi: Basically, yeah! Instead, he says he was inspired by his recent viewing of David Cronenburgs M. Butterfly, in which a French diplomat falls in love with a traditional Chinese opera performer who is in fact a male spy in disguise as a woman. Share . (LogOut/ Happy birthday Yayoi See Yayoi's biggest gallery exhibition yet opening May 12th at . I continued amassing a collection after moving to London at age 18 to study art, even adding a vinyl section to my library once the time was right. They met up sporadically, about once every month or two. The South London band has been hailed as Sweary, scary and willfully offensive (The Irish Times); a lens through which contemporary life is exposed, investigated and celebrated (Domino Records) andthe sonic equivalent of society coming unhinged (Rolling Stone). [3], They released their debut album, Champagne Holocaust, in 2013, on UK label Trashmouth Records. It made me think of London, which was not a place Id ever been but youre almost mourning this place thats not even real to you. Continue this thread. They were both obsessed with Bob Dylan, whose nasal whine I was completely adverse to. I had never been a words man really but in that moment I was changed forever. I wont be able to take my shirt off anymore because Ill be all withered. Theres other emotions I want to explore. [5], In early 2014, the band launched a PledgeMusic campaign to fund their show at the South by Southwest festival, with a subsequent US tour. If youve got 50,000 followers, then youve basically got a little TV channel. And making a music video is like hanging them up on a meat hook in the public square, you dont want anything to do with that ever again. Lias Saoudi: Most of them are in panic mode. Theirs is the sound of an inverse solidarity, one that revels in the sanctimonious condemnation of people not quite up to speed whilst offering up no valid counter strategy. Whatever trick Bob had just pulled on me was a trick I had to learn, or at least try to. Its such a great sermon to spit, its so righteous and damning. Its a leap of faith, if you nail that then it usually goes down alright but if you pussy out of it then youre in trouble., Bob Dylan Key West (Philosopher Pirate), I went to see him the other night, I hadnt seen him in 20 years and it was absolutely mind-blowing. Mon 20th Sep 2021 14.45 BST. Why not? A left in love with its own marginality. Id been bullied and battered a bunch of times growing up but no beating contained such archaic mystification as that one. Theyre just transient and it either resonates or it doesnt and the best you can do is completely ignore that hullabaloo. Id go out and buy one. #fatwhitefamily, @-webkit-keyframes"dkaXkpbBxI"{ 0%{opacity:0.5;} 50%{opacity:1;} 100%{opacity:0.5;} } @keyframes"dkaXkpbBxI"{ 0%{opacity:0.5;} 50%{opacity:1;} 100%{opacity:0.5;} }, Fat White Family last night at Bowery Ballroom. Their first proper video, U Instead Of Thought, was released last Summer, featuring Lias painted as a geisha, opening and closing a parasol in time with the tracks grubby beats. PKM: Of course you will. Read the choicest cuts from the Quietus archive: reviews, features and opinion, Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure, Stalker Humanoids: The ERC, Maxine Peake & Lias Saoudi Interviewed, No Sleep 'Til Notting Hill: The Moonlandingz Interviewed, Fat White Family's Lias Saoudi To Publish Biography Of The Band, Peer Review: Joel Gibb Interviews Owen Pallett And Vice Versa, TQ's John Doran To Host Metal Modernism Event In Brighton, Ben Gregory Details Debut Album, Shares New Essay, Monsters Vs. Nazis: Margaret Killjoy Of Feminazgl On Anti-Fascist Black Metal, Virtual Mentors: Arooj Aftab's Favourite Albums, Magical Cuts: Anthony Surgeon Childs Favourite Music, Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair's Favourite Albums, Stop, Collaborate And Listen: Meg Remy's Favourite Albums, Leather Jacket-Worthy: Lawrence's Favourite Albums. The Irish News. It makes me angry. 35. Really, really good positive energy. Theres no limit to how much that kind of technology could be abused. Im in some sort of musical cul-de-sac at the moment Im either listening to ambient or Bob Dylan. We recorded in one long take, straight on the record, no edits necessary, says Luke. It was quite painful for Saul to read it all back, says Stripe. Since forming in 2011, Fat White Family have released three acclaimed albums of insalubrious post-punk and are known for their provocative live performances. I might as well be looking in the mirror., Before they formed Trashmouth a decade ago, the May brothers had carved out their own successful career in dance music as the duo Medicine 8. Life Beyond The Neutral Zone #8 - Lias Saoudi. Lias Saoudi: I think its better if youve got some kind of fire in the belly. Bang to rights. Ill have a fag if Im out having a proper drink or if Im having a bit of a party, he says. It wouldve been in my house, we had Michael Jackson records because my dad was into him. The band were surprised, they say, when some people they showed it to were concerned about their choice of imagery. That posture is kind of infinite., John Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads, It goes down well if you can hit what I call the leap of faith moment. 22/09/2020. John and Luke celebrate tQ's fourteenth birthday with a selection of their cultural highlights this month. That kind of lifestyle is underrated. As well as the unparalleled joy of keeping the publication alive, you'll receive benefits including exclusive editorial, podcasts, and specially-commissioned music by some of our favourite artists. YMMV on the purpose of art, but Lias seems clear in his personal standards. Lead singer Lias Saoudi, already half naked and sweating like Usain Bolt at the finish line, jittered to the front of the stage like a character in a Chris Cunningham music video and the band belted in unison, "AH AH AHHHH AHHH AHHHHHHH!" . Nothing all that personal is ever laid on the table. But this was just spellbinding, it was such a dense experience. What does the collecting impulse say about us humans? Lias Kaci Saoudi of Fat White Family/Moonlandingz is a difficult man to get on the phone. The site covers music, art, culture, fashion, poetry and movies from the 60s through today. PKM: Have you been working on anything with the Fat White Family since quarantine has been lifted? Alas, I had by the age of 16 become a total loner, with nothing but a deeply entrenched sense of myself as culturally superior to keep me company. Mog Yoshihara & Kelly Kiley at Rough Trade Management set up my Zoom conversations with contributors. The one thing that you can be sure of is that they will exploit it to their own nefarious ends as much as they possibly can. I didnt have to consult with [bandmates] Saul [Adamczewski, lead guitarist] or Nathan [Saoudi, keyboard player and Lias brother], I didnt have to deal with hype. People listen to me. If you love what we do, you can help tQ to continue bringing you the best in cultural criticism and new music by joining one of our subscription tiers. I mean, where would you draw the line? I dont know. Itll be a heavy day., Decius are a supergroup made up of Paranoid London and Warmduscher members with Lias Saoudi as frontman. PKM: Fat White Family have such diverse backgrounds. I escaped and stood and watched it from the perimeter. 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And he is appalled by what he describes as the establishment of a state of self-surveillance. It was cathartic to come out of the Fat Whites, this horribly pressurised environment, and just do a day down at Trashmouth as a way to let off steam, says Lias. It was a club, everyone was super hip, it wasnt my patch. As they put out more singles in the build-up to their debut album (Decius Vol I, released on May 13 via their own label Decius Trax), the band also started releasing visuals that stepped out from behind the relative anonymity of their early days. Musician Lias Saoudi discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. He looks healthy and together now a far cry from the increasingly emaciated, tortured figure who haunted the stage as the band he formed in 2011 with his brother Nathan and Saul Adamczewski slowly ripped itself apart, poisoned by drugs, alcohol and ego. I was chuffed! 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