These New Puritans: Pesky Teenagers!
See this lot here? They're called These New Puritans, and they're rather good, in a kind of post-Klaxons, post-Foals, post-Fall cleverdick-disco-meets-shouty-slogans sort of way. They've got songs about clever stuff like numerology, so they're a treat for the brain AND the feet.
And they have the kind of band name which invites interviewers to indulge their inner art ponce (as you will see if you listen to the interview I did with the band's lead singer Jack), all of which makes them officially Fine By Me.
Now, the thing is, Jack and the rest of his bandmates are 19 years old, which means that even if they wanted to debate endlessly about art, history, art-history, and abstract concepts with an over-excited interviewer such as myself, the tendency on his part will be to just go a bit quiet from time to time.
I wish I could tell you this brought out the encouraging teacher in me, sadly, listening back, it seems I'm more of an over-sarcastic head of sixth-form, drunk on power, and terribly smug.
What I Expected: Well, when you hear the incredibly long theory I have about new puritans, I was clearly expecting a decent chat about that...blimming students...
What I Did Not Expect: What's the plural of Oasis?...bands should know why they are called what they are called..."I tried to meditate before a gig"...who is the best person to judge if you're creating magic or not?
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Your ChartBlog interviewer was: Fraser McAlpine
Here's the video for 'Elvis', which is out on February 11th.
And the band's album 'Beat Pyramid' is out today!
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