Sartain has been sporadically touring ‘Join’, playing the UK and Europe at the beginning of the year. He was back at his home in Birmingham, Alabama when Pennyblackmusic spoke to him.
A little glimpse:
PB : You recorded some of the new songs in London’s Toerag Studios> How did that come about?
DS : Well, some people at the record label were all stoked about it and telling me there’s this guy and we were going to ask him to work with you, and he’s done this, he’s done this, is this ok? And I was like yeah, whatever, you know, cynical about it, White Stripes, whatever - I don’t dislike the White Stripes but I’m not a huge personal fan of them, or Holly Golightly for that matter, Billy Childish, all of the stuff that he’s (Liam Watson, Toerag‘s owner) done, I haven’t really sat there and rocked out to it. But when I met the guy and checked out his studio, and talked to him and went through all his stuff, it was just me and him and we talked about these records, and it’s like, alright, well if you know exactly what I’m talking about when I talk about a certain part on a Gene Vincent record, you’re probably pretty good to work with. It’s kind of hard working with him too, because we’d just end up nerding out and talking about records, but that’s really the only hard part about it.
PB : Do you consider yourself a music nerd?
DS : I’m more of a comic book nerd, myself, but there’s record nerds who definitely wouldn’t consider me a record nerd. I can’t stand it. You’re out on tour all the time, and if you’re touring with a bunch of musicians if you have some free time you inevitably end up in a record store. I fucking hate that. I hate shopping for records. I can’t just go to a record store and look around until I find something. I have something in particular in mind, and if they don’t have it I leave. I’m pretty particular about what I like though. I don’t like very much music. I’m definitely a critic of music, but I don’t think I’m a music nerd. I can nerd out with other guys but as far as my collection goes - serious collectors will buy three copies of a record, one to trade, one to listen to and one to keep sealed. I’m definitely not one of those guys. I’m much more like that about my comic books.
The whole interview is just here.
Excellent read!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Enjoyed that, is it just me or can DS come across as playing the 'tough guy'?
ReplyDelete