]So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band?
Darling James. My name is James and my primary purpose is Jamesing. You could say I’m the head James.
What do you reckon people will say you sound like?
We get a bit of Spoon, a bit of Split Enz, a bit of XTC. So all the good wonky pop bands, which is nice.
What do you love about making music?
Probably the fact that I have absolutely no idea where it comes from and I marvel every time a new song seems to springs from the ether. That and the comradery.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why?
I’d travel way back to 2010 and try to convince Dan Kelly to let me play the 5/4 bass riff on Dan Kelly’s Dream.
If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why?
Unfortunately it’s often good artists that seem to inspire a legion of dull, tepid copycat bands. So by that logic I’d pick Radiohead, Jeff Buckley or You Am I. But that doesn’t seem ideal at all. So I guess I’ll just go with anything that uses irony as it’s primary source and goal. There’s plenty to choose from right now.
What can a punter expect from your live show?
We’re bringing guitar solos back. Again. But cool guitar solos, like that dude from Wilco mixed with Sonic Youth and that guy that played on Rain Dogs, Marc Ribot, but through a chorus pedal.
