1. The First Record I Bought
The first CD I bought was the Men In Black soundtrack. I saw the movie and thought Will Smith rapping was what I needed to listen to. The first vinyl LP I bought was Modern Lovers’ self-titled album. It’s still one of my favourite albums of all time.
2. The Last Record I Bought
The latest LP I got was by this band from LA called Wand. Their new album Golem is insanely good. It’s super heavy and psychedelic – the production is really crazy and awesome. It’s like Black Sabbath mixed with Tame Impala. They are insanely good live, too.
3. The First Thing I Recorded
The first time I ever recorded a song was actually in 2009 or 2010. Me and Jordan [Malane] recorded our first two singles for Bleeding Knees Club, ‘Have Fun’ and ‘Bad Guys’. It was in our friend’s studio behind a shoe store on the Gold Coast. We sent these songs to every human on the Planet Earth, hoping someone would like them. There’s something special in those first recordings I don’t think you could ever recapture.
4. The Last Thing I Recorded
I just finished mixing and mastering my new Wax Witches album. I recorded it in Brooklyn, New York in my friend’s home studio. It’s cool, it’s just a collection of all the songs I wrote over my two years living in New York. It’s totally different to anything I’ve released before. And a guy called Jim Kissling mastered it, who also worked on the latest King Tuff album.
5. The Record That Changed My Life
I think The Velvet Underground’s Velvet Underground & Nico album. I remember the first time I heard ‘Venus In Furs’, and I was instantly obsessed. VU were really important to me because they showed me that you don’t have to be technically great at your instrument to make good music. The songs are so simple, and rough, and they feel like they could fall apart at any time. But they are so beautiful and to me are the epitome of cool and the sound of New York.
Bleeding Knees Club appear at The Filth at Beach Road Hotel on Friday July 17.
