have heavy psych credentials that are impeccable: they’ve toured with Comets On Fire and Oneida, and their back catalogue includes a collaborative disc with mind-expanding Japanese collective Acid Mother Temple. As befits a group named for screen legend Klaus Kinski, the Seattle quartet’s instrumental music is exhilarating, unpredictable and occasionally off-the-map.
Chris: Because when I heard it when I was little I was totally mystified. And it still sounds stranger than just about anything. Even than Wolf Eyes!
your boozed up anthem
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
Chris and Lucy: A masterpiece.
a song guaranteed to make you feel depressed
Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Chris
a record you fell in love to
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Chris: I’m realizing that my answers to your questions have nothing to do with what I listen to now or what Kinski sounds like. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.
John Coltrane
Johnny Hartman
Lucy
first record you remember
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Chris
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Lucy: An Elton John single my older sister had: «Crocodile Rock b/w Elderberry Wine».
the song to be played at your funeral
The Captain & Tennille - Muskrat Love
Lucy
Teenage Fanclub - Neil Jung
Chris: But please be sure it’s on a really good stereo system and not a boombox.
a song that evokes the greatest summer of your life
Guided By Voices - Universal Truths And Cycles (LP)
Chris: Well, the greatest «sustained» time (and most relaxed) I’ve ever had was in Bali a couple years ago. The last night, while I was staring at the ocean watching an amazing sunset, I was listening to «Universal Truths and Cycles».
your ultimate heartbreak song
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix (LP)
Chris: All the songs off that record make me teary eyed. More melancholy than heartbreak though. I’m going to see them play tonight!
your liberation anthem
Guided By Voices - I Am A Tree
Lucy
The Archies - Feelin' So Good
Chris
first record you bought
The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Chris: A 7" at Woolworth’s.
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
Lucy
a song you would use as a ring-tone
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Lucy
a song you wish you'd written yourself
The Chills - Pink Frost
Lucy
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
Chris
Questions answered by: Chris Martin and Lucy Atkinson
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