ALL BACK TO MY PLACE

THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING... LUSH LIFE NO MORE

Jakob Dylan, Miki Berenyi and Phil Manzanera open the floodgates to audio nirvana.

What music are you currently grooving to?

Hachiku, I’ll Probably Be Asleep;

The Pictish Trail, Thumb World; International Teachers Of Pop, Pop Gossip; Lemondaze, Celestial Bodies; John MOuse, The Goat; Jane Weaver, Flock. Nearly all of this list comprises bands who supported us on tour. And they’re all great!

What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? You can put on anything by the

Cocteau Twins and I’ll be happy. It’s a Monday, so let’s say Blue Bell Knoll.

What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it?

Until I was 13 I had to make do with the portable cassette player. So I think it was The Teardrop Explodes’ Wilder and maybe simultaneously, Kilimanjaro. I was fully in love with Julian Cope. I’d been done for shoplifting from HMV on Oxford Street, so probably got them from Our Price.

Which musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be? Debbie Harry, Siouxsie Sioux, Brix Smith, Poison Ivy – loads. All these women were in bands, playing with their partners. It seemed like the dream romance to be in a band with the person you love. Little did I know… I’m kidding!

What do you sing in the shower?

I don’t. But if I did, it would likely be Piroshka songs because I am always needing to learn the lyrics.

What is your favourite Saturday night record?

Big, happy floorfillers – Earth Wind And Fire, Boogie Wonderland; Candi Staton, Young Hearts Run Free; The Go-Go’s, Our Lips Are Sealed; The Cramps, Garbageman; The Supremes, You Keep Me Hangin’ On; anything by Soft Cell. Me jumping around in our living room to any of these is not something you want to witness but it’s about the only exercise I get these days.

And your Sunday morning record? Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazlewood, Nancy & Lee – the perfect antidote to a massive, bleak hangover.