Mojo (UK)

Cate Le Bon

COME ON THEN, CARMARTHEN

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What music are you currently grooving to?

Music For Saxofone & Bass Guitar – Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes. Also Charlotte Adigéry, Standing On The Corner, and I’m currently having my first love affair with Tears For Fears.

What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album? Faust IV by a country mile. I can remember exactly where I was and how I felt when I first heard it. Those feelings have only blossomed over the years and it’s a record I will always reference, whether it’s a feel or a specific sound I’m chasing. The real take away for me is that the abandonmen­t employed is inspired rather than calculated. It’s a visceral exploratio­n of sound and songwritin­g.

What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it? I saved up to buy New Kids On The

Block, Step By Step. My dad convinced me to buy it on vinyl so he could rip a tape from it for the car, except he would never let me play it. We drove to Woolworths in Carmarthen – it came with a very inappropri­ate poster for a nine-year-old.

Which musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be? I’d love to know how it feels to sing Cloudbusti­ng as if it were my own.

What do you sing in the shower? A Crowded House medley, with all my heart.

What is your favourite Saturday night record?

[Zeus B. Held project] Gina X Performanc­e, Nice Mover.

And your Sunday morning record? ‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny, Out Of The Blue, followed immediatel­y by Trust In Rock. I could listen to these for the rest of eternity and never tire of them.

Pompeii is out now on Mexican Summer. Cate tours the UK in March and Europe in April.

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