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The Black Tulips
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written by Matt P
Sep 5, 2005.
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The Black Tulips, namely Alexandra, Barny, Heidi and Tris, are the newest band to draw the attention of the buzzing Brighton music scene. They are glamorous, erudite, and ever-so-slightly eccentric. We caught up with them for a drink and large bacon sandwiches in the safe confines of a pub.
SXP: For those unfamiliar, describe your musical style using some choice words.
TBT: Great, unique, dramatic, noisy, chameleonic, inimitable and non-specifically arrogant.
SXP: When can we expect some new releases?
Tris: We're looking to release "Criminal Mastermind" on Pinprick Records, with "Just Keep Coming" as a B-side. And seeing as the "The Black Tulips EP" was so popular, we might release that on vinyl.
Alexandra: Expect to see something in the Autumn. October, say October.
SXP: James Blunt or the Kaiser Chiefs?
Heidi: Well, James Blunt is the spawn of Satan...
SXP: But so are the Kaiser Chiefs, surely?
Heidi:They're actually the Kaiser Chefs, from a long line of culinary experts. It sounds better that way, like a roadside cafe.
Tris: The Kaiser Chiefs made me angry at first.
Alexandra: With the Kaisers, they annoy you because they appear to be a comedy band; but it's not so bad when you realise that they ARE a comedy band.
Tris: For me, you've just got to compare the two choruses: "You're Beautiful" and "I Predict a Riot." The riot wins.
SXP: If you were marooned on an island with James Blunt, the Kaiser Chiefs and an excitable Dominic Monaghan, what CD would you have to try and keep you sane?
Heidi:I think I'd have a CD that turns into a jetpack...
Barny: You know the name of Monaghan's fictional band? Driveshaft.
SXP: Good name.
Tris: I'd have to go for Abbey Road.
Alexandra: I'd take Hatful of Hollow
Barny: Anything by the Throwing Muses.
Heidi:Something by the great Dave Bowie; at the BBC.
SXP: Following the recent Okereke/Argos spat, would you back yourself in a fight with another band?
Barny: I was witness to that fight: they were grunting and screaming primally whilst hurling themselves across the room.
Alexandra: I have a special weapon actually. Straight through the eye.
Tris: We wouldn't lose. We'd win at all costs.
SXP: Who's your favourite English cricketer?
Alexandra: Hoggard, with his lovely big face. He did very well.
Tris: Jones was cracking.
Alexandra: And he has very felicitous features.
Tris: But I feel it would be wrong not to say Michael Vaughan.
Alexandra: I think Vaughan is saved by a Northern accent.
Tris: You can tell that two of the band members aren't really into the cricket.
SXP: I think it's something you either love or hate at the moment.
Barny: I'm indifferent.
SXP: The lyrics to "I Don't Want You" have numerous mentions of an ice cream van. Has a band member had an on/off relationship with an ice cream van driver?
Alexandra: That was wishful thinking on my part. As everyone knows, Mr
Whippy wielders make better lovers.
SXP: Which bands, past or present, would you like to have played/play on the same bill as?
Tris: For sheer audience numbers it must be the Beatles. A large festival stage with the Beatles and Bob Marley. Or Public Enemy circa 1988.
SXP: If you could be a Nordic god, which one would you be?
Tris: Was Thor the king of the gods?
SXP: That was Odin.
Tris: But Odin sounds shit.
Barny: The cinema down the road was named after him.
Alexandra: Was there a female god called Freyja? The one with the most vowels in the name is the one I want to be.
SXP: Loki was the answer I was looking for.
Tris: He was a bit gay though...
SXP: No, he's a legend.
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