Feature: Lupen Crook
I HEAR YOU WENT
THE
OFF TO ANY FAVOURITE LOCAL
LAST
BIG APPLE TO PERFORM MURDERBIRDS?CROOK AND
WHAT’S NEXT FOR
THE
LUPEN
BANDS?
FOR
HEAR
AND
YEAR, WHO
HOW DID
WAS THAT
THEY anyone so, having recorded the“We are not represented by this rustic, torn-up, dirty little
“Yeah. ‘The Flowing’ are
“A few years back a young
OF YOU? three piece of two acoustic
girl, Chicago born Katie Studio’s with Jim Riley, we are
new record at Ranscombe guitars and an acoustic bass. A
Camosy, was filming a
country blues sorta thing, but
documentary on British anti-folk tour in September/ October. A
preparing for its release and a very punk, if only in spirit. The
in London. She went back to
songs are great and they have
live in New York and last year currently editing with my friend
book I’ve written, that I am that heart and soul in what they
she got back in contact with Cale Wolf, will coincide with the
do type feel, which I consider
me. After the ‘Iscariot Tour’ we
essential.”
needed to get the **** away, Stewart Hardy, a guy we’ve met
album’s release. Meanwhile,
so she got us in touch with all
the right people, and whereas sorting out a website. We’re
through our gigs has been KENT
WHAT
MUSIC
DO YOU
SCENE?
THINK OF THE
in England ‘eccentric’ and
‘uncompromising’ seemed to be with Jenny Hardcore in May, and
gonna do some crazy photos on the Farm is a marvellous
“It’s getting there. Lounge
descriptions that were
detrimental to a bands success, well as this, Lucy Langridge has
maybe a video of some sort. As everything those guys do.
festival. I’m full support of
over there, they really
understood what we were jewellery from designs that are
been making some fine pieces of which doesn’t necessarily mean
Generally more gigs are needed,
doing. We stripped the band
back to its acoustic beginnings record and things like t-shirt
central to the themes on the need to get together and
more promoters, just that bands
and went out. It was ****ing
brilliant, a new beginning for put together by Tom and myself.
designs and videos are being other. There’s always been so
communicate with one and
us. We met our fourth
Murderbird Craig Harff whilst but hopefully it will come
Basically a few months of chaos, surface, sometimes these things
much bubbling under the
out there, who has since been together.” together.”
need to join forces and rise up
back to the UK to record and
write with us.” WHOLIKE WOULD
ON
DIDN’T
TV
YOU ALSO END UP DESERT
TO BE STUCK
YOU LEAST
ON A
“Yeah; Katie Camosy
OVER THERE? “It wouldn’t bother me who
ISLAND WITH?
was there. If I didn’t like them, I
ZOOM-IN. Very surreal and
again. It was a TV show called would eat them.”
unexpected. ART OR WORDS?
TELL “They are all as one to me.”
WHAT’S THE BIGGEST GIG MEDWAY
ME ABOUT
NON LEAGUE
THE
YOU EXTREME
“I guess the festival
HAVE PLAYED SO FAR? YOU’VE SETMOVEMENT A PHILOSOPHY WHAT
IF YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE BY
crowds are the largest. But FOR
AND WHAT
UP. WHAT’S
DO YOU AIM
IT
WOULD
venues like 93 Feet East in TO
DO WITH IT? “I do live my life by a whole
IT BE?
Brick Lane are great, the
host of philosophies, but mainly
perfect size. Other than that, I Paper Tigers) have been putting
“Myself and Driver (Burn
supported J-Spaceman at on gigs at a great little venue in
nothing if it is not based upon
I believe that an opinion is
Queens Festival Hall in London. Chatham called Poco Loco. Our
That was pretty huge.” plan is to generate enough cash
misfortune are things that are
actual experience. Mistakes and
and then put out a 12inch vinyl
of the bands who are playing them we wouldn’t know about
crucial to experience and without
YOU’VE
WHAT’S
PLAYED
THE BEST
SO
VENUE
FAR? around these parts, sort of a
anything at all.”
documentation of what’s going
The Cellars in Portsmouth is a
“So many, it’s hard to say. on. Besides that it is just an
idea. I like the sound of it. Who
If y
knows what it will become.”
strange but talented being that is
ou want to experience the
bands to get down there asap.
great gig and I’d recommend Lupen Crook and the Murderbirds
FAVOURITE BAND?
visit
cool. 93 Feet East in Brick Lane,
The Windmill in Brixton is pretty www
Drive In’ this week. Last week it
“I like ‘Elvis’ and ‘At The irds.co
.lupencrookandthemurderb
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head.”
remember off the top of my
and so many more I can’t
was ‘Patti Smith’ and ‘MGMT’.”
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p18 | The Gig Guide | June - July
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