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musical history tomes, the ones that never get to gather dust because they’re referenced as such an intrinsic part of modern music, to have a look at the lineage of Te Big Pink’s founders, Robertson Furze and Milo Cordell. Most recently, both are names associated with their own record labels - having dished out Klaxons and Crystal Castles to us – they’re celebrated producers and if the name Cordell rings a bell, it’s Milo’s father Denny, the heavyweight producer and sadly departed musician and muse, Tarka who are testing your memory. Teir future is as dazzling as their past though; with single ‘Dominoes’ firmly planted and album two, ‘Future Tis’ nestling in, the lineage is set to strengthen…
worth thumbing your way through the
How are you doing Robbie? I’m good; I’m waking up in New
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You’ve had a pretty hectic schedule there – you played Coachella this weekend, didn’t you? Yeah, yeah, it’s been pretty intense, to be honest. Last week was insane, like really full on because it’s over two weekends, Coachella. Ten we had all these shows to do in the week in San Francisco, then two LA shows and one in San Diego, so it was pretty intense.
You’ve had fantastic receptions in America though to date – did these shows just add to the legacy of good shows you’ve had there? Yeah, I just love our fanbase in the US, they’re just so enthusiastic; the shows have been much more than just sold out and everyone just goes completely insane for us when we go out there, and the sense of support that we have is just incredible.
In contrast, you’ll be exchanging the hot Coachellan festival for the unpredictable British ones soon, starting with Playfest, our local festival. Have you got a packed summer ahead of you? Yeah, I think we’re just busy the whole time; it sort of starts at the end of May, through to June and the end of summer. I think it’s like every weekend, type of thing, then we’re coming back to the US at the end of August, I think, which ends up at Lollapalooza, so it’s gonna be pretty
intense. I also want to be writing this third record as soon as possible and we’ve already started writing that; I’m actually staying out in New York this week to do some work in the studio out here to see if I can get some stuff done. Talking about this affinity you seem to have with the US, when I first heard your music and you name-checked yourselves after Canadian Te Band’s song, ‘Te Big Pink’, and one of your singles was ‘Crystal Visions’ like the American Stevie Nicks album, I was sure you must have been from the other side of the Atlantic. Is the musical bridge between the US and the UK a lot shorter for you? Yeah, I think for me, apart from bands like Stone Roses or Happy Mondays – literally maybe those two, for me growing up it was all American rock bands and Hip Hop acts that would turn me on and made me first fall in love with music, but that’s what I was in to, it was all American acts, you know, like Smashing Pumpkins or Jane’s Addiction, or Metallica or Pantera – those kind of bands, plus Wu Tang, or NWA, or whatever. So for me, that’s all that it was, all that US rock and I guess those influences are still in Te Big Pink. I do like it when people say they can hear Te Jesus and Mary Chain or Stone Roses influences in us as well; it’s a big melting pot, but it’s heavily rooted in America.
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