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Breaks classics with Marten Horger

"I definitely feel tremendously inspired by fiction. I love reading stories and I guess I love writing stories. I’ve always loved mythology and fairytales."

“A lot of massive hip hop tunes were based on jazz samples though, so that was how I discovered and gained a love for hip hop personally."

We pick the brain of MC Rapaport.

"I’m going to be trying out some new tracks, which I’m trying to get finished, and just trying to do the best possible sets I can and [trying to] enjoy myself – ‘cause I always have a laugh when I’m down there."

“The dates are coming in nicely and with our recent work with Benga we hope it will continue to grow.”

“I have this sort of phobia about playing as Juliana Hatfield, it’s weird; I don’t want to play shows that are billed as Juliana Hatfield, I’m kinda phobic about it these days.”

"You can go pay for gas at a gas pump with a credit or debit card and you can lose all your fucking money, because someone hacked the little computer that’s in there. That’s the world we live in. That’s reality."

"The thing about the songs is that, even solo, they stand up. There’s a power in them that’s almost holistic in a way, you know?"

"There was a lot of writing and demoing and, I guess, learning in that time. On reflection it was a really great way to prick the bubble for ourselves, ‘cause we did an EP in 2010 and I don’t think a lot of people have heard it – we put it together to recruit a drummer."

"We’re limited in the kind of venues we can play in and the kind of crowd that will ‘get it’, but if you’re after sleazy, alcoholic music then we’ll play your kid’s party.”

“You don’t want to go back to a place too many times and just burn people out, we like things to be a little bit special. We’ll be back though.”