LISTEN TO ‘A SMALL BLUE CAR’ HERE https://bearsuitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-small-blue-car
What’s your story as an artist?
I (Eamon The Destroyer) studied painting at art college, played guitar in some bands – including Edinburgh’s, Idiot Half Brother – then, in a need to establish complete creative control, pursued a solo route…
Have also performed and recorded as Annie & The Station Orchestra and am one half of Edinburgh noiseniks, Ageing Children…
But this year I became… The Destroyer
What inspired this last release?
Everything (maybe not pantomime and musical theatre – see below)
Do you get inspired by other art forms?
Most of them (the background in painting maybe informs the visual side of things) – though pantomime and musical theatre, personally, don’t do too much
Any funny anecdotes from the time you were recording or writing this?
Not so much an anecdote maybe – possibly more of a lesson in perseverance – or idiocy, but the song “Avalanche” was started over 10 years ago. It was only rewritten and completed this year. So, 10 years to write a 4-minute song (a song with only 3 or 4 chords to it). This reveals, I suppose, that Eamon is an incredibly slow worker – or an idiot!
What’s a record that shaped your creativity?
There are lot of examples to choose from. Here’s a few :
Howlin Wolf’s “Wang Dang Doodle” (anything from Howlin Wolf really) / Jim Thirwell’s “Nail” / Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See A Darkness” / David Bowie’s “Low” (side 2 in particular) / Alice Coltrane’s “Journey From Satchidananda” / Bernard Hermann’s “Vertigo” / Kate Bush’s “The Ninth Wave”.
All inspiring – all for different reasons…
Who is an artist or band you look up to today?
A few :
The End / Akasak Maboul / Teke:Teke / Low / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Jason Lytle / Sunn O))) / William Basinski…
What excites you the most about what you do?
The craft/business of writing (and recording) something new. Something that – for good or bad! – never existed before. That’s pretty exciting…
What is your view on genres and music styles since you mix a lot of them in your music?
On the plus side, they (genres) make things easier to locate music of a similar nature/style. In the negative, they inhibit openness – openness to new possibilities and discoveries – and create unnecessary, false or imaginary boundaries…
What does music and art mean to you?
It’s a necessary evil/good!
How would you describe your act in one word?
Poplofinoise
