Been listening to everything the Surfers ever released on shuffle for a couple hours straight and have all kinds of thoughts. (Stolen-music reference playlist via tech-giant paid subscription here.) First of all, just to say it up front, I deeply love this weird, awful, hilarious, terrifying, and very heavy band, and I love them a little more every single time I listen to them. That’s the main thought. For more thoughts and various rabbitholes, I’m just going to keep playing all their albums on shuffle and write about random tracks as I hear ‘em. First one up being…
Oh yeah one of the interview things that surprised me even though it probably shouldn't have, (like I also didn't realize Paul sang too til I first saw Blind Eye Sees All video) he says he learned about surrealism and Dada in college and that was the main band inspiration.
Also Paul Leary has done a bunch of interviews lately and he's at the point where the band doesn't have to be mysterious so he'll just answer everything the best he can remember. I recommend the Quietus one about Locust, him on Turned Out a Punk podcast (hosted by guy from Fucked Up, a band I don't like but he's a great interviewer) and there was another one I can't remember now because he's been doing so many to promote his newish solo album (which is pretty good, I should listen to more)!
Oh yeah one of the interview things that surprised me even though it probably shouldn't have, (like I also didn't realize Paul sang too til I first saw Blind Eye Sees All video) he says he learned about surrealism and Dada in college and that was the main band inspiration.
Also Paul Leary has done a bunch of interviews lately and he's at the point where the band doesn't have to be mysterious so he'll just answer everything the best he can remember. I recommend the Quietus one about Locust, him on Turned Out a Punk podcast (hosted by guy from Fucked Up, a band I don't like but he's a great interviewer) and there was another one I can't remember now because he's been doing so many to promote his newish solo album (which is pretty good, I should listen to more)!
That song Sinister Crayon is also one of the bonus tracks on my CD of Brown Reason/PCP.