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“Why do you think more Irish bands don’t get picked up by those kinds of highly regarded indie labels, either in the US or UK? Not good enough? Not putting themselves out there enough?
Speaking from a purely Northern Irish/Belfast view point I don’t think the majority of people here have caught up with what’s happening with those sorts of labels. I’ve said to people who are supposed to be ‘in the know’ in this town about our record, and they’ve never heard of Captured Tracks. We haven’t gone down the same avenues as a lot of bands in this town; we’ve still not handed CDs into local press or radio – we never wanted to be small-town playboys. Today’s music environment definitely mirrors the International Pop Underground ethics of K records and the likes, and I suppose we’ve just channeled into that.
You seem to be flying the stripped-down, noise pop flag for Ireland somewhat on your own. Or have we just not been looking in the right places for direct contemporaries?
Well, we’re definitely the only ones in Belfast making this sort of music. Seriously, to the masses of Belfast this is not cool music. Due to the internet now, though, geography isn’t as important any more, is it? I mean, it’s cool that you can find and communicate with like-minds all around the world.”
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