Hello Lily Rae.
Hello Strange Fruit.
How are you today?A
wee bit under the weather. My nose is full of pollen and I'm trying to get myself a job as a Saturday girl. To no
avail. Those facts aren't related.
Your debut single, Bad Film, was released
late last year. Tell us about that.Was it? I thought it was early this year... ah well, it was
released later than we wanted. Anyway, it was awesome and exciting and weird, because you're presented with about
fifteen boxes of your own produce and for a split-second you do think "Oh yes, now I've made it." Then you realise you
haven't. But it's still nice.
What's Bad Film about?It's
miserable. It's about the mornings when you wake up before the other one does, and you lie there while they're asleep,
prodding them in the back and touching their hair and staring at them all lovelorn and puppy-eyed; but despite being
in the love-cloud you know for a fact that it's all going to go to shit and there's nothing you can do about it. You
can be happy as Larry for months on end but you know deep down that it won't stay that idyllic.
...Ah fuck it, it's about stalking your boyfriend's exes.
Has anyone complained to you that nobody buys VHS anymore?
I complain! Nobody listens! You get some
genuinely good films for 50p a go because nobody wants a big clunky black box anymore. A month or so ago I bought
the entire works of Stanley Kubrick on VHS for a tenner. A TENNER. That's half the price of ONE DVD in HMV. And
two weeks ago I bought E.T. for 20p. Amazing.
VHS does sound better than DVD though,
doesn't it?
If it's been played to death you sometimes get a bit of crackle on the tape, but I think that's
quite romantic in a skinflint sort of way.
How's the single been received
so far?
Nobody's noticed it. Actually I'm not sure, I haven't been keeping track of the
online orders - it might be selling like hot cakes! I've sort of forgotten about it anyway, I'm thinking of the next one.
Is
there a reason all your backing band, The Saturday Girls, are boys?
It's a deep-rooted
feeling of sexual inadequacy on my part.
Since your dad and your boyfriend are
in the band, what would happen if you had to sack them?
I'd have to get a new Dad and a new boyfriend.
You
were in a band called Bottle Rocket a while back. How was that?
It was fun for about
two years - as teenage bands go we weren't too bad - and then it all went a bit nasty. I blame Myspace. It's
all stagnant water under a rotting bridge, though, and I wish them nothing but the best. No really. I worship the ground
they've got coming to them.
So what's coming next for Lily Rae. Any gigs coming
up soon?
We've got one at the Brixton Windmill on May 23rd and another one supporting the
Veils in Camden on the 3rd of June at the Enterprise. After that, it all gets a bit hazy...
And
your next single?
...Is probably going to be Diane. It should have been the first single, really.
What
do you like on your toast?
Puttanesca sauce. Seriously, try it.
White
or brown bread?
Brown, always. It tastes of something.
How
was it supporting The Indelicates? Are they nice or a bit twatty?
Oh, they're mad alcoholic
bastards. They reek of the bottle constantly. You have to immerse Simon in cold water for ten minutes before
he's in any fit state to sing.
Finally, what's your favourite strange fruit?
Sausage.
Thank you, Lily Rae.
Thank you!
