INTERVIEW // THE TWO HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSO

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665647244986970475.post-40449170537169184232009-05-08T00:19:00.001+01:002009-05-08T00:22:11.768+01:00INTERVIEW // THE TWO HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSO - THE PRESETS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l_8Myg7NlCs/SgNtGfkQ_gI/AAAAAAAAL2c/wMOIQirotNk/s1600-h/PRESETS.PNG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 0px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l_8Myg7NlCs/SgNtGfkQ_gI/AAAAAAAAL2c/wMOIQirotNk/s200/PRESETS.PNG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333226342057049602" /></a>Less than 24 hours after landing in the U.S., Kim Moyes, half of the Aussie industrial, techno, new wave, dance punk, rock duo The Presets, kept his eyes and ears open long enough to chat about his band’s early spring U.S. tour. From his room at a Hollywood hotel, Moyes, who handles percussion and keys, gave a candid interview. “Touring in the U.S. for three years, we’ve done a couple shows on our own. It’s good, but we seem to be jam-packed in the middle of other things, so you don’t enjoy it as much. And we’d get drunk, and by the end we’d feel 50 years old. You’d see us, and we looked like they did in that 'Benjamin Buttons' movie.” The band enjoyed a mini break over the Christmas holiday (summertime in Australia), which gave them a short rest from that three-year tour. This U.S. tour Moyes chatted about wrapped up in April. They headlined a handful of shows and played the epic Coachella Festival in California. Moyes said the band have created a new element to their live shows. “We’ve redone the whole set, and we’ve remixed songs so it sounds fresher,” he said. “It’s the last tour overseas before we take a break. It’s been a nice, fun little run. There was about a year between the first record and the last record. By the time you do stuff in the States, people in Australia are saying. ‘When’s the next one coming out?’ In Australia, it’s been phenomenal.” The rest of the world has caught on as well. The band’s 2008 album, "Apocalypso," has sold more than two million copies. The fourth single off the album, “If I Know You,” was released in late March 2009. The Presets unveiled their new live look in the states earlier this year. They brought it back to the Australian mainland in early May. They’re playing all over the country, touring with Architecture in Helsinki. Although they’ve yet to unveil their summer tour schedule, one would assume (and more than likely be correct) that the duo will hit the festival circuit. Speaking of festivals, Moyes said he has mixed feelings. He and Presets bandmate Julian Hamilton enjoy playing them, but don’t like getting lost in the shuffle of the, for lack of a better term, higher-profile bands. “We played T in the Park (Scotland), which is a great festival,” Moyes said. “It’s one of those festivals that has a great reputation in terms of lineup. We had a great time slot, closing this tent, but we were up against Prodigy, Rage Against the Machine, Primal Scream. Anybody would be pressed to miss out on that bunch instead of us, ‘that Aussie band.’ ” At last year’s V-Fest, The Presets had quite a laugh during their set, particularly when the electricity from their fans overshadowed a quite cocky Billy Corgan. “We were playing against Smashing Pumpkins,” Moyes said. “We were playing ‘My People,’ while Billy Corgan was playing acoustic. He was dissing us. It was quite a laugh. He started putting stuff about us into his song. He complained to the promoters so he could play his little ballad. What a sad, bald baby.” By Ryan Wood <a href="http://www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk/search?q=THE+PRESETS">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON THIS ARTIST</a> <script src="http://api.gigsta.co.uk/7digital/7digital_widget.php?artist_name=THE+PRESETS&width=585&partner_id=0&affiliateID=105050" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5665647244986970475-4044917053716918423?l=www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk' alt='' /></div>noizenoreply@blogger.com0