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My stupidity convinced me that it would be a good idea
to go to a slip-n-slide party and do some heavy drinking
the night before I was to interview Kim Moyes from The
Presets. But I did wake up at 8am the following morning,
ready to receive a phone call from The Preset’s
manager. Sore, tired, and maybe a still a little bit drunk,
I stumbled around my room to find my voice recorder and
then stumbled some more trying to find the speaker-phone
function on my cell.
If you’ve never woken up to an Australian accent
in your ear, I highly recommend it. All of my aches
and pains seemed to disappear for the duration of the
phone call as I was enamored and swooning at Moyes’
lush accent and willingness to participate.
Kaffeine Buzz: Sorry if I’m a little slow,
it’s 8am here, I should be up, but I’m just
lazy. Where are you guys calling from?
Kim Moyes: We’re in London right now. It’s
3pm here. Where are you?
KB: I’m in Denver. I’m glad that
at least one of us is awake right now.
Kim: We just played Denver not too long ago.
KB: Yes! I saw you play, you did a great job.
Kim: Thank you. I think we played some small bar (The
Larimer Lounge). That was a strange night. We had a
bit of a breakdown. I don’t know if it was the
altitude or what.
KB: I’m sorry to hear that.
Kim: No, it was a good breakdown.
KB: A good breakdown?
Kim: Yeah, it was a strange night. We’re going
to be back in Denver soon.
KB: Yes, for Monolith. We’re pretty excited
to have you back. Actually Monolith is what inspired
this interview. I’m looking at your tour schedule
right now (www.myspace.com/thepresets)
and it looks like you’re jumping straight from
Europe to Denver?
Kim: We’re in London right now, but we’re
going to Spain soon and then back to the UK, then over
to The States, then back to Europe, then we get to go
home in October. The states are great to drive through.
I don’t know if you’ve ever driven across
the country.
KB: No, I’ve been to a few states, but
I’m sure you’ve seen more of this country
than I have.
Kim: I recommend it. America is a beautiful country
and driving across it like that, you’ll see some
pretty interesting things.
KB: I would imagine. How has your response
been in Europe?
Kim: It’s been great! We’ve been playing
a lot of shows with larger groups so it’s hard
to judge response when you’re over-shadowed by
big name bands.
KB: How would you say your response has been
in the states?
Kim: It’s been pretty amazing. You know, I would
say that America has the best dancers out of any country
we’ve played. I just enjoy watching Americans
dance.
KB: Really?! ‘Cause I would say there’s
a large population of white males here who would disagree
with you.
Kim: (Laughs) No, really, American’s just know
how to let loose, you know?
KB: Fair enough. So are you guys working on
anything new, any new albums coming out?
Kim: We just put out Apocalypso recently. Nothing new
for the band. I’ve been working on a few remixes
for some friends, nothing completed yet, but it’s
hard to write when you’re working on a laptop
and headphones.
KB: How do you and Julian Hamilton know each
other?
Kim: We went to school together. We met in the commons
area and just started writing music together and we’ve
been writing together ever since.
KB: Great! Well, I don’t want to take
up too much more of your time. Thanks for talking with
me and we look forward to seeing you at Monolith.
Kim: Thanks, we’ll be looking forward to seeing
you dancing there.
KB: I’ll be there, and I’ll be
dancing for sure.
Kim: Alright, cheers then.
Yes, unfortunately the conversation had to come to
a close, so I went back to wallowing in my pain and
celebrating in my excitement of what’s to come
at Monolith this month. The Presets perform on Saturday,
September 13.
www.myspace.com/thepresets
www.monolithfestival.com
- Matt Henderson, August 31, 2008
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