Trading places
It sounds like an existential talking point. What would happen if folk mavericks Kíla and sunshine boys The Thrills remixed each other’s work?
Peter Murphy, 16 Aug 2007
Daniel: The fellow who did it, Danny O’Connor, we met him very early on, and it was never a case of, “We’re actually doing this.” It wasn’t until six months ago he said, “I want to do this,” so we weren’t thinking, “Oh, here they are today.” There were no plans to do a film until he rang up one day and said, “Y’know, I’ve got so much footage, I’m going to start editing.”
Conor: I think that’s why he has all the little petty arguments and stuff captured, because he became a friend, he was an Englishman who considers himself an Irishman. He used to work for the BBC, and when the BBC finally lifted that ban on using the true voices of Sinn Féin, he did the first inteview with Gerry Adams with his real voice. He’s a real character, and he’s done lots of interesting things.
Daniel: He got the first question in when Brian Clough retired. He said, “Why?” and Brian Clough said, “Have you got a mortgage?!!”
Watching the trajectory of The Thrills, you could argue that you didn’t really become a band until you’d gone through the relative disappointment of the Let’s Bottle Bohemia era.
Conor: It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been paying your dues on the quiet, it’s not until you’ve a record out that people are going to start sizing you up. So even though we’ve been in a band for a long time, we knew that in a lot of people’s eyes we were just another in a line of new things with a lot to prove. And I still feel like a new band with everything to prove, there’s not even a slight sense of resting on our laurels. But to be honest with you, if the band doesn’t have that almost healthy chip on its shoulder, or that restless spirit, you’ve got nothing really, you have to have that something that spurs you on.
Brian: It’s too much work otherwise.
Daniel: It’s very easy for other people to imagine what being in a band is like. They kind of think you show up on stage at half nine, and that’s it.
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