PEACHY KEEN

Juvenile and clownish, eccentric and bizarre, insanely catchy and incredibly entertaining - just some of the phrases that can be used to describe The Moldy Peaches. And, there: we've used them all.

As their self-titled nineteen-track debut goes to show - a potent mixture of squalling noise and wackily surreal lyrics - they add up to something very special indeed.

Check out our interview with 2001's oddest couple - Adam Green and Kimya Dawson - in which this pair of fun-loving hipsters prove there's more to the new wave of New Yorkers than the Strokes.

PART ONE Adventures in babysitting - Adam and Kimya explain how they met and started making music together 56k 128k

PART TWO Their approach to making the album 56k 128k

PART THREE 'Who's that guy?' - They explain the inspiration behind the song ‘Davo’ 56k 128k

PART FOUR ‘We work well in the underdog position’ – why the band have no rigidly ambitious future plans… 56k 128k

PART FIVE Brilliant pop music or anti-folk? - an attempt to define the type of music that the MPs play 56k 128k

PART SIX On their previous recordings, Moldy Peaches rarities and the joys of CD-R. 56k 128k