Look at us, we [almost] interviewed a band

Written by Immy Willetts and Laura Archer

Our much anticipated interview with them actually turned out to be no more than a fittingly awkward session of note-taking, whilst YSTV asked all the questions in an effort to save time. The entire episode would not have sounded out of place in one of their songs, which also deal with similarly soul-destroying moments such as erectile problems and unrequited love. You half expect a disclaimer on your ticket saying ‘if you have been effected by any of the issues mentioned in these songs please phone the following number’.

Art Brut themselves couldn’t be described as anything other than charming and debonair. Seriously, if Jasper’s wacky, star-print socks are anything to go by, these guys are on the right track. Proclaiming their love for Fibbers, despite some mention of the York Ghost Walk being inferior to the one in Edinburgh, the friendliness they showed throughout the YSTV interview was a mere aperitif to the musical banquet that would befall us later on that evening.

Not allowing the low ceiling to hinder his energetic performance, Eddie Argos bounced onto stage supported by the rest of the brilliant band. Providing not only sound, but also motion, Eddie worked an interesting repertoire of self-mocking movements into the performance, as well as an impressive amount of ad-libbing, mentioning York as often as he could. But it didn’t stop there… just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Eddie breached the border between spectator and performer, and, leaving his microphone behind him, headed out into the open crowd for at least three minutes, moshing along with his fans while his band continued to play along in a spirit of selfless camaraderie.

We left the gig feeling jovial and upbeat, knowing that, whatever life threw at us, we’d just “get drunk for a week, then be back where we started”. Advice that we’re sure will last us at lest ten years, nine months, three weeks, four days, six hours, thirteen minutes, and five seconds.

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