Being French, which French influences do you have? Coldwave maybe? I believe that the French groups that please us and inspire us the most are those who play minimal wave and who sing in French. Cold wave too of course! French works well with these musical genres. It’s not like rock’n roll in French! it sucks, no ? Are you interested in this new way of understanding EBM of bands like Leroy Se Meurt or Maman Küsters? Yes absolutely! Leroy Se Meurt, we played with them on stage.They are very talented and have a very edgy approach that works perfectly. They are also very friendly and approachable.Maman Küsters, I think they don’t do a lot live. But I remember that during the making of our first album,we listened a lot to their song “Liebe Hat Keine Preis”, remixed by Years of Denial.This track is fucking killer! There are a lot of things going on at the moment in France in any case! In some songs, the influences fromthe 80s is quite evident, like in Ich Hatte einen Freund. What do you like from that decade? We love this decade’s ability to provide many bands who made hits with very few instruments and super minimalist lyrics! Let people know, it’s super difficult to make a simple song that works ! How was the recording of the first album? I guess that all the processwas done at home as it was released during the first times of the pandemic. We made the entire first album in our kitchen where we spent all our days.Of course, the album is very DIY.We called on Daniel Hallhuber from Young and Cold for mixing and mastering. In an interview you said that Cathédrales described the history of your union and it was an album about introspection. Can you please tell us more about this? Indeed, our texts speak about us and therefore necessarily about our relationship.We approach significant stages in our history such as our meeting but also more complicated moments involving darker emotions. Writing allows for introspection since it requires returning to feelings,emotions or the past in order to put it into words. Being a couple, is it easy for you to speak about your problems or situations in the lyrics? Yes, it’s quite simple in the sense that we choose the words. We can choose to be transparent or, on the contrary, to make a less explicit text, allowing everyone to make their own interpretation. Life’s difficulties are a wonderful source of inspiration. I find it much more complicated to write the positive. (continues on p. 26) © thypa_photographie - 25 - www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be
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