Okay, okay, I admit it. The reason I wanted to interview all-girl Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone is because I fancy them. All three of them. At the same time. David Lynch likes them too. They're his favourite band. At their recent London gig I tried to chat them up, but we ended up talking about creepy stalker guys at gigs and I felt weird and had to make my excuses…Vice: Your synths sound joyous but your lyrics are weepy. I don't know whether to sing hallelujah or self-harm.
Erika: A lot of the songs we write are about heartbreak and trying to figure things out. We're all in our mid-twenties, making decisions about finding your own way and all of that stuff. A lot of it is really sad and depressing but I think we all have this attitude that things happen for a reason and that there's an underlying beauty in everything. I think that comes out in the music.Yet you all seem so chirpy. What pisses you off?
Erika: Vegetarian food in France.
Heather: People who don't turn off the lights when they leave the room.
Annie: I used to hate a lot of things but I'm trying not to anymore - it's my New Year's resolution.What other resolutions did you make?
Erika: Better posture.
Annie: Letting things go. You can't take things too seriously because everybody is so up their own ass…
Heather: Yeah, and if you're angry you project anger on to everyone else. Whatever you're feeling resonates around your being…
Annie: Yeah, and whoever you hang out with. It's just like picking up an accent. I think it's really important to have positive people in your life. If you're always giving out positive energy then a lot of positive stuff happens. That's our trick.You look pretty dorky dancing behind your keyboards. Why don't you all get keytars?
Annie: Keytars are apparently really hard to play.
Erika: The first band I was ever in, my friend put a strap around my keyboard so I could play it like that, but it was really big and really heavy.The crowd tonight was a bit of a sausage fest. Does that creep you out?
Erika: I can't tell if it's they fancy us or if it's just that in general there are more guys at indie-rock shows.
Annie: A lot of times our crowd is a total mixed bag. In Japan we have a lot of female fans, but a couple of shows in Europe have been really guy-centric. At our last London show, the first three rows were just guys our age or older. It was weird.You're touring a lot this year. Do you ever get on each other's nerves?
Annie: We're like sisters, so not really. We had a pillow fight once.Please tell me you were just in your bra and panties.
Erika: We shouldn't be volunteering this information - especially to Vice.Umm… Well, thanks for your time.
Heather: What? Ask us some more questions.I gotta go. Bye.- Au Revoir Simone's new album, The Bird of Music, is out now on Moshi Moshi.DOM TUNON
Erika: A lot of the songs we write are about heartbreak and trying to figure things out. We're all in our mid-twenties, making decisions about finding your own way and all of that stuff. A lot of it is really sad and depressing but I think we all have this attitude that things happen for a reason and that there's an underlying beauty in everything. I think that comes out in the music.
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Erika: Vegetarian food in France.
Heather: People who don't turn off the lights when they leave the room.
Annie: I used to hate a lot of things but I'm trying not to anymore - it's my New Year's resolution.What other resolutions did you make?
Erika: Better posture.
Annie: Letting things go. You can't take things too seriously because everybody is so up their own ass…
Heather: Yeah, and if you're angry you project anger on to everyone else. Whatever you're feeling resonates around your being…
Annie: Yeah, and whoever you hang out with. It's just like picking up an accent. I think it's really important to have positive people in your life. If you're always giving out positive energy then a lot of positive stuff happens. That's our trick.You look pretty dorky dancing behind your keyboards. Why don't you all get keytars?
Annie: Keytars are apparently really hard to play.
Erika: The first band I was ever in, my friend put a strap around my keyboard so I could play it like that, but it was really big and really heavy.The crowd tonight was a bit of a sausage fest. Does that creep you out?
Erika: I can't tell if it's they fancy us or if it's just that in general there are more guys at indie-rock shows.
Annie: A lot of times our crowd is a total mixed bag. In Japan we have a lot of female fans, but a couple of shows in Europe have been really guy-centric. At our last London show, the first three rows were just guys our age or older. It was weird.
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Annie: We're like sisters, so not really. We had a pillow fight once.Please tell me you were just in your bra and panties.
Erika: We shouldn't be volunteering this information - especially to Vice.Umm… Well, thanks for your time.
Heather: What? Ask us some more questions.I gotta go. Bye.- Au Revoir Simone's new album, The Bird of Music, is out now on Moshi Moshi.DOM TUNON