"A magazine sent me to the ATP festival at Pontins in Camber Sands to interview the Beastie Boys of noise, Wolf Eyes. The interview fell to pieces when the band, in a state of great psychic refreshment, all wearing Manowar T-shirts, refused to stop watching a Manowar DVD and signalled they would only answer questions if they related to Manowar. The rest of the day was exemplary one of the best ever walking on the beach, visiting record shops."
"When Maria and I got back to our B&B room that evening, I fired up the CD player, which contained a pre-release copy of the new Wolf Eyes album, Burned Mind, containing the single Stabbed in the Face. But now its howling feedback and tinnitus machine noise sounded like a celebratory, ecstatic, love-filled symphony. People might think we're being juvenile by saying Stabbed in the Face is our song, but it is the soundtrack of an incredibly joyous, optimistic time."
"For years I associated this track with big nights out. Its swooning synths and sing-along chorus made it the perfect contender for the lights-on moment on many occasions: epic, yet soft enough to sway around to with frazzled friends. But it took on new meaning when I heard it in the background of an Instagram video featuring someone I had just started seeing."
A relationship deepened over four months, becoming inseparable. A festival visit to interview Wolf Eyes descended into the band watching a Manowar DVD, but the day remained memorable: beach walks, record shops and curated music. A pre-release Wolf Eyes album played back at the B&B, and abrasive noise transformed into a celebratory, love-filled symphony that became a personal soundtrack. Another track, once linked to big nights out for its swooning synths and sing-along chorus, acquired romantic meaning after appearing in an Instagram video of a new romantic interest, embedding the melody in longing and memory.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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