It gets bandied around a lot, but that is next level Orwellian hideousness there. All the action from Coachella 2023 weekend one in dazzling photos, Solar and Moonbyul on the creation of MAMAMOO+: It was a road we had to achieve at some point, Evil Dead Rise: inside the years scariest horror film, Triviums Matt Heafy talks loving Call Of Duty and Final Fantasy in Playback, Nicholas Hoult: Skins captured that moment Euphoria captures it now. Lias Saoudi performing with Fat White Family performs at South Facing festival, London, in August last year. How was the show, apart from being in-the-raw and in-your-face? The Absolute Mixture: Shit Art Positive by Matthew Bown. PKM: Absolutely. Lead singer of Fat White Family, Lias Saoudi, self-pens a Baker's Dozen of thirteen musical choices that map his early life to the present day, from Ireland to Scotland, Cambodia to Algeria, via dark country and the howling void. I, is released via The Leaf Label on November 4. We were homaging the kind of place where house music came from, gay, Black clubs in Chicago and New York, basically. [3], They released their debut album, Champagne Holocaust, in 2013, on UK label Trashmouth Records. PKM: You were at one of the Black Lives Matter protests in London a few days ago. I took to rendering my own image in charcoal, gouache and oil paint posturing like Egon Schiele whom I severely admired. 00:00. Words by Lias Saoudi. In exciting news for fans, it has been announced that a new book about Fat White Family is on the way. "It was sort of like rehab," says Saoudi. Life Beyond The Neutral Zone #8 - Lias Saoudi. "It's not even a good pun! Within six months I think well have a very different landscape. Did you go? For all four of the musicians, it was something they deeply needed. It baffles me that people go out and do that for pleasure at those big gigs., The line about anal sex and I love the one about take the only tree thats left and stick it up the hole in your culture, I love the meanness of that. I had decided some time ago that I was on my way to London at the soonest possible occasion to study art. 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Discover Weekly? I associate that accent with my mum, so theres an inherent innocence to all the characters that makes it absolutely visceral. Usually its like, oh, we gotta hit this part of this cycle at this pointthats all gone. Just go down to New Malden and howl some falsetto over a beat for a few hours. Mon 20th Sep 2021 14.45 BST. (LogOut/ What does the collecting impulse say about us humans? This is the last picture I took before the underwear came off. Once you snag him, though, it's tough to get the Fat White . I think Saul is back on Friday to London. Their latest, for Look Like A Man (premiering exclusively with tQ above), finds Lias his features glamourised into the uncanny valley by augmented reality filter, his voice pitch-shifted up looming and gyrating from a platform at The Cause. Their lead singer talks to Rupert Hawksley about their darkest days, and why Elvis Costello has capitulated to the controlled society, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Writing during lockdown, says Saoudi, was the first time Id been truly happy creatively since I was a teenager. Anybody, regardless of who you are, if you are addicted to heroin and crack, and you are living in a crack house, you are not going to behave in a way that is palatable. Saoudi, on the other hand, tells me that, generally speaking, Saul was kind of like, nah, it should be worse. Theres every kind of sentiment to be explored. Its not a power that can actually be taken away from somebody. Lias Saoudi: Most of the new record, some of the old record, and then whatever else we might come up with in between times. I dont think that things are going pan out as drastically kind of awfully as it feels like they will right now. I think when you start out initially thats kind of a big part of it. ", Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday, Read Lias Saoudi's full post about IDLES on. Also, its that thing where youre not part of the city. They make me powerful. The band, fronted by Southampton-born[1] and Cookstown-raised Lias Kaci Saoudi,[2] formed in 2011. Any hardcore fans of the Fat White Family will be greatly relieved to know that the famously tempestuous band were not locked down together, an occurrence which would surely have resulted in injury, death, or nervous breakdowns. Lias Saoudi: Most of them are in panic mode. I decided that on the basis of my intellectual merits and soaring grades I was beyond reprimand of any kind, that should I choose to humiliate myself rigorously using only my confused self image and a jar of sculpting gel I should be free to do so. Learn how your comment data is processed. She said, Because you carry around home between your teeth. Theres a certain amount of sense in that. Once art school finished though, once the student loan gravy train ground to a halt, I found maintaining any kind of fixed abode problematic. Hes a historical figure that time is about to extinguish, reflecting back on all of that musical history. Whitest Boy On the Beach Fat White Family: Theyve taken countless bullets in the never-ending battle for free artistic expression, and produced some of the most lyrically fascinating albums of the past decade, to say nothing of the uncanny power displayed in their live performances. I reckon we should have enough for an EP . There is infighting, substance abuse, the unlikely success of 2013 debut album Champagne Holocaust, squats, sackings, an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, songs called Love is the Crack and Goodbye Goebbels, rehab and, ultimately, with the release of Serfs Up in 2019, something like redemption. A self-professed humanitarian, Lias rejects the nihilist label, but he's got no problem talking drugs, art, politics . After the world being shrunk down to nothing, socially, to see that big explosion of color and life, it was an inspiring experience. Its got to be one of the bravest, boldest records Ive heard in years its the brutal honesty combined with the acerbic wit of the lyricism that does it for me. The Guardian. This is the definitive account of Fat White Family's disgraceful and . The fact that its set in Sheffield somehow really adds to the pain. PKM: Concerning COVID-19 and live music: So much of that lifestyle is dependent on being in very close contact. Lias Saoudi: Its difficult to quantify something like that, really, because its just your nature. Ratfucker by Armand Schaubroek https://trouserpress.com/reviews/armand-schaubroeck-steals/. *Migrant workers from East Timor whod recently been brought in en masse to work the jobs at the meat packing plants, who the locals considered beneath them. Julian House designedGood Pop, Bad Pop& also brought his unique graphic sensibility to bear on this edition of theNew Review. Come To Me Villas initial non-descript launch was back in 2014 (at the beginning of last year it received a more publicized re-release as a full EP), with further one-off releases coming once a year in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Theres an article called The collectors, which explores different aspects of collecting through interviews with Peter Blake, artist Andy Holden, quilt-maker Loretta Pettway Bennett, digital archivist (& activist) Stephen Ellcock & others. Theres no limit to how much that kind of technology could be abused. Photograph: Joseph Okpako/WireImage. As a wholly independent publication, we rely entirely on our ad bookings to keep The Quietus going. In choosing to attack two groups at once I believed I was demonstrating a supreme confidence: a joyously lurid, deeply pathetic re-assertion of my own groups hegemony over the scene. In 2018, Harmer was ordered to leave the house in Sheffield where Fat White Family were recording their third album, Serfs Up. "For no other phenomenon in music over the last few years elucidates more clearly the brazen inconsistencies of the U.S. import social justice faith currently permeating every facet of our culture. #fatwhitefamily #, Touch the leather leather @nicolenapolitano_ @lu_read, #fatwhitefamily were tops tonight at the Bowery ballroom, Bazi inanilmaz iyi konserler -> #fatwhitefamily, SETLIST: Fat White Family @ Bowery Ballroom, 10/18/2014Auto NeutronIs It Raining In Your Mouth?I Am Mark E. SmithTouch the LeatherHeaven on EarthWet Hot BeefCream of the YoungWild American PrairieSpecial Ape!Garden of the NumbBomb Disneyland, Indie Basement (1/20): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more, Indie Basement (11/4): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more, Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of September 2022, Decius (mems Fat White Family & Warmduscher) prep debut LP, share Look Like A Man, Liam Gallagher announces new solo album, new single dedicated to Noel. Some music . If youve got a bod like Keir Starmer, whos kind of like Tory in red clothing, then the powers that be might swing that way, like they did for Tony Blair. Wed just hit record, go for as long as we want, says Luke. So its a good time to be just making things, you know? Every now and then, video of a socially distanced club in Holland or Berlin comes, and its better that theres not such things as clubs anymore than doing that. Still, the vape represents something like progress, for it wasnt long ago that heroin nearly put an end to Fat White Family. I think thats something really special. There are a few things cooking. Lias Saoudi: Well, Saul got stranded in SpainWe were all supposed to meet in Algeria, and work on an album there, around where my family live, and collaborate musically with other people from that region. Lias Saoudi. It should be dirtier, it should be harsher., It is hard to imagine how it could be. It's a cringe-fest thinking back . In a state of frenzied arrogance around 18 months ago I took it upon myself to hurl a few digital petrol bombs at some of the country's most beloved acts from the comfort of my hovel in Streatham. You get a little place in the country, and a really big garden, and a lot of dogs, and you can do pretty well. A feast of snakes by Harry Crews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Feast_of_Snakes, 6. Theres not a mad rush on, which is kind of nice. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); https://media.zencast.fm/better-known/219.mp3, Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure, https://literaryreview.co.uk/its-me-eddie, https://joannamoncrieff.com/2016/04/18/limits-to-medicine-re-visiting-ivan-illich/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbeJKaAKLos, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/05/biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Feast_of_Snakes, https://trouserpress.com/reviews/armand-schaubroeck-steals/. We cant have you back in the house, Lias told him at the time. What if it is personal to you? I was kind of like, almost angry and bitter at it when it first kicked off, in a way. PKM: He gets good lyrics out of that. Born to an Algerian father and a British mother, he grew up in Scotland and Northern Ireland before moving to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art. I went to this gig last October. He wrote, "In a state of frenzied arrogance around 18 months ago I took it upon myself to hurl a few digital petrol bombs at some of the countrys most beloved acts from the comfort of my hovel in Streatham. Adamczewski was thrown out in 2015 (he has since been welcomed back, is clean and recently became a father for the first time). Support tQ's work by becoming a subscriber and enjoy the benefits of bonus essays, podcasts and exclusively-commissioned new music. "Oh man! I grew quite lazy. And it doesnt matter which part of the media spectrum you go to, theyre all trying to crank it up to the max, so they can raise their heads above the parapet, above the din. In recent years Ive noticed this awful feeling creeping over me every time I pick up my phone to select a track if theres folks round my flat. Nobody was the focal point, everybody was the frontperson. Its an ethos they intend to keep sticking to. The notion of somebody setting this task upon themselves and going this deep on poo I find irresistibly heroic, in a way. Loyal to the core! PKM: Of course you will. I certainly wouldnt vote for him., Saoudi performing with Fat White Family in 2019. [17] Writing in the Observer, Miranda Sawyer described it as 'the story of a band thats always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace.' I think thats something Id like to move away from: monotone rage and anger. There was a time in my life when they were precious to me. I hate videos that dont have rhythm, some are really elaborate and have a story or whatever, but most of the time I think they detract from the music, says Luke. People have this illusion that we live in a liberal democracy, he says, but that ran out of steam quite a while ago and the world we live in is something much more akin to the one I experienced in China 12 years ago, only here people seem faintly more invested in the delusion that its anything other than a controlled society. THE SHOCKING LIVE TELEVISION SUICIDE OF A NEWS ANCHOR! That posture is kind of infinite., John Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads, It goes down well if you can hit what I call the leap of faith moment. To a certain extent Ive had things that I want. Whos to say what is and isnt personal to someone? Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure by Adelle Stripe and Lias Saoudi. I had seen that film Summer of Sam with Adrien Brody on the telly, who also had a ridiculous nose, and began attempting to recreate his hairstyle. [6] Pledgers were given the self-released EP Crippled B-Sides and Inconsequential Rarities. If youre a younger band, just starting outand youre yet to carve out a following for yourselfwhats the point of doing it online if nobodys watching? We were in London, but we were never really accepted, and it was like a building stew of animosity. Making the thing is a never-ending agony, by the time its done youre like see you later. Gift them a month or a full year. But if you dont, its all about that early period where youre learning about the kind of communal experience and the way you feed off an energy in a crowd and theres this kind of like cyclone that gets whipped up. Photo by Alex White. The NYC Downlow is outrageous, anyone would kill to play there, and this is when Decius was a reall small thing that not many people knew about, he continues. It shouldnt be like this, I tell myself, I should care more than I do. Shirtless, his dark hair tousled after a brisk walk across town, he rolled cigarettes and sipped coffee whilst answering questions with a right good grace. 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