I'm Paul.
Hey I'm Sam.
And I'm Daniel.
We're Interpol and we're at Amoeba and this is what's in...
Our bags.
Their bags.
Ok, so the first thing I tracked down was Bad Brains.
Kind of known as the ROIR Sessions, this record label.
I moved to Washington D.C. and Bad Brains is sort of like royalty there.
D.C. is sort of a hub for hardcore music and stuff like that
and I was kind of weaned on that and being around that.
This is the record that really reeled me in
and to this day I think it's one of the best hardcore records ever and I'll never tire of it.
'Only God Forgives.' Refn movie with The Gos.
I think it's a really underestimated film.
It followed 'Drive,' and I think people were expecting 'Drive' part two.
But his character is sort of...
I don't know, he's not the sharpest tool in the shed in this movie.
But it's really, really... it's such a beautiful film.
It's really beautifully shot and I really can't say enough good things about this film
so I'm surprised that it didn't get more love.
Why do you let her treat you like that?
'Cause she's my mother.
'Hardcore Devo Volume 2.'
'Be Stiff.' I first heard it when it came out on a live EP
around the 'Freedom of Choice' era.
It's very unlike the synthetic place where the band had arrived at.
That just reminded me of how far and wide they went
and it was just really very punk rock.
It's 'Badlands' by Terrence Malick.
It has a pace that I feel like was unprecedented when it was made
where it's just sort of like easy shots of fields.
Even though the story is a narrative story, they're on the lam and so forth, there's a meditative quality to it.
And I love the music as well, which has appeared in other soundtracks and films since then.
In the film, Martin Sheen, he has a certain manner in all of his films and even TV shows
of how he puts on a coat.
And he does it in a way that's kind of amazing, he does it here, kind of does like this.
He's got like a technique that is something that he perfected.
But even on 'The West Wing,' which I've only seen a little bit
even on 'The West Wing,' where like he does it there too, and he's playing the president.
This is like, I don't know, 30 years later.
Die Warzau. I hope this is what I think it is.
Like in the industrial period, late 80s, I was very much into Wax Trax stuff.
There was just this most relentless dance track
I remember hearing it on the radio a lot and never being able to find it.
I think it might be it because of the date.
But it's from the same period so it's simple dance music.
Very on the aggressive side, so there's not much there to begin with. And that's the beauty of it.
This is one of two LPs that I grabbed.
This record came out right when Interpol was touring our first album
and it was like a real good road companion for me.
It was one of those albums that was so much fun to listen to
that I'm really looking forward to putting it back on.
Almost like going to an amusement park that I went to as a kid, y'know.
I think I'm gonna go through these journeys again on these songs
just feeling like the rhythm section is so insane.
Is this the first one?
Yeah.
Yeah it's a great record.
I think they stayed a fantastic band through all their configurations
but the rhythm section on this one is so gnarly.
Liars.
I picked up a little Roy, for two reasons.
One, this cover is amazing. Roy here with his car just like pimping it out.
And then there's a song and this is called 'Pantomime.'
The lyrics to me feel very absurdist and out there.
Not something I'm used to hearing from Roy. It just starts off really minimal, humble
and it builds into this sweeping sort of orchestral gigantic piece.
And it feels like a full-on band and it's just sweeping along
and he's really emotional in the song and he's just singing about
y'know electric sunshine and like it's really out there
but it's beautiful and it hits you hard.
Jesu. Apparently this is a reissue
but somebody turned me on to this artist a few years ago
and I remember just really digging the aesthetic.
I think it's just one guy with a heavy guitar and a lot of electronics.
It's total ear candy. There's something really special about him.
I think this is going to be wonderful. I can't wait to listen to it.
This movie's a little goofball.
I may or may not have been so obsessed with this film at one point, I got a tattoo inspired from it.
A fascinating modern age we live in.
It could have something to do with a parchment that a sailor keeps with him.
What one might hypothetically read into it is that the sailor who died
had carried it with him as a safety thing to like get him home safely
but in a physical form. Like a talisman but on like leather paper.
Was it well executed?
Well there's a whole other story about if it was well executed, hypothetically.
If it did exist, there might be a story about the tattoo artist potentially fucking up part of it.
Uh oh.
And then, hypothetically looking at the person in the eye and saying, no I didn't fuck that up.
And having a staredown with a tattoo artist.
So I pulled Aphex Twin's 'Richard D. James' record.
When this album came out, I kind of flipped over it. It was sort of, I'd never heard anything like it.
It was a big moment in electronic music. It influenced so many artists to come.
It's such a complete album. And I think it's aged really, really, really well.
I think he's one of the great songwriters, period. And he certainly had a big influence on me.
So it definitely changed the way I thought about music.
From Richard D. James to the Wilson sisters.
This is for my baby mama. I actually quite like it too
but she asked me to get her 'Dreamboat Annie.'
I mean, Ann Wilson has one of the best voices ever.
So I'll always be a sucker for that.
My last thing is one of the most influential records for me in my life.
John Frusciante, 'Niandra LaDes And Usually Just A T-Shirt.'
And it's kind of just like four-track-y home recordings, but it's the first one he ever did.
Some of it is pretty structured songs
and then some of it is just like really surrealistic soundscapes and just like noise stuff.
The high points on this, I think, really influenced me as an artist, and I still love going back to this.
And I think it's... judging by the sticker, I guess this is the first time they've done it on vinyl.
So this is quite a find. I'm excited about this one.
Alright, and then the last one was PJ Harvey's 'To Bring You My Love.'
An artist I greatly admire and have admired for many, many years now.
This record in particular, when I've heard it
I think every single song is just so strong and so good.
and has something different from the previous one.
I love the minimalism yet the effectiveness
of her approach to songwriting on this album, and the space.
'Working For The Man' was the song that I was crazy about.
But even the title song, 'To Bring You My Love,' it starts off, it feels like a ship coming out of a fog
that's just kind of revealing itself and just sort of with this brooding kind of vibe
and undeniable atmosphere that just, y'know, engulfs you.
'To Bring You My Love.'
Thank you guys, really appreciate it.
Thank you.