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Twinterview #1 - And So I Watch You From Afar

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ATL|14:21 UK time, Tuesday, 22 February 2011

This week's online chat was a little different than usual - instead of our Rigsy doing his thing, this time you guys were in charge, asking questions to And So I Watch You From Afar via twitter - we believe the cool kids call that a 'twinterview'.

Good old Rory Friers [front in the picture] then - earlier today he took the guts of an hour out of his band's busy schedule to answer your questions - and here's a taster of what happened....

(Spelling and grammar errors are author's own, tweets copied and pasted!!)

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Patrick - why did you switch from Small Town America to Richter Collective?

Rory - we just felt it was right for this record,no bad blood,just circumstance.we love sta [Small Town America]

William - given relentless touring schedule how have you managed not to kill each other/any good punch-ups?

Rory - been lots of punch ups but mostly ending in bromance..

John - Have the band thought to develop or change their sound at all for the second album? And hope Johnny's ankle is on the mend :)

Rory - hey John! yeah for sure,this is a very different record this time round. we super stoked on it

John - Nice one guys, really looking forward to it!

Nikolina - when are you coming to croatia? i was told it might be a good place to meet cool guys :)

Rory - we're hoping to get over this year.European tour happens post summer.I was in rojvin last year tho,was awesome!

Nikolina - yay! i know a lot of people who'll be very excited about it :)

Lily - When are you coming back for a US tour? We need you back ASAP!!

Rory - again after the summer we hope,we miss PBR and tacos!!!

Graham - Do you feel compfortable with the "post rock" tag or does that not accuratley describe what they do musically?

Rory - post rock conjures up some pretty boring stuff in my head,I guess we don't feel like that when we play,more like queen!

Jaseon - Any UK festivals lined up?

Rory - yeah got a few this summer,announced so far in 2000Trees,headlining the second stage,more to come tho:)

Jaseon - nice :) hoping for Download ^_^

Pocket Billiards - Did any of you steal Savage's mustache? He can't find it anywhere

Rory - I think Adger hid it in his beard

Orla - are you going to re-release the letters EP? i want it.

Rory - bringing a ltd Ed double cd out on try next tour with album and EP.not sure if we'll do letters again?

Orla - double CD sounds good! I should probably just download the letters EP....

Wilson - Has chris Wee ever bench pressed a child?

Rory - he bench pressed me at his peek....no jokes

Josh - weirdest tour moment?

Rory - lorry exploding infront of us?drinking comp with Josh Homme? bribing police!

John - Is it true that Robert Plant showed up for some of the TCV [These Crooked Vultures] support gigs you played? What was it like being near half of Led Zep?

Rory - we never met him,but JPJ [John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin/TCV Bassist] was a legend, I sat up drinking with him one night and we had a heart to heart, total dude

Alex - favourite 80s cartoon?

Rory - thundercats.....duh??!

Dolphin Bombers - will yous ever be seduced by the pop charts and start using vocals on your songs?

Rory - ha! we'll have vocals again I'm sure, not for the pop charts tho...prob just for the women

Conal - why are you taken off Spotify :(

Rory - it's all stuff to do with the label change,we'll be back up soon....promise:) !!

Rory - Thanks all!! Sorry I didn't get everything answered,great steam tho,i feel very 21st century!!!

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So there you go - thanks loads to Rory for that! And So I Watch You From Afar, now signed to Dublin label Richter Collective, will release thier long awaited second album this May.

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