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Yeah. I just find it works better that way. I can do it on a whim, record at four in the morning if I want to. I don't like to rely on other people. I went to school for recorded music production, and I just find the studio to be a really cold place. What's it like, recording in the same room where you have sex? When I haven't been laid in awhile, I'm better. More tension. It's like in hockey, when they won't let them have sex on game day. Gets the guys more fired up. Do you ever abstain to get the creative juices flowing? I'm not that diligent about it. Can you be productive post-coitally? You know, I've never thought of it. I'm usually at my girlfriend's house when I'm knocking boots, and I don't tend to record much afterwards. I go to sleep. But sometimes at home I'm really wired, post-sex, and it helps that I'm near all my recording gear. What are the origins of your recording name? My older brother was in university for international development. He was studying Russian art history, and I just thought it sounded like a good band name. No real significance at all, actually. I've listened to "Hurt'n for Certain" approximately twenty-six times. What exactly is this hurt? I wrote it in the summer last year, when I was up north in a cabin I rented. I hadn't put a record out for a couple years and I was just being stressed and drunk and worried. It was one of those periods where you start losing faith in what you're doing. A quarter-life crisis, I suppose. So it's not about a relationship? A lot of times when I write about relationships, it's a worst-case-scenario type of thing. The Method of Modern Love is the album dealing most specifically with one relationship, whereas Our Thickness is about many. Sometimes you get to a point where you don't have any big problems, so you look to a friend and relate to their hurt, and it's just as immediate as when it happens to you. You have a solid fan base that you've built organically. Does it bother you when bands are picked from obscurity on their first LP and proclaimed the next big thing? I prefer to build steadily rather than blow up like crazy and then disappear. A lot of those hype bands just blow their whole wad on one record. A lot of times hype isn't because everyone is going crazy for the band, either. I think a lot of it has to do with really good promotion and publicity people. Like, the Arcade Fire is everywhere, you can't even look at them objectively. It's like they're forcing them down our throats. I don't ever want people to feel my music is forced on them. Plus, a slow build gives you a sense of legitimacy. You'd be surprised how far things go with word of mouth. Word of mouth really is great for getting it to people who will genuinely like the music. What's a good album to have sex to? Luke Vibert-Carrier District. It's kind of a throwback techno record. I used to listen to it a lot on E, and it always led to fucking. What's up with the Jeckyl/Hyde nature of your songs? My songs always start as instrumentals that I write lyrics around. So the songs start happy, but then I always write thoughtful, depressing lyrics. It's just the way I write, I never write when I'm in a great mood. It's usually three a.m. and I'm drunk and wallowing. Any advice for prospective Russian Futurists groupies? At home. I've never been much for one-night stands. I've only really had two in my life. Getting in on with someone I'm close to is definitely way, way better. n°
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