Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

8. Hellfire SermonsH.O.N.E.Y.M.O.O.N.

This isn’t part of any phase in my life. I just heard it on Peel, and it had this "gathering of the tribes" time signature – not sure if that’s true or not, but it’s such a strange record. The delivery… the first line, "Saw her face in the window, it looks quite strange…" That’s brilliant. And it’s like an odd, surreal miniature. I don’t know what it is that makes me like it so much. The chorus goes, "I just can’t believe that looking over you, I find you appealing, but it seems that I do." That sums up the way I feel about the record. It’s not a pretty record, but I love it.

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