INTERVIEW: WALTER MEEGO,

well here's a little treat for your wednesday afternoon, the first ALONG THE WATERFALL interview.

walter meego have been one of my personal favourite discoveries of the year, after first reading about them on big stereo and hearing the track "girls" i was immediatly taken by their sound. we got sent a copy of their LP a couple of weeks ago and it's been on constant itunes rotation since. so when the chance came along to ask justin (guitar/vocals) a few questions, naturally i jumped at it. here's what came of the short interview:


first things first, if toast always lands butter side down and cats always land on their feet, what would happen if I strapped toast to a cats back and dropped it?

8J: that's a tough one. i'd say the cat would not let the toast get the better of him (or her). so the cat would land on its feet. and the toast would just have to deal with it.

now, you've been compared to daft punk and air, i myself hear similarities to bowie in some tracks. what would you say have been the most notable influences on walter meego?

8J: i'd say the most notable influences are the beatles, radiohead, daft punk and then a whole lot of other bands and musicians. personally, i like everything from classical to punk and all the things inbetween.

you guys are essentially a duo right? do you enlist other musicians when playing live?

8J: when we play live, we have andrew bernhardt play live with us. he's actually becoming more and more involved in the recording and production of the second album. so i guess it's not very black and white.

would you say each of you take a defined role in the song writing process or is it more organic than that?

8J: it's definitely more organic than that. it's just something that happens before you know it. there isn't really any plan to it. i guess you just have to be ready for an idea to happen at any time.

what does the rest of the year hold in store?

8J: we're mainly focusing on the next album and then developing our live show. we've been recording a lot of new songs and ideas lately. it's exciting.

it seems that music blogs have been a major factor of your success so far, where do you place these writers in the grand scheme of journalism? do you eventually see web-based literature superseding magazines and more traditional media?

8J: i don't know what's gonna happen for sure mainly cause it hasn't happened yet i guess. buti think web-based everything will supersede traditional versions of the same thing. so web-based tv, web-based newspapers, etc., everything.

are there any other chicago bands you think deserve more attention?

8J: you know i don't know exactly any more. we moved from chicago to LA seven months ago back in january. since then, i've only been back to chicago one time and that was on tour for maybe less than twenty four hours. so we haven't been able to keep up with the local scene. and then again, bringing it back to the web, i think local scenes have been superseded by web scenes anyway.

what's the best film you've seen recently?

8J: i just watched mulholland drive for the first time and i really liked it. it's hard to follow but after letting it soak in for a few days, i like it. i'm way into david lynch. i just watched every twin peaks episode online. there goes the web again. and i rented the movie online too. so there you go.

and finally, any plans to play some shows in the UK in the near future?

8J: no concrete shows booked or anything but we'd definitely love to come out and do a tour or something like that. it would be fun. we've played out there before and it was awesome.



download: walter meego - girls



download: walter meego - baby please


you can download the debut album "voyager" via itunes or here.