[Sager - Pop Group guitarist] was messing about just coming up with these things. And before I would have said, do this, do that. But suddenly he started playing something and I just started singing something, and the thing is like… there’s this medieval thing called a golem, these things that alchemists created and they had a life of their own. Supposedly there was one released underneath this cathedral in Salisbury and is still running around the Dorset countryside. For me the [new material] is a golem. It’s got arms and legs, and I just have to stand back and watch it. Suddenly these really weird kind of 1940s French ballads started appearing. And I thought, what the fuck is going on here? But again I tied my hand behind my back and let it happen. Just stand back and don’t interrupt the process. Let the thing create itself. For me it’s an absolute pleasure because it’s kind of symbiotic and all happening of its own accord, so at the moment I feel like it’s a bit like a child that I’m trying not to put my own personality too much on to. Sounds like a treat is in store when it takes its first steps into the world. Yeah! [pause] Unless it turns out bad. Like another Chucky. [laughs]
The Politics of Envy and The Exorcism of Envy can be purchased via Mark Stewart’s official website: http://www.markstewartmusic.com/shop.html
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