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321 : Banjo Or Freakout Banjo or Freakout is the sound of underwater daydreams. Fuzzy little songs that hang in the air like lonely, sedated clouds. It's the work of one man, Alessio Natalizia, and his shoegazing covers of Burial, Battles and Pavement (all given away free on his fantastic blog) have seen him likened to a European Atlas Sound. With his first single out soon, we tracked down Natalizia and asked him three questions. After the jump he tells us about banjos, crickets and posh London punks. Banjo or Freakout - Mr No [mp3] Banjo or Freakout - Atlas (Battles cover) [mp3] Banjo or Freakout - 42 [mp3] 3 FACTS AN: "1. There's no banjo in my music (people often make this mistake so i just want to clear it up now). 2. Although I live in London I'm not English (people get really disappointed by this so i just want to clear that up too). 3. I have an irrational fear of crickets. It comes from my childhood. Believe me I'm terrorized." 2 SONGS "This is a tricky question. At the moment I'm struggling to find really inspiring new music. It seems really difficult for me to find new bands I totally lose myself in so I just keep rediscovering amazing old stuff. Like a lot of krautrock bands or the Dennis Wilson album. But these are two songs I'm loving at the moment: 1 Critical Mass by Chrome, because they were such a genius band. 2. Red Tape by The Circle Jerks, because all these posh kids in new London 'punk' bands are so funny." 1 WISH "I'm so desperate to get a new sampler. It's like the best sampler in the history of samplers. i would do anything for it. I want it to complete myself." Banjo or Freakout releases his debut 7" single on No Pain In Pop in November (Mr No, backed by a cover of LCD Soundsystem's Someone Great) and a 12" EP on Half Machine Records early next year. Posted by: Scott 23/09/08