Lush – Split (1994)
Interview to Emma Anderson and Philip King by Diego Centurion (for The 13th Magazine)
With the arrival of June 2014, came the twentieth anniversary of the release of the second álbum. The band has managed to merge brilliantly, dream pop and shoegaze; Lush with heir “Split”. Published on June 13, 1994, those years the “World of Music” was left dazzled by the Britpop and the Grunge across the Atlantic; this album provides a marked shift in the sound of the band, a pure, clean sound, is clearly a step forward in the way they write their songs, role that both composers, Miki and Emma share only one song, role that both composers, Miki and Emma share only one song, “Starlust”. Today we have the words of Emma Anderson (vocals y guitars) and Philip King (bass), they tell us a little about the album. How long have you not heard “Split”? Philip: I haven’t heard the full album ‘Split’ in a long. At least not this century.
Emma: I listened to some of it recently. Some of it I really like, some of it not so much, but I think that’s normal. How was it working this album on 4AD? Philip: It was good as they left us well alone to get on with it. Unlike how I imagine it would have been on a major label. They would probably have dropped us after ‘Split too as it didn’t sell particularly well. Emma: It was great being on 4AD and they were very supportive all the time. Mike Hedges as producer was Ivo’s idea. He thought Mike would suit us well because of his work with The Banshees and The Cure. However, I think the label became annoyed at the length of time and the amount of money ‘Split’ was taking and costing but then so did we. I do know that ’Split’ was Ivo’s favorite Lush album. It didn’t sell as well as the others but luckily Ivo didn’t care about that! He was into the music primarily. How much influence have at the sound of the album, that you are producers in their own album? Philip: Well we always obviously picked producers that we thought would be sympathetic to our sound and then left them to it. We originally asked Bob Mould but he just wanted to do an EP. There was talk of John Paul Jones for a while and drummer/producer Fred Maher. Then Mike Hedges was mentioned and we liked the fact he had worked with The Cure and Siouxsie & The Banshees. It was recorded at various recording