Philip Selway (Radiohead) interview w/big props to Wilco

[Magnetized]

Lots of good stuff in this interview with Radiohead's drummer, who has recently collaborated with Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone on a new solo album, Familial. You can read the whole article here: http://www.americans...-philip-selway/

 

Pretty cool that he has such respect for Wilco. Here are some excerpts for those who don't want to read the whole article:

 

You worked with Wilco’s Glenn Kotche and Pat Sansone on the album. What was that experience like?

 

Fantastic. As musicians, they’ve got oodles of experience and character, just very distinctive voices. We just really clicked as musicians, so it was great. Take somebody like Pat, who’s this amazing multi-instrumentalist who can work very quickly. He’s got music coming out of his fingertips. It’s very inspiring to work with. And Glenn, who, it’s hard not to say he’s the best drummer around really. He’s a brilliant kit drummer, which you can hear in his solo work on Mobile and things like that. He used this unique percussion approach and that was fantastic. I didn’t hear drum parts in my song, and he heard things where I didn’t hear it, and it really brought this extra level to what was going on in the songs, to me.

 

So you must be a Wilco fan.

 

Yes, I really like Wilco. It’s been great to have the chance to work in this format with Wilco. Great band. Unbelievable players with a huge amount of talent. And Jeff [Tweedy]’s songwriting… he’s a great songwriter. An inspiring man to watch.

[Gabe32]

That's great. I guess critically acclaimed bands understand each other.

 

I personally kind of hate Radiohead and the amazing reviews they get on a consistent basis.

[remphish1]

I met Phil before and he is a cool guy. The fact that two of my all time favorite bands are working together and touring together in some form or another makes me all warm inside

[JAK2112]

I met Phil before and he is a cool guy. The fact that two of my all time favorite bands are working together and touring together in some form or another makes me all warm inside

 

This basically. I can't think of anyone i appreciate more than Radiohead and Wilco, other than Springsteen, so hearing Phil talk about the Wilco guys like that is phenomenal. Especially how he comments on Glenn's drumming, with Phil being a drummer himself

[Dude]

Interview w/ Pitchfork:

 

Pitchfork: Another surprising thing about your album is how little drumming is on it.

 

Phil Selway: And the drumming that is on there is mostly by [Wilco's] Glenn Kotche. He's fantastic. He took drum parts and mixed in all these delicate layers which throw things off kilter. For me, if Jonny [Greenwood] played drums, he'd be Glenn. They work in very similar ways. It was a revelation working with Glenn on the material because, in my mind, I hadn't heard any drum parts on these songs at all. If you're working on more of a muted, delicate level, it's very easy to end up sounding too tasteful, so finding somebody who could scuff up these really rich sounds was great. I just sat there with my notebook.

 

http://pitchfork.com/news/39537-radioheads-selway-talks-new-solo-lp-does-not-talk-new-radiohead-lp/

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Interview w/ Pitchfork:

 

Pitchfork: Another surprising thing about your album is how little drumming is on it.

 

Phil Selway: And the drumming that is on there is mostly by [Wilco's] Glenn Kotche. He's fantastic. He took drum parts and mixed in all these delicate layers which throw things off kilter. For me, if Jonny [Greenwood] played drums, he'd be Glenn. They work in very similar ways. It was a revelation working with Glenn on the material because, in my mind, I hadn't heard any drum parts on these songs at all. If you're working on more of a muted, delicate level, it's very easy to end up sounding too tasteful, so finding somebody who could scuff up these really rich sounds was great. I just sat there with my notebook.

 

http://pitchfork.com...w-radiohead-lp/

 

That Phil Selway is one modest guy!

[virtualreason]

I met Phil before and he is a cool guy. The fact that two of my all time favorite bands are working together and touring together in some form or another makes me all warm inside

 

The first Wilco song I downloaded--from Napster--was Box Full of Letters because it was labeled as "Radiohead & Wilco". I bought YHF because David Fricke described it as "Kid A on mudpies". Now the two are easily my favorite bands and the ones I've seen live the most. If they toured together, no matter where, no matter when...I will be there.

[ThisIsNowhere]

This just makes me like Radiohead even more.

[bigideas]

i picked up Familial today. haven't got a chance to listen through it, but he credits Jeff with arrangement on one song.