Deadletter

Name, where are you from?
DEADLETTER, South West London via North East Yorkshire.

Describe your style in three words?
Pretty f*cking beige.

What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to?
I got +1’d to this party at the Troubadour about a year ago, and the host's Dad happened to be friends with Randy Jones from The Village People. He sang a cover of 'Rhinestone Cowboy' and, though I can’t necessarily say it was the “best gig I’ve ever been to”, it still sticks out as one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

If you could be on the line up with any two artists in history?
The Pogues - no other band can assure complete and utter disorder. Tom Tom Club - they’d get the groove going, some of the tastiest basslines in existence.

Which subcultures have influenced you?
Misanthropy? Is that a subculture? Can it be for the sake of this?

If you could spend an hour with anyone from history?
William S Burroughs. I can’t say I’d be up for the stuff he used to get up to, but nonetheless, I’d love to just sit and listen to him talk. His voice has a sagaciously captivating quality to it.

Of all the venues you’ve been to or played, which is your favourite?
The Windmill Brixton. It was the first venue upon us moving down to London (in our previous incarnation) that opened its arms and gave us a platform to grow and develop from. South West London would not be South West London without The Windmill.

Your greatest unsung hero or heroine in music?
Funnily enough, I don’t overly indulge in the beat generation, but it’s got to be Allen Ginsberg. Obviously gets every bit of praise he deserves as a poet, but as a singer… He has this album called 'The Last Word On First Blues' and I can’t say I’ve ever heard many people talk about it nor refer to it. It’s full of all kind of (what would have been regarded at the time as) obscenities and features Dylan on a few tracks.

DEADLETTER recently released their new track 'Fall Of The Big Screen'. Listen, purchase or stream it via ditto.fm/fall-of-the-big-screen.