This month, Circa Waves’ Kieran Shudall runs the gauntlet of our random, stupid queries.
Hello. How are you?
Hungry.
What have you been up to today?
Just woke up in Cologne on the tour bus. I’ve achieved nothing yet.
What’s your favourite thing about being a musician?
Playing guitar every day and writing songs as a job is pretty insane.
What’s your biggest accomplishment?
Top 10 record and selling out Brixton Academy.
What is your earliest memory?
Porridge.
What’s the best song you’ve written or played on?
Probably out on my own.
Which defunct band would you most like to reform?
The Maccabees. I’m still hurting from the breakup.
Do you believe in aliens?
Absolutely.
What’s the best music festival in the world?
Glastonbury of course.
What’s the most impressive thing you can cook?
A boss lasagne.
How punk are you out of ten?
4.3.
What did you last dream about?
Royal Blood making a music video in my house. It was pretty fuckin’ weird.
Which band do you feel is criminally underappreciated?
The Maccabees.
Which is your favourite member of One Direction?
Barry.
What’s your biggest fear?
Fear itself.
What was the first record you bought?
Michael Jackson ‘History’.
What compliment would you most like to receive?
Dave Grohl telling me he likes my songs.
Who was your favourite musician or band when you were 14?
Foo Fighters.
Who’s your favourite pop star?
The Weeknd.
What strength Nandos sauce do you order?
Anything to take away the bland chicken flavour.
What was the last thing you broke?
My guitar neck snapped on the UK tour. Gutted.
Have you got any secret tattoos?
I have Trevor MacDonald tattooed on my back.
Taken from the June issue of Dork – order your copy below.