Time Off's "Have You Heard..?" - unedited

This was in last week's Time Off magazine
Have you heard?

the sea shall not have them

What do you think is your band’s greatest strength?
Hopefully fooling people into thinking that all this noise comes from just two people.

What movie do you think your music would best accompany and why?
The movie that is unfolding in your head when the drugs take hold and you happen to be at one of our shows. Umm, failing that.... I've always liked "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind". And "Jaws" too - when it's down to just Chief Brody and Bruce (the shark) in the final few minutes. We would love to re-score that showdown.

What are your plans for the immediate future? And the rest of the year?
Immediate future - to get through this bottle of red in front of me, then finish this new song we've got so we can throw it into Saturday night's set hopefully. Rest of the year - I'm planning to lock Phil from Aheadphonehome away in a cabin for a weekend, Wolf Creek style, and together we’re going to make a deal with the devil. And something beautiful will come from that I would imagine. And the band will birth & polish some new songs with a view to an album later in the year. It'll give those 10 people that keep coming to our gigs something new to listen to, I guess.

What is your favourite song lyric and why?
"I think it's dark, and it looks like rain, you said. And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world, you said. And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead. Then you smiled for a second..." The Cure - "Plainsong" from "Disintegration". Pure fucking poetry if you ask me. When the press etc eventually stops taking the piss out of Robert Smith, they will realize what a true artist the man is. And at least when you see The Cure live, he still sings their songs in original key, unlike Bono. Bono can fuck off & go save the world, and let Smithy keep saving people's souls!

Favourite hangover cure?
Kids. Having kids stops you from getting to that point where you know you're going to be hurting in the morning. They are completely unforgiving, in the nicest way :)

BAND MEMBER: CURT EMERTON
ROLE: GUITARS / BASS / NOISES
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