It's probably fair to say that Wolf People have been one of my favourite bands since the emergence of Tuckshop. They seem to endlessly produce wonderfully raucous, psychedelic records, full of howling guitars, fierce rythms and pumping flutes. Their latest single Tiny Circles continues this form and will no doubt sell out like it's predecessors. Having a few spare minutes, we were able to throw a few questions at one of their members Jack Sharp.
So Wolf people, do you actually like wolves?
Sure. Why not? It’s just a name though.
How do you feel every time there is a full moon?
Precious
I notice that the excellent artist Pete Fowler has done some work for you, is he a fan?
He likes the band and he’s played records at a few shows we’ve done. We’re big fans of his so it was a thrill for us to submit songs for the monsterism library project. That’s where that illustration comes from, there is an insert with all the artists drawn as monsterism characters.
In fact, it seems that you must have a fine selection of artistic friends as all of your ep's have been accompanied by inspiring artwork, is there anyone you think we should check out?
Joe Hollick (guitarist) does the artwork for the self released EP's. That’s his day job. They’re nice aren’t they? ( Yes, Very nice indeed)
There is a friend of ours Mark Oliver who is an incredible artist and is hopefully going to be doing some covers for us in the future. He can be found at www.dancingeye.co.uk. Him and Peter O’Dowd make these amazing magazines full of illustrations. It’s real, they’re not messing around!
What has been the strangest thing you've witnessed at a Wolf people gig?
Human pyramid.
I'm a quite a fan of the teenage werewolf genre, what is your opinion of teenage werewolves being allowed to participate in high school and even play basketball?
Haha, I wouldn’t know. We’re not teenagers and we never went to high school. Some of us never even went to school.
What was the last record you tapped your foot to?
Bumblebee by Lavern Baker. It’s a Rhythm & Blues record from 1960, I’d never heard of it until yesterday.
As a band we’ve been listening to a lot of Soft Machine, Dungen and Erkin Koray.
Where can we get a copy of your latest E.P?
We have a 7” single out that you can buy from Finders Keepers Records.
We made a few home made CD’s to sell at gigs recently but nothing official. We have just finished putting together a cut & paste collection of all our early recordings which will be our first release for Jagjaguwar Records. That’ll be out on vinyl and download in January.
We’re recording the first proper album in September and that will come out some time next year.
Wolf People can be found in various dark caves around the country playing their sweet, sweet music. You can also find them at www.myspace.com/wolfpeople
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