Interviewer: How is your tour of Europe going so far?

Munaf Rajani: Frankly it is extraordinary. We have spent two weeks touring Europe and each show has been brilliant. We met extraordinary people, in particular yesterday in Nantes.

Interviewer: How do people react to seeing you play over here?

Michael James: It is different from what occurs to the United States. There everyone speaks during the concerts, even if it is a quiet group like Low or American Analog Set.

Christopher Hraski: Even in the United Kingdom, where one show had bad echoes; the crowd gave us very alert attention. When we play quietly, the public awaits the next rise to loudness.

Interviewer: You are on the same mailing lists, precisely, as American Analog Set. Tell us a little this history according to which, it is them which presented to you at the label Temporary Residence.

Munaf: The bass player of American Analog Set sent a demo to the label without us knowing about it. Jeremy DeVine (owner of Temporary Residence) liked the tape and called us the following day and asked to record us in the studio.

Smith Mark: The keyboard player for American Analog Set came with Jeremy to record the songs.

Interviewer: You were surprised to be signed?

Michael: Yeah, we were surprised that a label contacted us about our demo, because we never sent anything to anybody!

Munaf: It was like a daydream.

Michael: When we realized that it was not that a dream, someone said: 'wow, this is completely insane!'

Munaf: And then, we adored this label, which did nothing but increase our enthusiasm.

Interviewer: On your booklet, a plane is drawn. Written beneath the plane is the phrase 'This plane will crash landing tomorrow'. When the planes crashed into the WTC, what was your reaction?

Mark: Fortunately, there is no relationship between art and reality, between this small painting and what occurred. We were shocked, shaken, like everyone else.

Munaf: It was the first day of a tour for us. We had just left Dallas for Austin and we slept. Christopher's roommate called us and told us to watch the television. We cancelled our show that evening.

Christopher: We understood that everything was going to change. We are not fans of Bush, far from it, and these decisions appear sometimes completely incoherent to us. It succeeded in convincing a good number of Americans that the terrorists were very evil. However one cannot say who is the unpleasant one and who is the nice one. Nothing is so black or so white. The Americans simply realized that they were not alone in the world.

Interviewer:  Do you think that your music can be called post-rock?

Munaf: We really do not know. It all depends on the definition which one gives to post-rock. I think that it means to play instrumental music and in an atmospheric way with usual instruments.

Mark: No, it is rather to try exploring music and to exceed usual verse-refrain-verse rules, not to make traditional songs. It is also to have a sound which goes beyond that of rock in its intensity. In this case then, yes, our music is post-rock, even if it is a very journalistic term.

Interviewer: Are you anxious to play in Paris?

Christopher: Very. It is funny to play on this boat, that pitches and it is leaning...

Munaf: Yes, but that gives an impression of levitation which lends itself well to our music....