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Paul Banks is on the soundtrack for director Karan Kandhari’s new movie.
Paul Banks of Interpol has released a double A-side single featuring covers of the Stooges tracks Sister Midnight and Gimme Danger.
They both feature on the Sister Midnight film which was nominated for Outstanding British Debut at this year’s BAFTA Awards, the latter described by Banks as, ‘one of my favorite Stooges songs’.
“Sister Midnight I was less familiar with, but it is the titular track of a film that is feral with Stoogian grit and joy, so I was equally excited to immerse myself in it, and find an interpretation that felt authentic to my voice,” he added.
“Art comes from the unconscious and the music of Iggy Pop was like a breadcrumb trail I followed through the unconscious as I wrote the film,” Kandhari added.
In a beautiful collision of worlds, our talented composer Paul Banks has reinterpreted two Iggy songs in his own unique and haunting way, serving as celebration of both Iggy and the film’s themes. The lyrics to Gimme Danger, a sort of broken misfit love song mirror the central relationship in the film.