That’s a rather unusual name you’ve got there - would you care to explain it for us?
I had a dream that me and Casey were flying on a dying star through the centre of the Earth. We came out of one side, and we were at the dawn of creation, getting ready to play a show in front of God and the Devil that was set to open up the new universe. Once we realised that a dying star was a white dwarf, the rest was easy.
More specifically, why is it ‘dwarfs’ and not ‘dwarves’?!
Dwarfs are dying stars and dwarves are little people, and I don’t think I would tell people if we would have been riding a little person in my dream.
To those who’ve not taken time to listen to you, how would you best describe your sound?
Loud and psychedelic.
Your recent single was called ‘Toast And Marmalade For Tea’. Us Brits have toast mostly for breakfast, have Americans not caught on to this?
Sorry, but you can’t blame that on us! That song was written by a band called ‘Tin Tin’ in 1968, and I believe they were from your neck of the woods. But I prefer toast for breakfast as well.
The flip-side was called ‘Chemical’; does that mean you’re all one-time science geeks?
If by ‘science’ you mean drugs, then yes.
You’ve already toured with a pretty hot list of bands - who has been your favourite to play alongside?
Without a doubt, The Flaming Lips.
Oklahoma is (to us, at least) best known for the musical of the same name. What do we also need to know about your home state?
It’s the home of The Flaming Lips, Chainsaw Kittens and The Starlight Mints, and I’m pretty sure this is Kylie’s favourite place to hang out.
From: https://diymag.com/interview/stardeath-and-white-dwarfs
Following in the footsteps of Oklahoma City's most famous freaks, the Flaming Lips, psychedelic rock outfit Stardeath and White Dwarfs have been exploring the boundaries of rock music since forming in 2004. Made up of Dennis Coyne (nephew of Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne), Casey Joseph, Matt Ducksworth, and Ford Chastain, the band's sound finds spacy pop and ethereal atmospherics colliding with a fuzzed out, lo-fi aesthetic, feeling at times like a blown-out, acid-drenched take on the early work of David Bowie. Stardeath and White Dwarfs made their debut in 2005 with the EP That's Cool before eventually signing with Warner Bros, where they'd release their first full-length, The Birth, in 2009. The band would also become frequent collaborators with the Flaming Lips, appearing with them on their remake of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, as well as their 2012 reimagining of King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King, Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn. After signing on with David Sitek's (of TV on the Radio) label, Federal Prism, the quartet returned with their sophomore effort, Wastoid, in 2014. From: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stardeath-and-white-dwarfs-mn0001041890#biography
