Gordon Moakes
Bloc Party
What was the best album released in 2006 that few people heard?
I guess the Polaris record, Polaris. Polaris were kind of knocking around in the melodic hardcore scene here in the ’90s, now years later they’ve put out another record on Gringo, which I kind of chanced across. It’s just elegant, crisp, intricate and very, very beautiful. It’s crazy more bands don’t make records like this.
What do you hope to hear more of in 2007? Less of?
More drinking tea and watching TV; less flying. But I’m living in a dreamworld, because we’ll have a record out.
What’s the biggest goal for your life that you have yet to achieve?
That’s a secret.
If you could be one fictional character, who would you be and why?
Tintin. What an ace way to live.
In 2006, what was the best movie you saw, book you read, and/or TV show you watched?
[The film] Volver was incredible. I’d recommend that.
What, in your opinion, is the most pressing problem that is affecting the world right now and if you had the power, what would you do to address that problem?
Is this Miss World?
1/2007