I am Kloot

Special Guest: ANGES OBEL

An open letter from Frank Cottrell Boyce I’m listening to Sky At Night during a very quiet week, the quietest week that Europe has experienced in more than half a century. A volcano - Eyjafjallajokull (which surely must be Icelandic for supercalifragilistic) - has erupted, closing every inch of European air space with her massive plume of ash. The sky is full of nothing but birds and clouds. Walking in Richmond Park, on the Heathrow no-flight path, my friend can hear the deer crunching the grass. It feels like someone has opened the lid of the atmosphere and let Space in. These are spookily perfect conditions in which to listen to these songs of love and astronomy. It was Danny Boyle who gave me my first I Am Kloot album - it was ‘Gods and Monsters’. He was hoping it would inspire me to think of a story for a movie. I played the album constantly and the next one – ‘I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge’, which I loved even more. ‘Play Moolah Rouge’ was recorded in a very few days. It feels like you’re listening to a three piece band playing live, and it convinces you that three is the perfect size for a band - unequal, unstable, overstretched, full pelt.