The FADER Interview: Paris Texas don’t like the movie Paris, Texas

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Paris Texas are this week’s guest on The FADER Interview podcast. The experimental hip hop-duo of Louie Pastel and Felix spoke with FADER Contributor Dylan Green in advance of their new album Mid Air, out today (July 21).

Over the course of the interview, they talked about movies, the pros and cons of the pop-punk revival, artist vs. listener perceptions of their music, and how every Paris Texas project is a timestamp.

You may have caught that Paris Texas share their name with the 1984 Wim Wenders arthouse classic Paris, Texas. But, as it turns out, Pastel is not a fan: “I’m a cinephile, but I’m also not pretentious,” he explained. “I feel like that’s the one you can bring up, and you get everybody’s ears horny, and you sound really cool when you bring it up.

You’re like, ‘Oh, the cinematography!’ But the story is kind of bland to me. There’s certain white movies that are cool when they go through their weird little existential shit.