In other hands, that nonchalance might come off as arrogance – Kevin Parker couldn’t be further from the cocksure rockstar archetype, though. He’s guarded; taking his time to digest everything he’s asked, talking slowly so as to avoid tripping up on himself. His personality isn’t a world away from his music, in that regard – introverted, but not introspective, the concept of an interview (of which he gives precious few) still seems to make Kevin uneasy. When asked about one of the few he did give earlier this year, to Q about his Glastonbury exploits, he audibly cringes at the memory. “There’s a good 36 hours after we played that is unaccounted for,” he divulged back in July. “I suddenly came to and it was Monday morning.”



“I feel like that’s what it’s like for everyone, but not everyone gets interviewed about how fucked up they got at Glastonbury!” he half-laughs, half-groans today. “I feel like to say, ‘Oh yeah, it was crazy! I blacked out for 24-hours!’ - everyone does! It’s kind of just unspoken that you do; but you don’t go talking about it in interviews afterwards,” he adds with more laughter. “Which I did, and then lots of people made a thing out of it. But that’s the way it goes!”



Contrary to popular belief, Kevin Parker doesn’t like to dwell on such things. Or, indeed, anything. He’s burdened with a longstanding reputation for being something of a control freak, noodling away solo in his studio for weeks and months at a time – “People say that a lot about me - that I’ve got this desire to have control of everything – but really, it’s quite the opposite,” he insists.

“I think people assume that because it’s a one-man studio thing – because I record all the music myself and I do a lot of the stuff myself and don’t involve anyone else, I think people put two-and-two together. But it’s not about that at all.”