Pop Quiz: Pirate Love

The dissonance you feel in your gut when you pair “Pirate” and “Love” couldn’t be more perfect. Sprinkle in a glob of garage-surf-punk blanketed with the sharpest of black atmospherics, and you have yourself Norway’s very own Pirate Love. After coming off a huge European tour with Serena Maneesh, the band made a mid-June stop off in Toronto for North By Northeast, before switching gears and making a thunderous maiden trip to NYC for shows in support of their just album, Black Voudoun Space Blues. I was able to catch them at their summer Piano’s show where they pounded out psyche-punk tunes, coming across as a cross between Brian Jonestown Massacre and Turbo Negro. Obviously influenced by their visit to America, the lead singer, David Dajani, appeared on stage in a cowboy hat and daisy dukes. Check out his answers to our Pop Quiz after the jump.

Where do you live?
Oslo. Where darkness reigns.

What’s your favorite piece of clothing?
My purple sequined jacket bought in a really weird shop in Toronto. Then I lost it in New York, so now I gotta preform in my short-ass daisy dukes, which isn’t too bad, I guess.

Beer, liquor, wine or water?
96% Norwegian homemade moonshine. That gets me going.

If you could have any super power, what would you choose? 
I’d love to have the power to end all wars and make peace on earth. Or the power to win all wars and rule everything under my totalitarian control.

Do you think about sex frequently?
I’m actually a huge porn connoisseur. Pirate Love bassist Herr R is the same way. So I think about sex all the time. Goddamn San Fernando Valley, I’m hooked!

Have you ever been arrested?
Yeah, a couple of times. I got really drunk and stoned in a club in Oslo many years ago. Apparently, I was walking around with a couple of wine bottles, barefoot and started flying into the walls. Then I faked a seizure and the ambulance showed up. Then I busted out laughing as they tried to “awaken” me, and they called the cops. Didn’t get back into that club for a couple of years..

Where do you really want to be right now? 
Deep space.

What’s your favorite thing about America?
The immorality of it, the brilliance of it, the art of faking it, the illusions and the dollar--even though it’s pretty weak right now.

What do you want to be when you grow up? 
A motherfucking hustler.

If you could only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what would it be? 
Russian caviar.

What’s the best bar in Oslo?
Robinet. Great drinks, great music, great bartenders. Even though it’s really tiny.

What’s the best present you ever received? 
Probably the gift of being brilliant.