Interview with Ed Stagg

Wooden framed glass doors open onto a wood panelled room showing a luxurious bed with white cotton sheets and pillows under a mosquito net
Possibly and probably the most idyllic place Guerrilla Nature has ever slept (a reference to one of the tracks mentioned in the interview)
Above: a recording of Ed Stagg and Guerrilla Nature in conversation.
Below: a brief overview and some background about the interview.

Highly regarded broadcast journalist and brilliant production engineer Ed Stagg interviews friend and fellow Leicesterfarian Guerrilla Nature about the books and music that have influenced his development as a creator.

This interview was conducted in 2014 and specifically references the as yet unreleased (at the time of upload) track, Bedroom tax. There is also brief mention of another as yet unreleased (at the time of upload) track called The Cell.

The album discussed was split into two EPs. The Cell was saved for the eventual first album, which is still as yet unreleased, but the lyrics for Bedroom Tax were lost and forgotten for even longer than the 7 or so years that intervened between the time of the interview and the release of the Straight Out Uv Leicester E.P.

The files for this interview were also misplaced but were rediscovered in 2023 and the folder that contained the interview audio also revealed a frankly unpolished version of the lyrics from Bedroom Tax.

This will mean that Bedroom tax will be a viable option for release. Although its theme might now seem outdated, the relevance some of the lyrics still bear is testament to part of the essence of sentiment intended on the track, so it still remains a likely candidate for future release, possibly with a full band under the collective name Nature And The Beasts.

Above: Ed Stagg interviewing Guerrilla Nature in 2014 and relevant background
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