--After two EP's ("The Orange EP" and "The Purple EP"), you released the debut album "Freezepop Forever" in 2001. As you can easily guess, I am going to ask about "Tenisu No Boifurendo". First, I must tell you I love this song. Cute, kitsch, strange, awesome! Why did you decided to sing in Japanese? Any influence by Kraftwerk's "Dentaku" or Humpe Humpe's "Yama-ha"? Who wrote Japanese lyrics which sounds like a textbook to learn Japanese?Sean: It just seemed to make sense for us to make that song in Japanese...Liz had just learned a handful, and that song is her Japanese legacy....she is a fancy tennis player too!...she is a heavy metal monkey on the tennis court. Yi-i-i-i-iKES! look out crazy yankees!
Liz: Sean is mostly telling the truth here. The lyrics sound like a textbook because I've only taken one semester of Japanese (and unfortunately, I've forgotten most of it by now). As for the question of why we did it... it seemed like a good idea at the time. And it was pretty easy to make things rhyme, with my limited vocabulary.
--I see strong influence by 80's Electro Pop or Techno Pop (in Japan, fewer people call Synth Pop). Who do you like?
Sean: Human League, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Captain Avatar, Soft Cell, Kraftwerk, OMD, New Order...to name a few
Liz: I think Sean answered that question pretty well.
--While I have been listening to many American indie Synth Pop acts, some of them simply lack the originality sounding like just another Depeche Mode. However, Freezepop is quite different. It has "girly cuteness" like Pizzicato Five. Do you listen to some of Japanese pop music?
Sean: Yes...lots...Pizzicato Five are incredible. Liz in particular listens to a lot of Japanese Pop when she is not crazy disco dancing like a Day-Glo eagle with many hearts....WHICH IS ALWAYS!
Liz: Sean is a very silly person. I do listen to a lot of Japanese Indie Pop though. I really like Takako Minekawa and Kahimi Karie. And Cornelius. Seeing him play live was one of the most amazing concerts I've ever been to.
