He’s Howard Robot and he’s My Robot Friend. He’s released his third album, the electro-folk-pop mash-up that is Soft Core and he has provided the A to our Q.

If I were to play just one of your songs to someone who hasn’t heard your music, which would it be and why?

Robot High School because it has a secret agenda. I can’t tell you what the secret agenda is though because then it wouldn’t be a secret anymore, and that’s no fun.

You are being sent to the moon. You’re allowed to take 1 album. What is it?

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison. It is my favourite album of all time. I never get tired of it. Plus its title is celestially themed and that is a bonus for the whole moon trip.

What was the last album you bought?

Memory Tapes “Seek Magic”. It is my album of the year so far.

Tell us an interesting fact.

We are all robots.

Tell us about a band or singer we might not have heard of who should be featured on Suitcase Orchestra.

Sleeping States’ “There the Open Spaces” is a few years old but magically interesting. Talk Talk’s “Spirit of Eden” is even older, but beautiful and strangely underappreciated.

What film would you be a character in?

Tron2

Recommend a book.

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It is a love it or leave it proposition though. If you aren’t enthralled after the first 100-200 pages, just walk away.

What’s the worst record in your collection?

It is an album called “Picking Up Girls Is Easy,” sort of a how-to record. It is delightfully terrible.

What question should I always ask in a Q & A? And answer it please.

Not this one. Really. It hurts my brain and sends it into a recursive loop. I have to shut down and reboot every time you ask it.

Soft Core by My Robot Friend is available now, check it out here.