Eat, sleep and breathe: Meursault

Neil Pennycook reveals some of the band’s on-the-road eating habits

This article is from 2012.

What time is breakfast?
The five minutes between waking up and getting in the tour van.

Tea or coffee?
Coffee.

Smoking or non-smoking?
Smoking.

Sweet or savoury snacks?
Savoury. Anything peanut flavoured … except peanuts.

What food do you miss when you tour?
Melon. Except when melon is on the rider, in which case a different kind of melon.

Who’s the best cook you know?
That would be Sam, our drummer.

What’s on your rider?
Cheese, fruit, bread … Nesquik (this is a real deal breaker).

Which country/city has the best food?
Zurich, Switzerland. Cabbage and chestnuts, oh yes.

Do you eat out a lot?
On tour? Yeah, it kind of comes with the territory.

Do you drink onstage?
Only Nesquik – strawberry, or no show.

Meursault launch new album Something For The Weakened at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 7 Jul, also playing AwayGame, Isle of Eigg, Fri 20–Sun 22 Jul and ThistlyFest, Belhaven (near Dunbar), Sat 28 Jul.