Lush's playlist: Peppermint Rainbow, Brett Smiley and more

The shoegazers’ bassist Phil King discusses sunshine pop, French rock’n’roll and partying with Eddie Izzard Henry is my drinking buddy. If I post a photo on Instagram of the area by the Thames near where he lives, my friends say: “Uh oh!” He is a bit of a genius. He also has an EMS suitcase Synthi (bought from David Vorhaus of White Noise. Brian Eno also has one) and after a few drinks he will play the opening synth noises to Hawkwind’s Silver Machine on it. H