Thank you very much for your time! Before we introduce your new release to our readers – what kind of drink would you recommend to zip on while they listen to your new music?
A Dirty Martini
Please give us an update about – new single, new album, tour dates, new videos?
My next single, and final single before the release of my debut album, is a song called Shangaladang which is set to be released on Monday 26th February. Then, on Friday 1st March, my debut album How To Make A Master Peace will be out to the world! This is also the day the first leg of my UK Headline Tour starts, where I’ll be doing in-stores at record shops performing and signing vinyls in London, Nottingham, Bristol, Brighton & Kingston. On the 12th March the shows start! I’ll be playing 6 shows across Ireland and the UK. We are so close to being sold out across all the dates! I hope to be able to come over to Europe for some shows in the near future, including Germany of course! And in terms of videos, I’ve shot a video/visualiser for each of the 11 tracks on the album, and here’s an exclusive for you guys, I’ll be dropping one a day from the 20th February right the way through to my album release on 1st March.
3. What fashion style or brand would best describe your music?
Bloke Core (adidas track jackets) meets model wear.
4. Tell us more about your new album.
My debut album, How To Make A Master Peace, is definitely the most alternative body of work I’ve created to date. I chose to experiment with sub-genres of Indie music that I feel no one is currently exploring, and create a record people wouldn’t expect from me – something versatile yet thorough. From a musical standpoint, I drew influences from Indie Sleaze & Indie Dance acts such as: Friendly Fires, Justice, LCD Soundsystem and early Calvin Harris. But beyond this, I also found inspiration in the soundtracks of some of my favourite shows: Skins, Misfits & even Waterloo Road. All of these shows touch on adolescence, love, regret, friendship, culture and character building; which also happen to be the main themes of the album. Even though I’ve modded to these topics before, I’ve never approached them in such depth and with so much vulnerability. For this project, I wanted to explore all of this backed by a melancholic soundscape – evoking feelings of nightlife and partying, as these can be youthful yet transformational spaces. In terms of my creative process, I didn’t use any old demos on the project – I started each track from scratch. I was confident because I knew what I wanted to achieve and my creativity was at an all-time high. The only continuity on the album is through its production, being produced by the one and only Julian Bunetta and Matt Schwartz. I feel really lucky to be able to work with these two as they both inherently understand the vision. Overall I’m just so proud of this project and it’s ability to be simultaneously of the past and of the future.
5. When did you learn to sing/ to write/ to play?
I actually didn’t want to be a singer when I was growing up, I wanted to be a social worker! It was only in 2019 that I decided to give it a go! And to be honest it wasn’t love at first ‘listen’. I wasn’t the biggest fan of my voice, however I started to grow to love it and was really keen to improve it. I started watching videos of artists such as Dan (Bastille) as I love his voice and began to learn off him.
6. A question you’d like to answer, but never been asked in an interview before? + Answer please
If you’re on the aux at a house party which tune are you playing? Answer: All That She Wants by Ace of Base.
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