Define your genre in five words or less:
Post punk glam goth’n’roll.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
Post punk for people who don’t like post punk.
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
Sweaty and wild basement club in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, playing for two hours as an unknown band and having everybody in the room transfixed on amazing cocaine.
Tell us about the last song you wrote.
Your Lips Are Vengeance. A dark, detuned monster with a surf beat.
Where would you like to be in five years?
Whether it’s headlining the Whitby Goth Festival or The Brunswick Hotel, as long as I’m living for my art I’m happy.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?
Yoga and singing scales, followed by Jack Daniel’s and eyeliner!
Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it.
Q: Do you have ANY songs that aren’t in C#??
A: No.
If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why?
Though the name evades me, whatever the Polish chocolate bar that’s made from breast milk would have to be it, because it tastes great but when you find out what it’s made from you start to question it.
Get your goth on as CANDY & THE DEAD play their final show (for a while) at The Brunny with Son of Set, Strawberry Fist Cake and Honeybone this Friday August 29. The best bit? It’s free.
