If you could no longer be a musician, what other occupation do you see yourself in?
Carpentry maybe. I can’t build anything to save myself but I’d have to be creating things every day. That or a postman. Cruising round the burbs all day would be sweet.
Do your dreams ever influence your music?
Not really. There’s enough abstract nonsense happening in reality.
How did you all meet? What was it that brought the band together?
Kieran and I essentially split in two like an amoeba which was the genesis of Cousin Tony. After that, I used to run a performance night called Fortnightly Fort Night where we built forts and had people come and perform in them. We met Fran, our synth player, and Leigh, our bassist, through those nights.
Is there anything you would change about the music industry?
Payment would be rad. And instead of Grammy’s, people just got thumbs up for making something beautiful.
Would you rather be able to speak every language in the world fluently, or play every instrument in the world naturally?
Every language. No question. Playing every instrument doesn’t make you a viable 007 candidate.
If your music was going to be used as a soundtrack to a film, who would you want directing that film?
At the moment, probably Alejandro González Iñárritu. The score for Birdman was the most bold, affective scoring I’ve heard in years. If he decided a Cousin Tony song needed to be in his film, I’d shit.
