What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
We were really getting into the early ‘90s fizzy shoegaze bands in the beginning, like My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain. But we’re a bit more pop than that. Three minutes or less are the songs we dig. Plus, now Hugh (songwriter) is going through a Cream phase so our newer stuff is a little more ‘60s riffy. Thus our latest single sits somewhere in between those two genres and kinda sounds like the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Dandy Warhols. Go figure!
Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with?
That band from Scott Pilgrem, Sex Bob-Omb! They have the fuzzy chops that would make a battle the most distorted and loud in history. Plus I reckon my girlfriend could take on Knives Chow.
When are you releasing your new single?
New single Piece Of The Puzzle is having its Melbourne launch at Ding Dong Lounge Friday April 11 with Sunbeam Sound Machine, My Piranha and Bloodhounds On My Trail. We’ve been on our biggest tour yet with eight shows in NSW, SA and VIC. Last few shows coming up, it’ll be good to smash our hometown at the end of it all!
So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you. What do they say?
“Man that guitarist has a great moustache. I wish I could grow a moustache like that. I bet he picks up lots of girls with that ‘stach. You know what they say, first you get the moustache, then you get the power, then you get the women.”
If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why?
Hugh. He’s not quite in popular music yet, but as soon as he is I won’t have much time before his 27th birthday to make him a legend. I’d lose a friend but I’d be able to buy a t-shirt with him and Kurt Cobain on it. I think that would be worth it, don’t you?
PRETTY CITY launch Piece Of The Puzzle at Ding Dong Lounge on Friday April 11.
