All Music writes: For their second album, 1981’s Love Too Late, Sorrows were paired up with legendary producer Shel Talmy, who in the mid-’60s had worked with the Who, the Kinks, the Creation, and the Easybeats; unfortunately, the idea of working with Talmy was better than the results, and the album didn’t fare as well with critics and sold no better than they debut. Sorrows broke up in the mid-’80s and the albums fell out of print, never appearing on CD as they became the stuff of legend among fans of ’80s pop.

Well …

After four decades and a protracted legal battle, original SORROWS members ARTHUR ALEXANDER (vocals, guitar), JOEY COLA (vocals, guitar) and RICKY STREET (vocals, bass), joined by next generation powerhouse drummer LUIS HERRERA bring you LOVE TOO LATE… the real album. It is, as Arthur says in the sleeve notes, “real Sorrows, playing real Sorrows music, as only Sorrows can”, and those who were there to hear these songs performed live in the band’s heyday will attest that the newly-recorded Real Album is the real deal indeed. 

Sweet Sweet Music spoke to Arthur Alexander about how ‘ LOVE TOO LATE… the real album’ came about.

Release Date: August 13, and you can pre-order here (Big Stir Records).

‘LOVE TOO LATE… the real album’ by SORROWS, the legendary band’s all-new 2021 recreation of their long-lost 1981 album. How did the recreation come about?

The idea for it came about two weeks into our original album sessions in London after I heard the results of what started emerging and walked out of the studio, never to return. What I heard was a mockery of our music and the band being destroyed right in front of me. Unbeknown to us, our record label and Shel Talmy, our Mr. Legendary Producer, had decided to take an ass-kicking rock & roll band and turn it into some amalgam of Fleetwood Mac and Barry Manilow backed by The Doobie Brothers wannabes.

Just so we’re clear on this, nothing against the artists as mentioned above, but that is not SORROWS!

If you’re doing a recreation, you may not want to stray too far from the original. Did you, therefore, impose rules on yourself about what was and was not allowed?

Everything was allowed. In fact, I couldn’t stray FAR ENOUGH from this piece of crap with my band’s name now attached to it. This was not a SORROWS’ album. This record was a total sham, orchestrated by the producer and label “bosses” in hopes of striking gold. Instead, what they struck was a solid wall, a record that had nothing to do with the band, the band who wanted nothing to do with the record, and the radio people and our fans who (instinctively) said: “what the fuck is THIS?!”

The record was a total flop, the band in a death spiral.

The end.

Well, not quite!

At what point did you know it was a good idea?

At what point? Let me see… well, in part, I already answered this question above, but to drive the point home…. it became a good idea when I heard the lead vocal (let me repeat that: THE LEAD VOCAL!) on one of our songs being sung by some castrated studio hack Shel Talmy brought in, being *featured*… on OUR album!

So much has changed, Arthur, since the early 1980s. What change in the music industry had the most impact on you?

Frankly, everything has changed. As it always does. At the forefront of it is the technology that gave us the internet, new tools to work with music, and practically unlimited access to the audience out there, unprecedented till then. It was the latter that was the most significant impetus for me to bring this project to fruition, knowing that when it’s all said and done, I will be able to bring SORROWS music to the people out there, show them how it should have been done and leave that abomination foisted on my band in the dustbin of history, forever.  

What’s the gig you will never forget? And why?

Oh, that’s an easy one – the night we got signed to a record deal! We were working on our demo at that point with our producer at Mediasound, one of the most fantastic studios in NYC at that time. We had just basic tracks done and some scratch vocals.

Somehow, the demo leaked out, and we were told that Pavilion Records, one of the CBS Records associated labels, was interested in us. They asked if we had a show coming up; they wanted to come down and check us out. We did, the following week, at Max’s Kansas City.

Of course, we were convinced, as it happened so many times before, nobody would show up. The night came, we took the stage, looked into the audience… and froze. The freakin’ place was packed to the gills with CBS suits!

Appropriately, that night we played what must have been the absolute worst show in the band’s history.

Everything that could have possibly gone wrong did go wrong. I broke FOUR strings during the opening song… and it was downhill from there. So we’re sitting in the dressing room after the set, miserable, depressed, and pondering the end of our career (we didn’t know then THAT was yet to come!), when a bunch of the Suits barge into the dressing room, and the Chief Suit demands to know if we can come to their office next week. “Why?”, I ask.

The Chief Suit barks back, “to talk… if all goes right, as of next week, you are CBS recording artists”…..

WTF!?!?

Of course, we also found this turn of events very upsetting because we realized that this will effectively prevent us from ever finishing that demo, which we were told was an absolute ‘must have’ for a band to get a record deal!!!

In retrospect, we should have perhaps said: “geez, thanks but no thanks, but we’d rather finish that demo.”

SSM: Joe, you just released a great new song. What are your plans for the second half of 2021?

JS: The second half of 2021 will be to promote yet another release of our new 4 track Ep.

4 brand new songs that are very catchy and powerful.

Also along with Live radio sessions to promote it. And we start to confirm more dates for 2021.

SSM: You use beautiful b/w pics in the video. How came that about? Were you looking for a specific ‘mood’ for the video to represent the song?

JS: The pictures were taken by Jake Tierney who’s a new photographer from Liverpool who contacted our management after he heard our second album “Phase II’.

He’s a big fan of the band and works with only Black & White photography at the moment as he says it creates a mood and likes to capture the band in a relaxed mood instead of posing for normal pictures which he says can be a bit formal.

His company ‘The Academy’ put the video together and will be working for the band from now on, and we are very pleased with the video and it represents us at this time.

SSM: The last year was crazy. How did you survive?

JS: Last year was a strange time for everyone and a bad time for everyone. We just continued to work ourselves online with Radio interviews, promoting the band, writing, rehearsals when we were good to get together and being in touch with everyone. Let’s hope we can all get back to normal very soon.

Geoff Palmer’s Charts & Graphs will be released on July 23.

Recorded by David Minehan (The Replacements), and mixed by Mike Kennerty (All American Rejects), the album will be released by Stardumb Records on vinyl, Rum Bar Records on CD, and Memorable But Not Honorable on cassette.

Sweet Sweet Music spoke with Geoff about the initial spark, the creative juices, and hearing your art come to life.

How did this record come together?

It came together much like my other records, haha. First, I get a batch of demos and song ideas organized and then start working with friends to make them come to life. I enjoy the early stages of writing an album. I like the whole process, but the initial spark up to the studio is always exciting. 

When did you decide to start asking for opinions on the new songs?

Asking for opinions started pretty early on back when I first started writing. I’ve always liked working with people and getting the creative juices flowing in a group setting. Everybody hears things differently, and when you are with other writers and players, you respect that input is valuable. 

If I did everything myself, I fear it would get too repetitive. But, when I look back at the catalog of albums and bands I’ve made, I feel proud that there are many different feels and styles in there. It all fits under the same basic umbrella, but there is variety. I believe that is because of working with and taking advice from outers. 

The meaning of success has changed over the years. What would success look like for the new record?   

Success does change over the years. You want different things in life, and what was important yesterday might not be today. I love change. One thing that has always been a judge of success for me with a record or a band is doing something new, playing new places, trying new ideas for writing styles, new production ideas, anything we haven’t done before. I love meeting new people through music. If a song on the record catches on in a new genre, that is a success. Always try to open new doors and keep the old ones open too. 

Recording music. What’s all the fun about?

I remember the first time I went to a studio to record properly. I was sitting down in the control room with the tape machine spinning and hearing the sounds come out of the speakers! Like, wow, that is us! It was so cool. Since then, I’ve always loved the studio. It’s probable my favorite part of being in a band. Building a song and hearing your art come to life is very fulfilling. 

Is recording a record easier than getting it heard nowadays?

Oh man, double-edged sword. It’s much easier to record and work on writing and production ideas because most people have decent little studios at home. It allows the option to work with people that before would have to fly out to a studio, and financially most times, that wasn’t an option. Releasing music is easier too, but that can flood the market a bit. I’m pro digital and using any modern marketing tools to connect with a listener base that will hopefully enjoy my tunes. Luckily for me, I have a label like Stardumb Records to release my stuff. That is a huge help because the label has been going for years and has a trusted name. 

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Richard X. Heyman is a singer-songwriter who writes pop songs, but you already knew that.

“Copious Notes” is the name of his new record, and it contains 12 beautiful new songs.

Subdued and reflective. At times, Heyman chooses to show that his roots are in New Jersey.

Listen to, for example, “Choices We Make”.

On Saturday nights, I’d like to hear that song in a version of Southside Johnny.

Sweet Sweet Music spoke to Richard about how he and his wife Nancy worked on the new songs.

How did this record come together? 

“Copious Notes” began in the summer of 2020.  It was a harsh climate here in the U.S.  The pandemic was peaking, and the political and social mood of the country was polarizing.  After the release of my previous album, “Pop Circles,” I decided to take an extended break from making music. I had lost interest in writing songs and didn’t even touch or play any instrument for many months. 

One day I sat down at the piano and started fiddling around.  I came up with a couple of waltzes which eventually turned into the song “Cedarbrook Park.”  As the days went on, I kept on writing more piano instrumentals.  Every now and then, Nancy would ask about a particular piece and suggest I demo some of them.  That is how this new album came to be. 

I subsequently turned those tunes into songs by adding lyrics and arrangements, sometimes combining two into one.

Lyrics are too often taken for granted.  What is the line of text or are the lines of text that you hope listeners will remember?  And why? 

This album was written and recorded while we were in quarantine.  Though it is subtle, the lyrics reflect the atmosphere around us.  The opening line of the first track, “Nearly There,” is “The dark is getting to you, in this you’re not alone/But there’s a bright spot waiting where the light once shone.” 

In “Tell Me When,” I tried to address the division in the country, and I suppose, the rest of the world.  “If now ain’t the place where we can change the course of what’s going on, if now ain’t the time to rearrange the world that we stand upon, then please tell me when.” 

The song “Oval” is about being open to discover that things aren’t always as they seem or were initially presented to you.  I love that you can learn something new about yourself and the world around you at any time in your life.  “Once I thought the world was round…it’s oval, and tiny as a gem.” 

I was thinking one day how an event that was so cataclysmic could unite people who were so feverishly opposed to one another.  All the problems and conflict would evaporate and become insignificant. 

From the song “One and All”:  

“Sides were drawn and the split was wide, 

And before too long we saw the rising tide, 

When the waves grew into a giant wall, 

And it rained on all the people, one and all.”  

The album concludes with a glimmer of hope and optimism with “The Greater Good”:  

“To the greater good that’s waiting there, 

Though times are tough, hardships everywhere

Looks like we’re pushed past the breaking point

This whole damn world seems out of joint  

But all this love that we saved up 

Can be withdrawn to fill this loving cup 

For the greater good.”  

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“To the greater good that we can share

It’s within us now if we don’t despair 

A brand-new day is close at hand

Happens overnight, like falling sand 

What we’ve been through will be overcome

If we do our part we can reach the sum 

Of the greater good”

Cassettes are back.  Which five songs would make your first mixtape?  

1. “Dancing in the Street” – Martha & The Vandellas
2. “Twist and Shout” – The Isley Brothers
3. “When Will I Be Loved?” – The Everly Brothers
4. “Move On Up” – Curtis Mayfield
5. “Out of Sight” – James Brown

These are, of course, just the first songs that popped into my mind. They all make me happy and remind me why I love music.  If I was asked this question every five minutes, each list would be very different!

Recording music – what’s all the fun about? 

Recording for me is an arduous process.  Unlike a band, I start each song by banging out a drum performance.  There is no music other than me singing to myself (not particularly fun!).  Then I put on a piano.  From there, it’s a matter of laying down one part at a time. All the vocals and each instrument. 

Nancy engineers and has lately been playing a lot of bass. 

The fun part for me, at least, is when all these elements are completed, and I can lie back on our bed (we record all this stuff in our bedroom except for the drums, which are done at Eastside Sound Studios) and listen to all our efforts and hopefully enjoy what has finally coalesced into a song.

You can’t control the way people “hear” your music.  But if you could make them aware of certain aspects you think set your songs apart, what would they be? 

First and foremost, I hope, the entire song washes over them, and they feel the emotion that I tried to put into it.  I really hope the listener, maybe after the initial hearing of a song, latches on to the lyrics. I think when dealing in a melodic harmony-based genre, the words can be overlooked.  I put a lot of effort and care into the lyrics, and it’s nice when I get a note from someone about that aspect of the recording.  It’s not for me to critique the music I put out there. 

I will say that it comes from my heart and soul, and I try to do the best job possible with each release.

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“Choices We Make” can be found on the Sweet Sweet Music’s favorite Power Pop Songs of 2021 Spotify playlist.

Green Wave is Joel Tyler Wall’s first solo effort. The record reads like a Brit-Pop/Pych Pop primer. More ragged than the music of Diamond Hands, the band Joel and Jon Flynn form, but of the same quality.

Sweet Sweet Music spoke to Joel Tyler Wall about his favorite songwriters, finding a melody, and the excitement of playing a new song back through the monitors.

How great is the urge to stay creative? To keep writing songs and lyrics?

The urge to stay creative is always with me. Thinking of a song, listening to a song, playing instruments, finding a melody, recording.  They all fit together for me and are always on my mind. If I’m not working on something, I get anxious. haha

Is recording a record easier than getting it heard nowadays?

For me, yes. I recorded all these songs at my studio, where I do most of my work, so that process was easy. Finding people that are interested in it and want to talk about it is hard as an independent artist on any level.

Recording music. What’s all the fun about?

One of the best things for me in the studio is creating something that wasn’t there before. Coming up with an idea and fleshing it out, then the excitement of playing a new song back through the monitors.  It’s never dull.

Cassettes are back. Which 5 five songs would make your first mixtape?

1. Beach Boys “She Knows Me Too Well”

2. Neil Young “When You Dance I Can Really Love”

3. Rolling Stones “Sweet Black Angel”

4. T-rex “Children of the Revolution”

5. Harry Nilsson “Mucho Mungo”

You can pick three co-writers to write new songs with. Who? And Why?

Bob Dylan – iconic

Marc Bolan – guitar and lyric hero

Jon Flynn – my Diamond Hands writing partner, of course

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You can find the title track of Green Wave on Sweet Sweet Music’s favorite Power Pop Songs or 2021 Spotify playlist.

‘Don’t Follow Where They Lead’ is Ed Ryan’s 4th solo record since ‘Roadmap’ from 2016. Ed has an unmistakable sound of his own but puts the accents slightly differently on each record. This time you will also hear short instrumental songs and heavy rockers. Again, they are just accents, and the high quality of the songs, to which we have become so accustomed, is assured throughout. Ed still sings like Sting’s brother; his guitar solos are sharp and hard, his melodies are pure and straightforward, and his lyrics dig a little deeper.

I’m not kidding; I’m an Ed Ryan fan.

How did this record come together?

It took a while for Even Time to get released, so while I was waiting I accumulated a lot of new material. I started working on two albums simultaneously, one of rootsier, more jangly songs and one of harder pop/rock tunes. I decided to follow the rootsier direction and completed the album, but I just didn’t feel excited by it.

In the midst of this, I wrote and recorded what is now the title track of the new album “Don’t Follow Where They Lead”. It didn’t fit with my finished album, but it excited me. I decided to hold onto about half of the finished album and then just write without an agenda…and found myself with an album I’m happy about!

What was the moment you knew you were on to something?

It started with writing that title track but it was really when I started sequencing the songs. Everything tied together musically and thematically. The songs have contrast and variety but they feel like they’re part of a whole, not just a collection of disparate tunes. This truly feels like an album.

How great is the urge to stay creative? To keep writing songs and lyrics?

The urge to stay creative is like breathing for me, it’s a lifelong obsession. Music runs through my head constantly, if I didn’t love it so much it would drive me crazy! I always want to learn more and continue to improve, you can never learn enough. That’s why after years of being a working musician I went back to school to get my Masters in music composition.

I’ve written a lot of Instrumental music, a few small pieces of which appear on the new album. I generally have to toil over the lyrics because I’m very self-critical, but the music comes naturally.

What’s the gig you will always remember and why?

There are so many but I’ll have to go with the night my band The Rudies opened for Iggy Pop at Irving Plaza in NYC. This was ’80-’81 and Iggy was touring the Soldier album. We were a last-minute unannounced addition to the bill. We came out to a crowd expecting Iggy and instead got some local CBGB power pop band lol! They hated us, booed, and spat at us.

Luckily, we were a very loud, aggressive band, closer to Cheap Trick than the skinny tie brigade. We dug in, gave as good as we got, and by the third song they were ours! So I guess the why would be the old triumph over adversity adage. I was a huge Iggy fan and we got to hang with him in our dressing room later. All in all a very memorable gig.

When was the last time you thought “I just wrote a hit”?

I don’t know that I’ve ever thought that, but I always recognize when I’ve written something special, a cut above my average. Actually, I’m working on a new tune I started two weeks ago and it’s sounding really good to my ears … so I’ll go with that!

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Sweet Sweet Music spoke with Andy Cahan, The Most Famous Musician You’ve Never Heard Of.

Was there a specific reason to write the book or was the time right now?

I had noticed that I had collected every single calendar, photograph, contract, letter, postcard, sticker, button, and flyer from my music career since 1960. And I said to myself, I can build a coffee table book. With thousands of photographs. And, of course, Every Picture Tells a Story.

Did you know which stories you wanted to tell before you even started? I can imagine if you start digging you will find stories that you may have forgotten? Which story came first? Maybe you share a bit on how the book came about?

Well, I knew I wanted to write about working with Little Richard and Chuck Berry as the music director for the Grammys in 1973. But then I also wanted to write about sitting at Ringo’s house with Harry Nilsson playing the guitar and all three of us were singing Don’t Pass Me By. I just went chronological and started from 1963 making monster movies and then the Beatles came out in 64 and of course, I wanted to be a Beatle.

The music industry is constantly changing. What was the most impactful change in your career?

For a dozen years, I was the demo doctor, making demos for people, singers, and songwriters. They would come to my living room and I would sequins and program and record them on Pro Tools. I was able to edit the tracks and adjust the pitch of their out-of-tune vocals so they sounded really Pro. Then everybody went to the Guitar Center and bought their own setup and made their own demos. So it basically put me out of business. I consider that to be a big impact on my career.

You introduced yourself to me as Andy from The Turtles. Probably because SweetSweetMusic blogs about Power Pop? You have a couple of other options as well

Well, besides The Turtles, I recorded and toured with Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Frank Zappa, dr. John, Jimmy Webb, Seals and Croft, John Bonham, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Cropper, Ray Bolger, Billy Bob Thornton, and many many more.

Which story or anecdote from your book best summarizes your experience of being a musician?

There are so many to choose from but I have one really good one. I was on the road with The Turtles opening up for the Jefferson Starship. It was 1975 and the Red Octopus album was just released. Flo & Eddie would do satire and comedy in the show. At this time, George Harrison was on the road with the Dark Horse tour. That’s when he lost his voice. So Mark Volman did a funny skit playing My Sweet Lord pretending he was George losing his voice. Then Howard Kaylan pointed at me and said: ‘Take it, Billy!’. Marty Balin was on the stage with us watching the show and he became my assistant during the skit. I had to put on a gigantic afro wig on top of my long hair and then I had to put on these humongous movie star sunglasses. Then I would play Nothing from Nothing by Billy Preston. The 75,000 people in the stadium cheered and applauded. So I ran to the front of the stage and held up the peace sign with both hands. That is definitely a highlight of being a musician.

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2021 is a good year for Power Pop and these are the 10 best records so far.

01. Underwater Sunshine – Suckertree

02. Tuns – Duly Noted

03. The Summer Holiday – B-Side Stories, Vol.1

04. Local Drags – Keep Me Glued

05. Caddy – Detours and Dead Ends Vol. 1

06. Caper Clowns – Abdicate the Throne

07. Split Single – Amplificado

08. LMNOP – whatNOP dONW7

09. The Legal Matters – Chapter Three

10. Matthew Sweet – Catspaw

A lot of great songs have already been released. You can find them on this Spotify playlist.
Follow the list and you will stay informed of all that beauty!

Radio Days’ new record Rave On! contains 10 pure Power Pop songs.

Very, very good.

Very, very catchy.

Dario Persi explains to Sweet Sweet Music that he, Mattia Baretta and Paco Orsi are always looking for the ultimate Power Pop song. They succeeded 10 times.

How did this record come together?

We stopped playing live shows at the end of 2018 and focused on writing new songs in 2019. We spent all the year writing songs and recording demos in our rehearsal room. I wrote all the songs at home with my acoustic guitar and we arranged them altogether during the rehearsal.

We care a lot about the melody and the quality of the songwriting. We are not a band that writes songs during rehearsals. Our songs do not arise from improvisations or during jam sessions.

We are very happy with the results and I think “Rave On!” is our best album! The goal was to release the album in May 2020 but we all know what happened and we postponed it to May 2021.

You can pick 3 co-writers to write new songs with. Who? … and Why?

I’d say I would love to write a song with Paul McCartney cause he is the best living songwriter in the world.

It would be great to write a song with Elvis Costello too so he could sing it and I wouldn’t have to worry about keeping the melody simple enough for my vocal range!

As third, I would say, Paul Collins. I love his music, we are good friends and we toured together many times but we never had the chance to write something together.

What’s the gig you will always remember? And why?

There are a few that comes to my mind.

One in Osaka, Japan, in a small crowded club full of enthusiastic fans. It was unbelievable to be so far from home and play such a great show to people who loved our songs.

Our first sold-out show in Madrid, Spain too, and our first time at Purple Weekend Festival in Leon, Spain were amazing.

When was the last time you thought ‘I just wrote a hit!’?

I think about it nearly every time I write a new song and I keep asking myself, why am I not rich and famous?

Cassettes are back. Which 5 five songs would make your first mixtape?

1. Paul Collins Beat – Rock’n’Roll Girl

2. The Rubinoos – I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

3. The Keys – I Don’t Wanna Cry

4. Badfinger – No Matter What

5. Bram Tchaikovsky – Girl Of My Dreams

Recording music. What’s all the fun about?

Recording can be difficult and frustrating but I love it.

We have been working with our good friend Marco Matti at his Casemate Recording Studio, a vintage-oriented home studio where we were able to work in a relaxed way. It allowed us to spend a lot of time trying different sounds and different instruments.

I think “Rave On!” has got the perfect Power Pop sound, especially “I Got a Love”.

I’m really proud of how it turned out!

Mean Streaks is the moniker of Canadian songwriter Omar Saab. His “Bad Behaviour” EP is a collection of homemade garage rock and synth pop singles, written and recorded during 2020 and early 2021.

Omar told Sweet Sweet Music how Bad Behaviour came about.

Cassettes are back. Which 5 five songs would make your first mixtape?

Considering the time of year, I’m going with a summer mixtape:

Rockaway Beach – The Ramones
Burning Love – Elvis Presley
Ridin’ in My Car – NRBQ
Too Late to Turn Back Now – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Telstar – Tornados 
I Love L.A. – Randy Newman

How did this record come together?

We all know the gigging situation and suddenly it was all taken away. I was about to go into a studio to work on an EP one before all the madness happened. After lots of self-doubt and uncertainty, I wrote a bunch of new songs and decided to record them from home. Once I finished the first song I kept going and fortunately there was some continuity between those songs. Hopefully, for the next record, I can get in a studio and not just rely on myself.

You can pick 3 co-writers to write new songs with. Who? … and Why?

Partnerships count as one, right?

Bjorn & Benny from ABBA – so I can learn all their tricks. 
Debbie Harry & Chris Stein from Blondie – they are the perfect blend of garage rock, pop, surf, and disco. One of my favorite bands.
Rodrigo Amarante – I’m obsessed with his solo work as well as his old group, Los Hermanos. 

When was the last time you thought ‘I just wrote a hit!’?

I can tell I’m on to something strong if I get excited by the initial voice memo on my phone; it’s either chords on guitar or keyboard and a mumbled melody. For example, on “I Always Knew” I came up with the chorus in a grocery store and I had to rush home to get it down in some way (and I still managed to buy the groceries). 

What’s the gig you will always remember? And why?

I had played a club show on a Friday in Toronto which happened to be on my birthday so there were a few drinks involved. We played until the club closed and we had booked a morning gig the next day that required a very early call time. Turns out the show was like a car wash for something (it paid the bills). It was in a big mechanic garage, there were children screaming and there was a clown at the side of the stage making balloon animals and dancing to our songs. I can’t describe how that felt and I don’t have time to unpack that visual.

Fortunately, it was such an absurd situation that we laughed through the majority of the performance. Not the best gig we ever played, but I definitely can’t forget this show…and I’ve tried.

They expect ‘the roaring 20s v2.0’. What kind of party are you looking for?

I really hope so! I want to be a part of someone’s night and hopefully provide some memories for the crowd and for myself. The feeling of seeing sweaty crowds dancing and singing along is such a privilege and you only value it more when it all disappears. I want the rowdy, sweaty dance parties – and since my songs haven’t been performed live yet, I’m hoping to provide a soundtrack to one or two of those nights.