April Fish - April Fish Newsletter Interview
April Fish, the avant-garde duo, is made up of Katie Morton, spritian keyboard virtuoso and lyricist extraordinaire, and Wellington Warr guitarist John Costa. They answered the following questions for muzic.net.nz:
Which one of your songs are you most proud of, and why?
Katie: My favourite songs on our album are Fido and A Darker Shade of Dream. It can be challenging to make music that matches the sounds in my head, and these two recordings come pretty close.
John: The as yet unreleased Carrot & Stick. There's something dark and lateral about it and I am so amazed I am in a band that plays this song.
How would you describe April Fish’s music in one sentence?
Katie: Alternative jazzy chamber-pop-rock proggy stuff that's often challenging, sometimes pretty pretty, and usually unusually convoluted.
John: Chamber Rock.
Katie: Ask again next week and get different answers from both of us.
What has been your most memorable show to date?
John: Amanda Palmer.
Katie: We opened for her three months after meeting and starting the band. It was surreal and amazing.
What sets you apart from other bands?
John: What doesn't?
Katie: We make an impressive amount of sound for just two people.
What can we expect to see from April Fish over the next year?
John: Stuff!!!
Katie: New music, another album, a music video, miscellaneous secret side projects. Basically, what John said. Stuff!
What advice would you like to give to other aspiring musicians?
Katie: Learn the "rules" then decide which ones are for you. Not all advice has to be acted on. Whatever you do, do it mindfully.
John: Get a real job.
Tell us about April Fish’s next release.
John: Mind-melting lateral music from a composer and a lousy builder living with a clinically insane dog.
Katie: In the words of 4 Non Blondes: Bigger, Better, Faster, More.
April Fish is Katie Morton (vocals, piano) and John Costa (guitar, vocals).
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About April Fish
In their first full length release they have given birth to a Kiwi album unlike anything you’ve ever heard before.
Part sci-fi jazz melodrama, part cabaret-rock fever dream, Blurred gleefully milks all the musical sacred cows Kiwi artists have traditionally been afraid to, while spawning a unique New Zealand Gothicism. Blurred is at some points space opera, at others an unapologetic insight into New Zealand subculture attitudes towards status quo art; its poignant introspection and need to defy convention.
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