When did you first start making music and what led you there?
I first started making music during my high school years, mostly driven and influenced by my old man’s record collection and a particularly eye-opening viewing of The Who’s The Kids Are Alright documentary around the age of 14.
Tell us about your new single, ‘Good Endings’. What is the story behind it? What inspired it?
The new single is a track written from the perspective of seeing a friend’s relationship breakdown but being really impressed with their positivity and recognition of looking for what the best outcome could be in a difficult situation. I wrote the song just after Tom Petty passed away. I was heavily influenced by Petty and the Heartbreakers and the joy of listening back to some of those amazing records.
How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it?
The band’s sound has a grounding in rock and roots music but all of the band members have very diverse music tastes and there are elements of everyone’s influences in the final product. It makes it very interesting for me as the songwriter to hear how a song develops and the end result.
What can we expect from your upcoming single launch at The Evelyn Hotel?
The single launch should be a great night with three acts on the bill. Opening the night will be St Augustine playing a solo set, followed by Teresa Duffy-Richards with her amazing band, and then we will play most of the forthcoming album. The band are really excited to get these songs out of the studio into a live setting!
Al Carr will launch his new single, ‘Good Endings’, at The Evelyn Hotel on Thursday September 19. Tix are $12 on the door. For more info, head to the Facebook event.
