I wasn’t that familiar with Alberteen but after multiple listens ,I can say this is quite infectious. Poppy, a little Talking Heads meet Scott Walker, sounds like it would make a cool soundtrack for a Bond Movie. Give a listen, after you read the Interview, there’s a lot to like…..
Hi our name is….
Alberteen
And our sound might be best described as….
Rhythm and Noir
We are..
Ade Berry Phil Shaw John Rose
We are originally from….
Hucknall in Nottinghamshire
The first time we met was…..
At school. Ade was 3 years younger than the other two. They used to laugh from afar at his penchant for carrier bags
We knew we were going to be a Band when
John and Phil invited Ade to join with his mini Casio keyboard and they sat in a row on John’s single bed
Before starting the band we were employed as…….
Kids
The first song we wrote was…….
Hooked on Your Love
It’s about……
Some sort of lust/drug analogy that only three teenagers from a mining town could comprehend
What we are currently listening to….
Parquet Courts. Kanye West. Glen Campbell.
For fun we like to…..
Go to funerals
The one thing we want you to remember while your listening to us……
We got together again as grown-ups and formed Alberteen at a family funeral
Expect…..
A new album called Voodoo Geography, possibly
