‘The Eighth Note’ is 8 quick Questions with Wellington Musicians.
A chance for us to catch up with people & see what they’re up to, or introduce you to a new musician/band and their music.
Today’s guest is Janelle, vocalist from Rock outfit Curlys Jewels.
Who are you? Tell us a bit about your music:
We are Curlys Jewels, 4 piece original rock band hailing from Welly, NZ. Deconstructing us into a genre is always a bit of a challenge, so today I shall describe our noises thus: We bring a tight aural mash of lady-lung grungy banshe-esque melodically thumpy hard rock to our beautifully diverse audiences earholes.
What have you been working on lately? Any new tracks or albums on the way?
We are stoked to have recently released our EP ‘The Skin We Shed’ and are currently touring in promotion of that with Auckland bands Coridian and Armed in Advance, such fun, great lads. Once that’s all done and dusted we should hopefully have time to get some new tunes rolling along, with the goal of getting back into studio asap to whack out a brand spankin’ new single before the year is out.
Where is the best place people can follow you & find your music?
We have a lovely Website & Facebook Page. Follow us on Spotify,
iTunes, Google Play & Deezer. Or stalk embarrassing old vids of us on YouTube.
What were the 3 most influential albums to you growing up?
I have had such a crazily eclectic musical mix in my life that it’s not an easy task to choose just 3! I’m not sure if these are influential or if they are just faves, but:
A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms
Michael Jackson – History
Incubus – Make yourself
Which other Wellington musician (s) would you most like to work with?
We have already had the pleasure of working with SO many talented musos in Wellington and beyond, I couldn’t possibly pick one… We are pretty lucky with the amazing people we have come across doing this thing. The more fantastic folk I get to meet whilst flouncing about in this creative scene, the better I reckon.
What’s your favourite Wellington venue to play in?
There are so few to choose from these days unfortunately, but I gotta give some mad love to Valhalla. It may not be your 5 star fancy pants venue, but it’s a great size, great sound and it’s a stalwart of Wellington heavy music. Thank god we still have that place and its awesome owner Ben, supporting local music.
In your songwriting or composing (or the band’s songwriting) how do the compositions and songs take shape?
We sort of just hiff it together… Aaron and I will often jam the bones of a song and take it to band praccy. The boys sprinkle their flavours all over it and it either evolves into something we deem ‘playable to public’ or it gets chucked in ‘B-sides’ pile.
Where/when is your next gig?
We are looking forward to playing The Cabana in Napier next Sat 10th June, as part of our ‘The Skin We Shed’ tour. Two weeks later we are hitting Backbeat Bar in Auckland, we have been waiting to get to Auckland for at least 5 trillion years so cant wait to lay a foot upon a stage up there soon.