‘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 Taylor from Bad Friend, who have just released their debut E.P.
Who are you? Tell us a bit about your music:
Bad Friend is made up of good friends Emma, Victoria, Zac and Taylor. We started playing together really gently fleshing out these really lush, simple, short & sad pop songs that Emma had. Because we all had this shared affection & affinity for emo & pop-punk, it kinda organically got louder & noisey-er & I guess more fun.
What have you been working on lately? Any new tracks or albums on the way?
To be honest, we have been working hard & focusing on getting the E.P out, which is made up of some pretty old material. Once that is done, we are going to be writing new material, but it could be a little while away.
Where is the best place people can follow you & find your music?
Facebook & Bandcamp at this point.
What were the 3 most influential albums to you growing up?
I’m not sure if I could confidently find the ‘most influential’ for all us, so we each gave a fav and then one we come back to as a group;
The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch – Cute Is What We Aim For
A Different Arrangement – Black Marble
The Love Below – Andre 300
Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
&<3 From Under the Cork Tree – Fall Out Boy <3
Which other Wellington musician (s) would you most like to work with?
We had a really nice time working with Jules from Soda Boys when he filled in for Zac, so maybe something for intentional & considered with him.
What’s your favourite Wellington venue to play in?
We have been really lucky to play a few shows at some of friends flats, especially in our early days. These are always a treat!
In your songwriting or composing (or the band’s songwriting) how do the compositions and songs take shape?
Often someone will bring forward most of a finished song, although it might just be the guitar part and lyrics. We try to be collaborative as much as possible, everyone writing their own parts and feeling good about that. We don’t really write together spontaneously too often, although it was how one song on the E.P came about, so that might be a bigger part of it going forward.
Where/when is your next gig?
At this point we don’t have anything booked, so watch this space.