‘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 Bianca from the band O-Boy, who have recently re-located to Wgtn.

Who are you? Tell us a bit about your music:
We are Bryony Roberts and Bianca Bailey, a grunge rock band, originally from Auckland, now based in Wellington.

What have you been working on lately? Any new tracks or albums on the way?
At the moment we’re just getting back into playing, hopefully will be writing and recording some new stuff soon!

Where is the best place people can follow you & find your music?
You can find us on Facebook under O-Boy and on Spotify and Bandcamp under O-Boy! (We like having the ! in our name but for some reason FB doesn’t let us have it :().

What were the 3 most influential albums to you growing up?
You’re a Women I’m a Machine – Death From Above 1979, Elephant – The White Stripes and Fuzz – Fuzz.

Which other Wellington musician (s) would you most like to work with?
Memaidens, Onono, Louisa, we could go on, there are so many talented artists in Wellington.

What’s your favourite Wellington venue to play in?
So far we’ve only played a few venues, being Caroline, Meow and Parrotdog Bar and they’ve all been a blast, Parrotdog bar was definitely a wicked experience.

In your songwriting or composing (or the bandís songwriting) how do the compositions and songs take shape?
Most of the time is starts with a bass line, or a set of lyrics, we work part by part working on and intro or a verse, or a few different sections before figuring out how they al fit in together mostly. Or we just roll with whatever comes 😛

Where/when is your next gig?
Our next gig in on the 29th June, we’re opening for Earth Tongue at Valhalla.