elizabeth & the catapult
Sometimes you run into something you like immediately. “Momma’s Boy” by Elizabeth & The Catapult was one of those tracks that made me want to hear more.
Do you see there being a theatrical element to your music?
Yeah, I’m trying to figure out what the root of that is. I love these interviews because I always learn just as much as you do! Basically, the theatrical thing, I’m really really influenced by Gershwin and the early pop stuff, like 1940s, the be-bop era. I guess that sometimes comes out a little more theatrical. I don’t like to think of myself as a musical theater writer in any way, shape or form! I kind of like to shy away from that but we both have a theatrical element, maybe in that it’s a little eccentric and I definitely like to, when I’m singing my songs I’m really thinking about what I’m saying and trying to express that as much as possible.
Momma’s Boy
Waiting For The Kill
WOW you found someone I have not heard before even though she’s been around. Thanks. I can be happy and feel like I’m slipping in the ranks of being in the ‘know’ all at the same time. I’m going to listen to more of their stuff. Songs are cool and her voice is neat — like the guitar too…
I love her voice. I kept thinking of Siouxsie & the Banshees while I was listening.
Hey T&Jam— great to see over here in Tourettes Country. You know I thought of Siouxsie & the Banshees while I was listening. That blows me away that you posted that. Let’s see if we can find a good example of this. I’m going to call my Driveway Ocean way -?
The trouble with the clips is there is nothing on there that has the more Jazz– scaled down electronic stuff that I’ve seen them do… I don’t think a person could watch the clips on youtube and see why Siouxsie & the Banshees would have come into our heads. I’ll keep looking.
It’s something in her voice and her ‘theatrical’ delivery that reminds me of S&B…
Off topic just a tad, did you see that Siouxsie has a new album coming out next month?
T&Jam said, “Off topic just a tad, did you see that Siouxsie has a new album coming out next month?”
Yes — in fact I was trying to snag a clip from it.
If I’m correct the single will be out soon Aug — I think — the full LP Sept