This Is Pop Punk Promotions with an interview featuring Pretty Little Kennedy Curse.
Interview done by: Branden Whitehead
Pretty Little Kennedy Curse is a Baltimore pop punk band, make sure to check out their music here! http://plkc.bandcamp.com/
TIPPP - Thanks for taking the time to talk to This is Pop Punk Promotions! When did you guys first originate as a band?
Eric Navarro- Sure thing, thanks for interviewing us! We all met through playing the card game Magic: the Gathering in late 2008, but didn’t start playing music until the Fall of 2011. At first, we’d just play a few songs- some stuff we wrote and some songs off Fall Out Boy’s album Take This to Your Grave, and then hang out all night in our drummer’s backyard around a firepit. Eventually some friends of ours in more established bands heard us and encouraged us to make an album and start playing shows, so that’s how we spent the first half of 2012.
TIPPP - Where is your hometown and how is your local scene?
Eric- We’re from Baltimore, Maryland. Our scene is great! There are lots of great places to play and some really good bands. One downside is that it’s not always easy to fill a club when there are so many shows that happen on any given night. But I guess that’s a good problem to have because it forces you to get better at making music, playing live, and promoting your music. Otherwise, you’ll just get lost in the shuffle.
TIPPP - Has it been hard as a band getting to the current point in your career you are at now?
Eric- It’s been tough, but it’s also been a lot of fun. We’ve worked really hard to make music we’re proud of, and get to spread it to as many people as possible, all the while making friends and discovering bands we would have never heard about otherwise. Even if we don’t end up “making it” we’ll still have memories and friendships that last much longer than a band.
TIPPP - You guys recently just released a new single on an acoustic split EP with A Place In Time, titled ‘1963.’ How did PLKC come together with A Place In Time to collaborate on the split EP?
Eric- We were very particular about how we wrote and recorded the EP. Most splits consist of two bands just shoving a bunch of unrelated songs together and slapping both band’s names on it. A split is often made to save money on pressing or to promote two bands on the same label. Since none of that was important to us, we wanted to make a very cohesive split album.
The idea came when we were all hanging out after a show, jamming on an acoustic guitar campfire style. We decided to go into the same studio, at the same time, and record everything together over the course of a weekend. Each band chose a song from an earlier album to re-do as acoustic and to write a new song specifically for the EP. We also picked out two cover songs- ‘Sophomore Slump’ by Fall Out Boy and ‘The Harold Song’ by Ke$ha. The vocals of Sophomore Slump were done by 3 members of PLKC, 2 of APIT, and our producer Eric Taft.
The album comes out August 27th, but you can find some songs already up on the EP’s bandcamp acount (http://1963ep.bandcamp.com/). We also put a camera-phone video on youtube for Sophomore Slump (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXuwmF4PPuI).
TIPPP - How was the feedback on your full length The Sound Of Time Running Out?
Eric- It’s been great! Since we put it online it gets more and more downloads every day. We were fortunate that we are a do it yourself type of band and don’t have a label so we can just put it up and give it away for free on our bandcamp page (http://plkc.bandcamp.com/).
TIPPP - What has PLKC been up to recently the past few months (shows,tour,recording, etc.)?
Eric- We’ve recorded the first 2 songs for our follow up album, and we’re about to head out on our first East Coast tour. We’re using September and October to play a few shows and record a few more songs.
TIPPP - Is there anything your fans should be looking out for from you guys in the upcoming months?
Eric- Pick up ‘1963’ August 27th, and check our facebook (https://www.facebook.com/PLKCmusic) for tour dates, videos, and new music.
TIPPP - Is there anything else you guys would like to add or say?
Eric- Thanks for helping us get the word out! To all your readers- go to a local show! It’ll mean more than you know.
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