Your names:
Moss, Char and Christian.
Where are you from?
We hail from a quiet,
nondescript beach town in Southern California. Now we live in Orange County,
Los Angeles, and Manhattan.
Name of band:
Koiyote.
How would you
describe yourselves?
We have trouble defining our
sound. Some people have called it psycho surf. Others have called it dark
disco. We like to call it music to dance to alone in your underwear on a
Saturday night, when all of your friends are off doing bigger and better
things.
Who are your
main influences musically?
We love bands that aren't
afraid to look ridiculous, to have fun, and to get freaky on the dance floor.
Acts like Papa, Palma Violets, Los Porcos, and Father John Misty have really
inspired us. Also, the rapper Milo. We sound nothing alike, but dammit, we love
that dude.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
The goal is to get people
dancing. We love nothing more in life than getting sweaty with a good
crowd.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
We opened up for Los
Campesinos! about a year ago. That was a rollicking good time. Those guys can
really get a crowd moving and Gareth (the singer) randomly gave me a handful of
cash. What a sweet guy.
We also opened for Listener at
a massage parlor around the same time. That was a strange and harrowing
experience.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
We played a Southern
California festival a few years back that shall remain nameless. But to give
you a sense of the horror, I will say that T Mills was on the bill. On second thought, maybe I
should've named the festival and allowed T Mills to remain nameless.
By the way, if you haven’t
heard T Mills, drop this interview immediately and YouTube that shit. Only then
will you truly know our shame.
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
We have a song called
Watermelon Moon that serves as a pretty apt summation of our sound. It’s quite
danceable.
Where can we
listen to it?
Unfortunately the double EP
we're working on will not be ready until early next year. But don’t you fret!
Here’s some shitty concert footage from the end of the song, during which we
force the entire audience onto the ground. Sound/video quality is bad -- but
dance quality is top notch!
Where can we
find out more about your music?
When the double EP drops, it
will be available here:
Until that day, feel free to
get with us on Twitter @koiyoteband. We love da Twitter.
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
Double EP tentatively titled
Mating Calls Vol. 1 and Mating Calls Vol. 2 will be released early next year.
John Malkovich will be on the album art work. Expect to dance.
On a side note, my roommate is
obsessed with Malcom in the Middle. He probably watches six or seven episodes a
day and thus, I've heard that intro song non-stop for the past few months.
There’s a frightening chance it may deeply influence our sound.
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