Your name:
JE Sheehy.
Where are you from?
I've never
been to find a good answer to that question, but Eastern Canada's been home to
me.
Name of band:
Beard Springsteen.
Who else is in your band?
Just me at the moment, but I'll be working with a drummer in the
near future for recordings and live shows.
How would you describe
yourself and your music?
Downer punk is pretty much the most accurate way to
describe Beard Springsteen. It's all about taking bad life experiences and
putting them in music with a bunch of hooks.
Who are your main influences
musically?
I've been writing the Beard Springsteen material over the span of
five years, so my influences have evolved a lot during that time. For this
project, I'd say Hüsker Dü, PS I Love You, Eric's Trip, The Sainte Catherines
and Dinosaur Jr. were the biggest ones. Other than that, I listen to a wide
variety of music, from obscure French pop to weird jazz records from the
1970s.
What do you hope to achieve in
music?
Playing Sackville New Brunswick, which is basically the greatest place
on Earth for live music.
What has been the highlight of
your career so far, and why?
I've only started working seriously on Beard
Springsteen recently, but the reaction after I released Broken English has been great. I've sold music in Japan,
got fan mail from France, made fans in Italy and got positive reviews from all
over the place. In my 14 years of playing music, this has been one of the
highlights.
And what’s the moment you want
to forget?
Any bad out of town show where no one shows up (including the
soundman).
If you had to pick just one of
your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
I really like Never Gonna Be The Same. It captures
the essence of the downer side of Beard Springsteen and has a Guided by Voices
feel to it as well.
Where can we listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
Bandcamp (Broken
English is available as a pay-what-you-want download): https://beardspringsteen.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/
Anything else you’d like to
say about your music that I forgot to ask?
People really like the metaphors of
the lyrics on the EP. The only thing is most of the lyrics of Broken English are not metaphors.
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