With their debut album '
Sandman' out Very Soon Indeed,
Trudy and the Romance are heading to Leeds’ Indie Banquet this weekend for a very special launch party. We caught up with Little Johnny of The Original Doo-Wop Spacemen for a quick preview chat.
Hey Little Johnny, how's it going?
I'm as good as the river, but as lost as the dolphin in it. Lover and fighter, early mornings and early nights when I'm out on the right track.
Ok then. So your debut album, eh? How are you feeling now it's almost out?
I feel like a lovable little cartoon devil, slashing its knife through the theatre screen. I hope that the record cuts down its own avenue of popular music; living in no particular time or place.
It's been a long road, but it's no longer mine to treasure, it's time to set it free into the world-wild. Take the knocks and good fortune as it comes.
Have you been working on it for ages and ages?
It's everything that has raced through the rock'n'roll blue, red and green since I was sixteen.
Where did you write and record, and how did your surroundings impact the music you were making?
I rock a Silvertone Danelectro guitar. She's 60 years old and the all-time American grandmother of roll; my rock. Me and my Silvertone wrote the record in many many bedrooms with hundreds of films playing in the corner of them. These were where I found structure, chords and melody. The lobby for everything I create; discovery into the exciting and scary unknown. The mysticism was found inside. My Silvertone was my gateway to larger soundscapes and musical worlds. We listened to the great ones, the timeless. After all, rock'n'roll is a search for immortality.
