I was able to chat with Anthony Phillips, bassist of Halifax-based band Quiet Parade who will be performing at Baba’s Lounge on Thursday, May 17th. Check it out!
1. Tell me a bit about the band.
- Quiet Parade is a 5-piece band consisting of Trevor Murphy (guitar, vocals), Jay Methot (guitar), Josh Pothier (drums), myself Anthony Phillips (bass) and Julia Weir (keyboards, vocals).
2. What is your sound and influence?
- If I had to describe the sound, the best I could describe it would be Alt Pop/Folk. The band’s influences are Brian Borcherdt ,Retribution Gospel Choir ,Phil Spector ,and The Ronnettes.
3. If you could open for any musician or band, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
- The band members are all fans of Bon Jovi, and though he’s not really an influence to the band’s sound, we’d love to open for him for personal reasons
4. What is your biggest musical accomplishment as a band?
- Just recently the band was voted “Best Band to Listen to Quietly” for the second year in a row, for Halifax's The Coast Magazine. There is so much great music coming out of the area that it’s really nice to be on the shortlist for something like that let alone being voted 2 years straight. Putting out an album on vinyl in 2011 called Please Come Home (We Hate It Here Without You) was also a big thing for me personally.
5. What is the worst part about touring?
- I really like going on tour so it’s hard to say a bad thing about it. If I had to choose it would be being crammed into a small car with the gear, but you get used to it.
6. What is the best part about being in a band?
- The best part about being in a band for me is the community. We played the Shivering Songs Festival in Fredericton, New Brunswick and you got a really good sense of everyone being there to just enjoy the music. It really felt like everyone was looking out for one another.
7. What do you have planned for the near future?
- I’m really looking forward to Quiet Parade's future; we are writing songs in kind of a new way lately. Before, Trevor would just come to us with a song and that was the song, but now he comes to us with the lyrics and a progression then allows the rest of us to flesh it out. It’s exciting! Also, Julia is brand new to the band and it’s really exciting to be working with her. The band was a 4-piece for a long time and the first practice with Julia on keyboards just completed the sound. She’s also a great vocalist!
8. Final thoughts?
- We’re looking forward to the next step the band is going to take and hopefully we will have a new record out soon for the people that want to hear it.
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