Today, we're spending Seven Questions In Heaven with Tilapia's Ed Allen.
Describe your music for our readers who may not be familiar with you.
Our music is a little cheeky. We want to write music that packs a punch but also has a lighthearted melody running over it that we all like singing. We want each song to have its own little personality.
Who are your musical influences and idols?
My influences are Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal, Lou Reed, Dan Bejar from Destroyer, and The Beach Boys amongst others. I like a band to have something interesting in their lyrics, especially comical stuff like Yoni Wolf or Dan Bejar. Jens Lekman and the Magnetic Fields are really great for that as well. When those kind of bands make pop music it's just so engaging.
What was the first album, cassette, or CD you bought with your own money?
Not too sure. Either Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again or Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat musical mixtape.
