INTERVIEW: Pharmacy

Tonight, upstairs at the Dragon's Den, Pharmacy will be playing their first show since their much talked about performance at the past New Orleans Indie Rock Fest. I decided I wanted to get to know them a little better, so I dropped a line to Scott, from the band, and found that he is a man of few words, but the few he uses seem to be on point!

Static: If you were going to describe your band as a candy, which candy would it be and why?

Pharmacy: Any candy that mixes well with fried chicken.

ST: So I hear you guys are not originally from New Orleans. How did you guys make it here?

PH: It's always been the city that we've felt the most at home at on every tour. The last time we were here on Halloween, we played the Mod Dance Party and stayed for a week that included painting our faces with beignets and riding down the bayou on an inflatable mattress...that experience pretty much sealed the deal.

ST: Now play the role of a pharmacist, what ills does the New Orleans music scene have and what would you recommend it needs and the dosage?

PH: No ills that we've really encountered so far. Maybe a little less repetition on Q93.

ST: You have played with the likes of Kimya Dawson and Japanther and have put out numerous releases. What has been your favorite moment to date?

PH: Touring Europe and visiting small towns like Sploogin in the Swiss alps, encountering a herd of miniature horses blocking the road in Spain or getting mooned by anti-American Frenchman at a political bar.

ST: What do you think your own biggest struggle has been as a musician? Either it the business or the Artistic side of things.

PH: Fixing our keyboard after every show.

ST: By the looks of your discography you have done a lot of work since becoming a band. Have you called your parents lately?

PH: Stefan called his dad to have him re-register the van today.

ST: What are some of your non-musical influences?

PH: Fried chicken, Fats Domino's smiling face, creature people in the French Quarter

ST: What do you have currently in the works?

PH: We're recording our new album on a 4-track in our livingroom...right now we're widdling down the 30 demos we've written since getting here

ST: Any fun vacations planned for the summer? Will I get to hang out with you guys in NYC sometime?

PH: NYC yes! Sometime this July probably.

ST: How do you think the Hornets will fare in the Playoffs?
PH: They'll do great! CP3!

Too bad the Hornets are off to a rough start in the series :-( Hopefully we can meet up when you get up to New York this summer. Pharmacy was also kind enough to let us have a demo track to give away. Check it out, and check them out at the Dragons Den, TONIGHT!!

MP3: Pharmacy - Coldest Morning Light