ASL’s Exclusive Interview With The Last Goodnight
You may not have heard of a band called The Last Goodnight (probably because their name used to be Renata, changed due to frequent mispronunciation as “Ratata”), but this six-member pop band from Connecticut has certainly been hitting the right notes in Europe: their last album, Poison Kiss, debuted at number two in the UK and number three in Italy. And now, they’ve got their sites set on the U.S.
The band’s lead singer describes their sound in terms of cinematic musical influence:
“It’s Tom Hanks in Castaway because he’s lost and lonely, somehow stumbling across Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, because the music has a sultry sexiness, then there’s a healthy dose of soul like Pam Grier in Foxy Brown, but touched with a bit of dark strangeness from Clockwork Orange.”
Although rumored to have another album in the works, the boys of The Last Goodnight–lead singer Kurtis John, lead guitarist Mike Nadeau, guitarist/vocalist Anton Yurack, pianist/vocalist Ely Rise, bassist Leif Christensen and drummer Larone “Skeeter” McMillan–are currently gearing up to open for ex-American Idol contestant Elliot Yamin in a new international tour that will kick off in Chicago on October 5.
A Socialite’s Life was lucky enough to steal some time away from The Last Goodnight lead singer Kurtis John to chat about life, music and the band, in an interview after the jump…