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AA: Thank you. I decided to find a pair that I thought were cool that I would be
comfortable wearing on stage, and I mean what glasses say music more than a pair that
looked like something that Janis Joplin or John Lennon would wear?

BiTS: I was about to say, they do make you look like Janis Joplin, there's no doubt about
that.

AA: I know, I do get likened to her a lot because of them now, especially as I have long
hair. I found these and from when I started wearing these every day, I went overnight
from having three to five migraines a week, to having three to five a year now. It's been
absolutely life changing for me, especially on stage with all the lights in my face.

BiTS: Oh well, that's wonderful.

AA: Yeah, I wear them for medical reasons, not because I'm, what I would like to say,
wearing sunglasses indoors because I'm a w***er[laughs].

BiTS: [Laughs] What sort of musical things have you got on the horizon? Have you got

a new album or EP or something like that coming out?

AA: I am recording a new EP, studio EP in February. That's after we get back from doing
the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

BiTS: Yes, of course.

AA: So my first ever EP was “Love, Sex And

Death”. That's the one with ‘Speed Dial’ on it. I
have released a live EP since then called “Live
At Area 88”. The next EP is the follow up from
“Love, Sex And Death”. “Love, Sex And Death”

was from the very beginning going to be the first
of three in a series. That was the blue blues rock
EP. The next one's going to be a red EP. It's going
to be a bit more blues, funk, soul, and then the

third EP eventually will be the green one. It will
be a bit more blues folk and the plan is
eventually, once I've released these three, I shall

release a compilation of the three EPs, plus some bonus tracks onto a vinyl that
combines all three into one vinyl. Then that is when I will do an album.

I wanted to take my time, explore my music, explore my writing, learn a lot before I

committed to doing a full album because you only get one debut album, and I didn't
want to rush it just because everyone thinks I should bring out an album [laughs]. So
I'm just focusing on creating music now and exploring before the album.

BiTS: I'll be honest with you and say, after listening to your music and talking to you
and hearing what's happened to you in the last couple of years, it's today the UK,
tomorrow the world.

AA: Oh, bless you. Thank you. I hope so [chuckles].