Newcastle’s Andrew Cushin released his latest single ‘Wait For The Rain’ (full review here) last week. We caught up with Andrew recently, here’s what he had to say:
What music are you currently listening to?
I’m currently listening to a lot of Tom Grennan actually... wasn’t really a fan until now, also bang into James Bay. I’m still always jumping round to the old stuff like The Beatles and The Who.
Has lockdown been affecting your song writing?
I’ve written some great songs! (Other people’s words not mine haha!) In a way I’ve written some of my best lyrics whilst in lockdown ... it’s given me time to reflect on what’s been a mental first year in music!
How was it meeting Noel in RAK Studios? Did he offer you any advice?
Noel was a proper geezer all week. Lovely bloke... I won’t have anyone slate him in my company after the week I had with him. The advice he gave me was priceless. Absolutely priceless ... he’s definitely a secret Newcastle supporter though.
Your current record, 'Waiting For The Rain' is a deeply personal record. Was it a hard process to record and write the lyrics?
I wrote the lyrics for “Waiting For The Rain” as a 15 year school boy, the chords and melody was written when I was 16 and I played it for the first time when I was 18 I front of close friends and family ... they couldn’t believe it was my tune and that I had hidden it away for the best part of 2 and a half years.