{"id":34844,"date":"2022-08-03T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/pretty\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T23:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T23:51:05","slug":"pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Interview &#8211; Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest artist interview, Traklife spoke to Toronto based psych-band, Pretty. Melding retro sounds with a modern twist, this group is sure to be a unique addition to any playlist. Read their exclusive interview to find out who their greatest influences are, what they have planned for the rest of 2022, and more!<\/p>\n<p>\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/IMG_10053-878x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/p>\n<h2>Please individually introduce yourself, who are you and what is your role in Pretty?<\/h2>\n<h5>Pretty is;<\/h5>\n<h5>Torin Craig &#8211; guitar and lead vocals<\/h5>\n<h5>Eliot Rossi &#8211; guitar<\/h5>\n<h5>Will Macquarrie &#8211; bass<\/h5>\n<h5>Brian Heyes &#8211; keys<\/h5>\n<h5>Morgan Zych &#8211; drums<\/h5>\n<h2>Who are three of your greatest influences as a group?<\/h2>\n<h5>Torin: I would say early Pink Floyd, Ty Segall and Kikagaku Moyo.<\/h5>\n<h2>It has been a year and a half since your debut album, Sertraline Dream, was released. 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It gave me the will to live again.<\/h5>\n<h5>Eliot: I feel like a person again. Not being able to play was really weird. Very, very strange feeling.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5>Brian: It\u2019s also interesting being able to hear music louder than your computer speakers after so long.<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/09\/IMG_10035-scaled-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<h2>When people listen to your music, what is the number one takeaway you hope for them to have?<\/h2>\n<h5>Morgan: Have a visceral experience, maybe feel stuff instead of burying it.<\/h5>\n<h5>Eliot: Feeling stuff is good, and cool. 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