NEW SG Interview: Kate Pierson — Guitars and Microphones0

by Nicole Powers

In my imaginary Venn diagram of All Things Awesome, singer/songwriters Kate Pierson and Sia Furler occupy two giant yet equally large circles, and the new album, which these ridiculously talented and staunchly individual ladies collaborated on, Guitars and Microphones, occupies the utterly epic place where the two circles intersect.

Billed as Pierson’s debut solo album, from a songwriting perspective the release is very much a collaborative effort between the inimitable B-52s band member and the erstwhile Zero 7 frontwoman. However, featuring wonderfully quirky melodies and grooves, and Pierson’s unmistakable uplifting vocals, sonically the album is very much a child of the B-52s — the iconic Athens, Georgia retro-futuristic genre-defying outfit which Pierson co-founded in 1976 with cohorts Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson and Keith Strickland.

I recently caught up with Pierson by phone to talk about Guitars and Microphones, which hits stores on February 17, 2015. Read the full interview on SuicideGirls.com/.