Building their reputation upon a particularly swampy breed of blues rock, Papa Pilko and the Binrats have been earning hearts (and sometimes breaking them) upon every live show they play.
Since a few releases and a big tour that wrapped up 2018, the PPBR team have been taking some time in the sun – if what they tell us is true, that is. Before they knock out their first mini-tour of the year including a spot at Manly’s Henry’s Rooftop, we caught up with frontman Papa Pilko for a chat.
New tours and new tunes: we caught up with Papa Pilko and the Binrats to find out what 2019 has in store.
HAPPY: Hey PP, how are things? What are you up to at the moment?
PAPA PILKO: Things are great! Few shows here and there, writing new material, enjoying the ride.
HAPPY: What’s been going on since Go It Alone dropped, when we last spoke? I can only assume you’ve been up to no good.
PAPA PILKO: We had a bit of a break after the tour wrapped up actually, nah we’ve been absolute saints!
HAPPY: It was shortly after that you dropped the first Cooking With Papa Pilko. How was that received, looking back?
PAPA PILKO: That turned out bloody great haha, everyone seemed to really like it.
HAPPY: Episode two, when?
PAPA PILKO: Definitely got to think of another barrel of laughs for sure, hopefully soon!
HAPPY: Is there anyone in the band that’s an unashamedly shitty cook?
PAPA PILKO: Nah we’re all guns in the kitchen.
HAPPY: Speaking of the band, when you were dubbing them the Binrats what else came to mind? PP and the cockroaches?
PAPA PILKO: Haha! Nah I don’t think so, it’s been so long since that name emerged I’m not even sure who, what, where, when or why.
HAPPY: Do you think if you’d given them a nice name, they wouldn’t be as fun?
PAPA PILKO: It’s just a name, no one would come to see ‘Father Pilko And The Leftovers’, or would they?
HAPPY: The Northern Beaches crowd is something to witness, as I’m sure you know. Are you looking forward to the show at Henry’s Rooftop?
PAPA PILKO: Yeah you’re not wrong there! Love them, hopefully we can blow the roof off Henry’s top again April 18th.
HAPPY: It’s been all quiet on the release front for 2019 so far, is there something meaty in the works?
PAPA PILKO: Sure is mate, we’re heading into the studio in a month’s time and these new tunes are pretty different to our previous releases so we’re looking forward to getting them out!
Catch Papa Pilko and the Binrats live around NSW this April:
Fri 5 April – The Lass, Newcastle
Thu 11 April – Unibar, Wollongong
Thu 18 April – Henry’s Rooftop, Manly
Grab all the info you need here.
