Born in New Nash Creek, Brunswick (Canada) and now living in Canada’s Edmonton, Alberta, Krista D recently released her EP, Look at me… I’m Krista D. Krista D was the name the artist began recording music under when she was around 14-15 years old. The ‘D’ is simply because Krista’s maiden name was Doucet.
She has since kept the artist name as an allusion to the character Sandra Dee, from the movie Grease, with the intention of showing a life transition similar to the character. Originally the music Krista D released was christian music but she has long since left that lifestyle. Now Krista D releases her new EP where you can check out below!
We managed to catch up with Krista D as she talked about her latest release and more!
So how has your latest album/EP gone so far with fans then?
It’s going ok, I think. I’d say it’s going exceptionally well considering I had released it so passively. I honestly wasn’t expecting any reaction or support at all.
Tell us something about the release no one knows?
There’s not a lot that I haven’t mentioned in interviews already but in regards to the harmonica sounding accordion bit I play at the end of the EP, to the tune “Goodbye to Sandra Dee”; I had intended that as a finale. It was a melodic good-bye to anyone that was listening.
Prior to the reception on Pandora radio, and the contact from a PR agent who offered his services to help promote the EP, this was intended as my last recording for the Krista D project. I guess if I don’t at least recoup the studio fees on it, it may still be my last release from this project; simply because it’s too expensive to keep going without adequate financial support.
But, the reception has been somewhat encouraging- so perhaps it’s not “Goodbye to Krista D” quite yet. Time will tell. Land Mine has already paid for itself, so that’s pretty cool.
If you could work with any band on a new song, who would it be and why?
I’m trying to think within this genre so I think maybe The Specials, because I think they’d be a lot of fun to work with.
How has your latest single been received?
Pretty well, but almost solely on Pandora internet radio. It had over 719000 streams in a single month.
Can you tell us about the meaning behind the track?
Land Mine is basically a song about trying to untangle myself from a toxic relationship by jumping into a convoluted new situation. My series of choices was comparative to intentionally dancing through a field of land mines. Overall it’s a song about my life being a complete mess and was sparked by the emotion of needing to figure out a way to start all over without destroying myself and, more importantly, my daughter.
What tours do you have coming up, and what can you tell us about them?
I’m working on putting together an East coast tour; nothing solid yet as I’m still in the planning stages. Where I hadn’t really expected anyone to care about the release- I’m only now trying to pull things together so that I can give the EP at least some support, opposed to how I’d just digitally tossed it out to fend for itself. I just ordered some hard copies this week- I hadn’t even expected to get that far.
What venue are you most looking forward to playing the most, and why?
I’m looking forward to my upcoming show on the 15th, at The Forge here in Edmonton. It’s going to be my first time back on stage after a long hiatus. It’s also going be a bit of a strange one. I was invited onto the bill by a band who was traveling through the city but I couldn’t find any available live session players. I communicated this to the band but they still seemed keen on my being on the bill. As I’m not a strong enough guitarist to play it acoustically, I half jokingly told them that the only way I could do it was to perform karaoke style, accompanied by mannequins as my band. They surprisingly went for it so now I guess that’s what I’m doing.
What else can we expect from you in 2018?
Aside from hopefully pulling together a tour alongside some visual art shows I already have booked, I’m finishing up two more EPs, from two new projects. I’ll be releasing a hard rock/experimental album under the name Hooha and the Peter Guns and I’ll also be releasing a soft rock album under the project name Molly Grue.