Interview – Peter Milton Walsh of The Apartments – Part 2
By Killian Laher
No More Workhorse caught up with Peter Milton Walsh of The Apartments to discuss the release of their new album. You can read Part 1 of the interview here.
Tour Plans
NMW: Are you planning to tour to promote the album?
PMW: Yeah, probably in spring 2026, I think.
Performing Experience
NMW: How do you find performing these days?
PMW: I’m a bit further along the road now, and the people who come to shows are truly into the music – no half-hearted fans. I played a show over 40 years ago, around 1982/83, when I was with The Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper’s quartet. We shared a loft show in Berlin with Sonic Youth. Thurston Moore said something that stuck with me:
“You’ve got beer countries and you’ve got wine countries. Sonic Youth tends to do well in the beer countries — Germany, the UK, and America.”
He mentioned "wine countries" too, which I didn’t really understand then. It refers to Spain, France, and Italy. I thought, I’d like to play in a wine country because I come from a beer country.
The funny thing is when I moved to New York, the version of it in my mind was the New York of 1976/77 – with Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, and the Ramones representing that vibrant scene.
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