Our friend Leah at Turn Up the Sound recently interviewed Kelly Irene Here!
http://turnupthesound.ning.com/profiles/blogs/interview-the-art-of-shooting

Okay...The Art of Shooting. Where do I begin? Their music is haunting and beautiful, and you find yourself being completley sucked into their sound. I had the chance to interview Kelly, lead singer of the band. Enjoy!

TUTS-First, introduce yourselves and your position in the band.

AOS-Kelly Irene Corson. Lead Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter.

TUTS-When I first started listening to your music the first thing that came to my mind was "haunting, but very melodic and beautiful". Is that a sound you were trying to acheive?

AOS-I wanted people to be able to come on a journey with me through some things I've been through in exactly the ways that I had to experience them. Alot of my last few years have been clouded and tricky, with periods of awareness that shine in beautifully. So, sure. I'm also in love with choral vocals, that helps;)

TUTS-Are you originally from New York? If not, where are you from originally and have you brought any part of your hometown into your musical style?

AOS-I'm from Detroit and thereabouts originally. The music from Detroit generally originates in the pelvis and thinks later. In my music I like to include a sense of sexuality, power, imperfection, volume, and raw emotions. So, yeah, I'd say Detroit influenced me.

TUTS-I have fallen in love with your song "One Minute Love Song". It's so full of feeling. Where does that feeling come from?

AOS-Hah, everything that song is about is in the lyrics. Its when I realized how easily I fall in and trip over love.

TUTS-You're a Brooklyn band. How has Brooklyn influenced your sound?
Brooklyn influenced our sound much in the same way Detroit did for me. Shitty basements, dirty streets, taking your terrible apt and treasuring because its what you've got, stopping and staring in awe at the first spring flower like you'll never see another. In our band, we take what we have and make the most of it. Even if its a little grimey, we still treasure it. Living in Brooklyn also brings up the bar, you can't suck and stick out in any way around here.

TUTS-What are your thoughts on the Brooklyn music scene?

AOS-Brooklyn is awesome! There is a new band trudgining some new, or new to you, road everyday. Musically I come from a place where I am influenced by what I can feel and see right now, not what I am told to revere, and that is the most contemporary new "in front of my face" music. So from that sense I'm living in an atmospheric playground just walking down my street. Once I stop making music, I'll move. But for right now, there is just to much to take in and I don't want to miss it.

TUTS-Who are some of your musical influences? Jawbox, Galaxie 500, Forget Cassttes, Don Caballero, The Rapture, Spacemen 3, Amanda Palmer, Black Sabbath, Smashing Pumpkins, Kate Bush, Mercury Rev, Mirah, JACK, Sleeper, Bettie Serveert, TVOTR, The Sundays, Nina Pearsson, Dead Meadow, and so on.

TUTS- Any albums that came out this year that you loved? Any disappointments?

AOS-Animal Collectives "Merriweather Post Pavillion", Dirty Projectors "Bitte Orchestra", The Lonely Forest "We Sing The Body Electric", Buke and Gass (self titled), and Katie Stelmanis "Believe Me" are amazing. Hm, as for disappointements...Grizzly Bears "Veckatimist" record doesn't thrill me and St. Vincent's "The Actor" made me kind of sad, but they may grow on me in time like they all do.

TUTS-What is one album you can't live without?

AOS-Belly - "Star"

TUTS-Finally, describe the band in three words.

AOS-Lush, Aggressive, Lullabyes.