Attracted to thick, melodic walls of sound, Peter also looks to heavy music for the “attitude” of bands like Rage Against The Machine, which he feels is creeping into contemporary music. “To see artists like Deijuvhs bring that genre to life again is dope, and give it a new face with new lyrics,” he enthuses. “Kid Bookie, Cassyette – there’s a couple of people who are really dope. I’m just excited to see where we land… I’m never afraid of a bit of competition!”
Only on his second EP, Peter dares Kerrang! to imagine the possibilities of what he might sound like on album four. “I’m here to redefine what it means to be a young black man making music,” he declares. Extremely proud of his pop and rap roots, cohesion between all of these soundscapes is Peter’s goal – and something that he hopes can be normalised.
“[People] are calling it my ‘transition’ to rock... why the fuck does it need to be that?” he asks. “That’s how segmented our society is. If a black man picks up a guitar and does rock music, it’s [considered] wild. I’ve got more work to do to blend the genres together, but the fact that you can find rap songs, rock songs, Afro songs… I’m like a walking jukebox of crazy music. When they can all sound cohesive, that’s when I’ve broken genre.”