Interview – Peter Milton Walsh of The Apartments

Interview – Peter Milton Walsh of The Apartments – Part 2

By Killian Laher

No More Workhorse caught up with Peter Milton Walsh of The Apartments about 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 spring of 2026, I think.

Performing Nowadays

NMW: How do you find performing these days?

PMW: I’m a bit further along the road now, and the people that turn up… I don’t really have any half-hearted fans! The audience is genuinely interested in the music.

Memories from the Past

I did a show about 40 years ago, around 1982–83, when I was with The Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper’s quartet. We played with Sonic Youth in a loft in Berlin. I remember Thurston Moore saying:

“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 called Spain, France, and Italy the “wine countries.” At the time, I didn’t understand what wine countries meant, but I thought it would be interesting to perform somewhere like that since I came from a beer country.

The New York Imagery

When I moved to New York, the city I had in my mind was the New York of 1976–77 — the era of Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, and the Ramones.

“The New York I had in my head was the New York of 76/77 – Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith, the Ramones, that kind of New York.”

That image shaped my experience of the city.

Author’s summary: Peter Milton Walsh reflects on his music journey, the difference between "beer" and "wine" countries in music culture, and the iconic New York scene that influenced him deeply.

No More Workhorse — 2025-11-05