Interviews: Getting to Know

SYBLING discuss where the surreal, fantastical aspects of their work come from, how they've both grown as creators since developing a closer musical relationship, and the need for compromise in response to their differing levels of comfort surrounding live performance and post-record interaction.

Reality can get pretty intense, so to have some kind of creative perspective on it helps relieve some of the burden of being human.

April 23rd, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

PORTEAU discuss mysticism, neurosis, and what questions emerge when you recognise there exists a previously dismissed personal importance attached to your creative output.

It was like I could see this parallel between personal experience and the natural world.

April 16th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

BRYNJA discusses her late start in music, her self-sought change in circumstance, working with the right people, and the shift in style that will accompany her future releases.

I really have to feel like I’m in control of what I’m doing, and I’ve sometimes had to fight for that.

April 8th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

CRØM-LUS discusses the importance of having an outlet for expression, the influence that seizures had on the content of her debut release, and the unapologetic strangeness of her uniquely disconcerting sound.

I like the idea of a song being a rough canvas, and you’re experimenting with colours.

February 25th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

ELSA HEWITT discusses new record, Citrus Paradisi, self-confidence vs. self-esteem, what creativity offers her from a human perspective, and the potential reasons for her enviable productivity.

I have quite a strong sense of needing to finish something once I’ve started it.

February 12th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

ORION LAKE talks motivation, shyness, and the beauty of finding people you connect with.

If I didn't have an emotional outlet, I think I would combust.

February 8th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

NEVER SOL discusses her contradictory thoughts on modern music technology and desire to be challenged by the processes she undertakes.

Learning is a never-ending process, which I love.

January 29th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

Lauren Massa of VELVETEEN ECHO talks the pros and cons of defying genre boundaries, her fondness for writing enigmatically, and the reasons why her work is on the sadder side of the spectrum.

Even if it’s in an indirect way, I want people to listen to my music and feel like it’s okay to be a little different...

January 22nd, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

GGPEACH discusses her love of performing, the duality of her ideal writing conditions, and the background behind her distinctive sound.

What do I have to say that is so important to me that I can only sing it?

January 7th, 2019

Interview - Getting to Know

Ross Swinson (flower shopping) discusses how his solo project differs from the more traditional band setup he has otherwise been accustomed to.

I try to focus really hard on lyrics — I’m not saying that they’re an afterthought — but the song wouldn’t exist if I didn’t think the music part was cool.

December 4th, 2018

Interview - Getting to Know

Charm of Finches discuss grief, creative license, instrumentation, and the condescension they are subjected to as teenage musicians.

I get annoyed because I want them to see who we are right now rather than young people who have got to progress to something bigger in the future.

September 17th, 2018

Interview - Getting to Know

Pom Pom Squad talks visceral feelings and the lack of diversity in the alternative scene.

I meet a lot of girls of colour who love punk music, but when they're looking at the stage, they’re not looking at themselves.

August 1st, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

Beachglass discusses anxiety, support networks and her struggles with self-discipline.

I’ve realised that it’s like a therapeutic process for me, and almost necessary if I want to be in a healthy mental state.

July 24th, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

Kendra Lea Miller discusses gender pronouns, perfectionism and politicised writing.

I think I’m of the viewpoint that if people don’t agree with my views and my values then I don’t really want them to be consuming my music.

June 6th, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

Calvin Lamothe discusses why his music perpetually exists within the realms of sadness.

That happens to me a lot: where I wish that I weren’t writing about the things I’m writing about...

February 13th, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

I Am Alice discusses how she manages full-time employment and creative endeavour, how music gives her life a necessary purpose, and the inspiration behind her choice of subject matter.

I don’t think my writing is particularly deep; I just write about things that make me happy.

February 10th, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

LANNDS discusses distractions and what drives her to write.

The source is love; that’s really all that matters, anyways. Everything else is such an illusion.

February 1st, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

SOLR talks the importance of silence and her desire to explore her own being.

It’s like we’re each little mysteries, and art is such a great tool to open yourself and just look, explore, heal...

January 23rd, 2017

Interview - Getting to Know

Natalia Drepina discusses emotion and her affinity for the natural world.

I was born in November, and I think that I’m a true child of autumn: nourished by the sadness of dying nature.

October 31st, 2016

Interview - Getting to Know

Mawn discuss their songwriting process and what they gain from being of an artistic inclination.

I love the idea of striving towards something, and the goal is so vague and unreachable, you will never create your magnum oeuvre.

October 18th, 2016

Getting to Know

A series that specifically aims to learn about the character, hopes, fears, motivations and creative process of the people behind the artistry.