Tell us about the genesis of your project. How did you get to where you are now?
It started when I was walking home from school at 15. I had a moment of clarity where I knew that I wanted to create a piece that represented this time in my life. It was my coping mechanism…so I started to become the observer of everything around me. Jump forward a couple of years, Henry Brill & Owen Lewis understood my vision and this idea of a “fever dream” and helped me bring it alive.
What’s it like being an artist?
Method acting is the best way to describe it. I go through phases when creating music or searching for inspiration, which can either be very good or destructive; becoming the music. Separating oneself from their art, even long after it’s finished.
What are you binge listening to these days?
Currently (it’s ever changing) Nick Drake, Chris Isaak, Bryan Ferry and Leonard Cohen…Especially Leonard Cohen. I’ve been re-reading a couple of his poetry books right now “Book of Longing” being one. He’s an amazing writer who beautifully combines the sacred and the secular.
What are some things to do to keep your inspiration alive?
It comes and goes. I’m looking forward to next year… I’m going off to school and I feel like a blank canvas ready to soak up everything around me. I need experience in order to be inspired. I need a moment, good or bad, to cling on to.
Who is an artist that you look up to more than others today?
There’s a couple that I’m in love with right now. Angel Olsen, everything that she is about rocks. Alex Cameron has some of my favorite lyrics. Weyes Bloods “Titanic Rising” is an unbelievable masterpiece. Sharon Van Ettens vocals & Colter Walls mystic.
Favorite movie or TV show?
I’ll always be a “Virgin Suicides”. Fan girl.
Tell us about your latest release and how it came about
I always knew I would create a piece that would be an ode to my early teenage years, which this became. I met Henry Brill & Owen Lewis, who I created this EP with maybe a year or two ago now in Nashville…we all were on the same wavelength, which brought them to road tripping to my family’s farm in East Texas. That’s where we wrote the EP & ate very good food. After we had the demos & some general ideas for production, I road tripped to Nashville to record it. I hopped in my car, listened to the demos the whole way up there and we completed it within 2 weeks.
What are some things you do to deal with anxiety and creative blocks?
it comes and goes. I do try to read a lot & meditate which is usually an antidote. When I’m uninspired to create my own, I just become the consumer and enjoy studying, listening, and reading what other artists create until the spark shows up again.
What’s the future looking like for you?
I have no idea! At this point, I’m open to it all. I’m going to college next year, which I’m looking forward to..Also I’ll continue to write, release and perform.
Who inspires your style and aesthetics?
There’s definitely a canopy of people,books, and films that inspire both. Mazzy Star being a big influence as well as Chris Isaak, I’ve also always been influenced by 80s alternative.
What is the achievement or moment in your career you are the most proud of and why?
Probably my earliest music…I was inspired, hungry for creation and over romanticizing life.
What do you think is the best way to make it as an artist nowadays?
I guess it depends on what your definition of making it is…creating pieces of works that come close to whatever truth your longing for, is mine. I think if you stay true to the art that you’re creating & what you have to say, you’re already “making it”. No one ever really makes it to the destination. If you are creating the art then you are always on to the next piece, and if you’re always longing for the next piece, then you enjoy it! Therefore, you’re happy to a certain extent…which is good. It gives you meaning which is what we all want.
