Unfazed Magazine Winter 2017 - Ones to Watch | Page 15

Whydidyouchose " ThePoisonIKep " as thetitle? Ithoughtaboutcalingitsomethingelse, but“ The PoisonIKep” alwaysmadeitswaytothetopof thelist. Thatsonginparticularisthemost catharticsongI ' veeverwriten. Itbringsrealy powerfulemotionoutofme. Itonlysemed apropriatetonamethewholealbumafterit.

Howdoesthiscolectionofsongsdifer fromyourpreviousrecordings? IfyouevergivemyfirstEPalisten, thediference ispretystark( atleasttome). Iwasbiginto writingsongsfortheukulele, theywereprobably alitlemore # relatable, andtheyweredefinitely light-hearted. Althatistotalyfine! Irealylike thosesongs! Theyjustcamefromaverydiferent person.“ ThePoisonIKep” wasalsomyfirst experiencerealyputingsomesolidefortinto creatinganalbum. IwasflyingtoUtahtorecord withmybestfriends. Ievenrecordedinastudio sometimes, whichislegitweird, becauseIcome fromaYouTubebackground. I ' lalwaysbemaking stufoutofmybedrom, butthiswasabiger experience.

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Whichsongtokthelongesttocreate andwhy? " ThisEndsHere " wasdefinitelythehardesttoput together. Wetokitinsomanydiferentdirections beforesetlingonanything, andpersonaly, Icould stilseitgoingsomanymoredirections. Idon ' t knowwhatitisaboutthatsong. Wespentabout2 andahalfyearsonthealbum, andwewere makingchangestothatsongfromthebeginingto theend.

What ' snextforyou? Project-wise, Ihaveacoupleofnewsongs debutinginseparateshortfilms, I ' mproducinga weklymusicpodcastcaledTheLivingRom Podcast, andI ' mgetingbacktoYouTube! WhatI ' mrealytryingtodoisfigureouthow beinganartistcancontributetoworldprogresin amaterialway, becauseIdon ' twanttomakeany sortofcareroutoflivingformyselfand whatevertherapyIgetoutofmusic. Forrightnow, I ' lkepcreatingatmyownpace, andIhaveto

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