AN Interview With A musician

Rach is a 22-year old independent artist from Scotland whose first album Woodlands was released in July 2020. Her music is whimsical, romantic, and perfect background music for reconnecting.

Are you self-taught? How did you develop your style?

es, I am self-taught! I’m most definitely not a natural singer - just ask my parents - but I really believe practice makes… at least better. I think that just because you’re not necessarily born with a musical ear, you can always teach yourself to hone it. In terms of style, I think developing that for any artist is a bit of a process. It’s definitely not impossible that my style will develop and change from this first album that I’ve released, and I’m quite interested in experimenting with things like genre and style. I think even from listening to the demo version of Sunrise / Wihite Lies, you can see a bit of a deviation from the rest of the album, and a more acoustic EP is something I’m very interested in developing at some point.

Who are your influences?

I find that I listen to quite a variety of musical genres, but when it comes to developing my own songs, there are quite a small set of artists that I turn to for influence. Mainly, I’d say music from Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Halsey and other female artists have inspired a lot of my writing and production style.

What’s your desert island album?

This one feels almost impossible to answer! I think I’m going to have to choose Lana’s Born To Die album, because it was the first of Lana’s albums that I listened to, and I love every single track. That was so difficult though - I think I’d have to try and sneak in extra music! weren’t able to go ahead, but I’d really love some visuals for it. In terms of more music, I’d be interested in developing a more acoustic EP next - whenever I finally write enough material for one!

What are you keen to continue the voice on?

Something that has always been important to me is activism around LGBT+ rights. I think that there’s still a lot of stigma and inequality which exist within the music industries and other arts, and this is something that needs to be spoken about more often. I think that art of any kind is often a safe outlet for members of marginalised groups in society, but the industries need to reflect this more than they currently do!

You released an album this year, what are your plans next?

My plans are to work on music videos for a few songs on Woodlands! It has been a weird year, so the original plans

Written by Manon Marrium-Sauvageot