Come Play With Me / #014 / MAY2021

Page 36

5 QUESTIONS

WHITE FLOWERS WHO ARE YOU? We are White Flowers, a band from Preston made up of Katie Drew and Joey Cobb. WHAT DO YOU DO? We make music, but we feel that White Flowers has evolved into a more multidimensional world that incorporates artwork and visuals that we make. All the elements feed to into each other and draw influence from a wide variety of music, art and films. WHY DO YOU DO IT? We’ve both always been compelled to make art and music since we were young, and we don’t fully know why… Words by White Flowers

it’s one way of dealing with chaos and attempting to make some kind of sense of it. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? We’ve been working on new music, new ideas and starting to prepare for gigs returning. We’re looking forward to getting back into our rehearsal space as soon as it re-opens and finally getting songs ready to play live again. WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC? There’s a lot of interesting and exciting new music coming out now that sounds very fragmented, dislocated and anxious, a reflection of the time we’re living in. We also feel that due to the way the 36

music industry has changed and how much harder it is to start out, artists have to be a lot more creative with how they go about what they do. A lack of money also means more creative freedom, as there’s not much to lose. Our debut album, Day by Day is out June 4th via Tough Love Records and we’ll be playing a series of socially distanced shows in the run up to its release, starting late May. Full details and tickets can be found via our Instagram @whiteflowersssss or Twitter @wwwhiteflowers.

Photography by ???


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.