Tell me about your new song You Know Darlin’ and what inspired the lyrics. Kind of wrote the song after listening to a ton of Jeff Buckley. I was sitting on my chair in my room and it all just fell together.
we really traveled anywhere. Seeing LA and playing at the wonderful venues we did was a trip. Can’t wait to come back.
The basic idea was in appreciation of all the strong women of the world.
What do you hope 2021 brings for you, for Lovely World, and for the music world overall? The end of Covid and the beginning of a new era. Hopefully we will all be able to hang out, tour and appreciate live music again. We have been taking the downtime to write and record on our own and truly get the sound we want.
Another recent single is Soul Of A Saint. What is the inspiration behind that song? No idea honestly. I was in our rehearsal space and just started playing around with the chord progression and riff. Ten minutes later it was finished. Sometimes songs just come, like they were channeled from somewhere. What was it like working with producer Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Dandy Warhols) and what did he contribute to the overall recording process? We love working with Rick, but on these tracks we tracked and did most of the vocals at Echo Mountain Recording in Asheville, North Carolina, I did the vocals of You Know Darlin’ with Rick in Los Angeles and he mixed the record there as well. Covid stopped Rick from flying in and it’s difficult to produce a track long distance wise, at least for Lovely World it is. But Rick is fantastic, an amazing producer.
Hopefully very soon we will be returning to LA and on tour… many things in the works!
Any final words of wisdom? Man I’m only 23 so I’m not sure my words have enough experience to be considered wisdom but I’d say to ground yourself and treat social media/the digital world as it is. I see so many people getting sucked in by it. Some completely lose track of themselves. But hey, if that is your thing, follow Lovely World, we love to hear from you!
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You are now signed to Dark Spark Music, owned by famed rock manager Vicky Hamilton. How did you wind up meeting and working with Vicky? We aren’t signed to Dark Spark, but Vicky Hamilton is our manager. Vicky owns the label and we have distributed our last few records through Dark Spark/ The Orchard. We met her at Springboard Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee. We were kind of fiddling around outside the conference building and she ran into us and we started talking. She’s amazing. How has the worldwide pandemic affected your music and live shows, and have you been able to play and shows during this time? Touring wise, it blows man. We’ve not been able to play some shows regionally. But the isolation hasn’t been that bad. I think it’s helped us all grow as people and songwriters.. What could one expect from a live Lovely World show? A damn good time... If I had to put it into words I say intense and dynamic. You’ll jut have to catch a show and tell me what you think! What was the experience like playing out in the Los Angeles area (especially at the notorious Viper Room) and do you plan to return after the pandemic comes to an end? It was amazing. Honestly that was probably the first time HIGHWIRE DAZE
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