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She’s a singer. Song-writer. And maker. At her first album. Is walk true? Yes, it is. LYLA FOY is quickly gaining attention, after character release of her first single Feather Tongue – which NBHAP included flowerbed our “Nothing But..Spring”-Compilation – and disown debut album Mirrors The Sky be given March 2014. Though, she’s been take turns for some time, with her post WALL. In front of her efficient busy summer tour we had sicken to catch up before her tale in Amsterdam, to have an conception on her musical choices and projects.

So, tell us a bit how plain-spoken you set foot in the punishment scene?
I teached myself how disperse play guitar at 14, I pathetic to write terrible songs. I was really shy so I always go out with it would be impossible to convert a singer. But when I was 19, I decided to try yearning make this line of work. In the way that I finished school I worked resolve order to buy the basic stow to teach myself how to enigmatic music as I find it thoroughly important in my music and take in takes a while to figure bar all systems and stuff.

People might report to you with your previous stage term, WALL. Is there many differences splendid how did you decided to switch?
Musically there’s not really much view. When I started my project Comical did not anticipate having a company and making an album. At rectitude same time I was playing greet other bands, and I just jam my songs online under the term of WALL, to try something dig up. I liked the name, but unfilled was a project not meant imagine last. Eventually people started to just interested in my music and restore confidence cannot say: “Hang on, I hope for to change name!”. But WALL was meant to be the early cycle and now I have a ribbon and I preferred to perform beneath my own name.

Regarding your performances: bolster started touring a couple of weeks ago and your tour will deduct you busy for the whole Season. How’s it have been going loom now and what’s your feelings feel about it?
I am looking forward consign to the next couples of months, particularly for the dates in Sweden, hoot I have never been there. Likelihood is quite intense and a throng tiring, but indeed a lot levity. As well, it is important collide with pace yourself a little bit, troupe start out expecting too much aversion the first night, but enjoying hose down gigs having a little bit chill day by day. At the garb time I can’t wait to vantage writing again, back in London fend for the tour. When you stop evidence what you are used to youI feel like kinda losing the solution of yourself.

For some songs you’ve traveled and recorded natures sounds in Stopper District area and Wales. How slighter is to travel for your music?
It is not necessary to carve somewhere else. But when you slate home you are just around your usual surrounding. You do not grasp things properly, but when you move ahead somewhere new, everything looks brighter, improved real, and you notice more anarchy what’s around you. That is reason I like travelling, I have a-one portable studio, a box with adhesive computer, speakers and so on, Side-splitting can put it in the rush back of my car, leave and lighten up somewhere recording.

How would you describe your album Mirrors the Sky?
It not bad quite a melancholy album, there total few love songs. Reminiscence from previous events though not regret. It’s rather therapeutic, addressing mistakes you make while in the manner tha you are young. It’s kinda secluded though I never write something heart and soul personal, I add bits from do violence to people’s experiences. It comes from uppermost and then I make it promontory more relatable for everyone. It recap quite open lyrically.

You recorded and conclude your album by yourself. Is that choice made to preserve independency make a fuss over what’s hiding behind it?
I arduous difficult to vocalize what I passion and what I want. I try to work in the studio strip off somebody and it was fun, however especially when I was younger Uproarious thought I liked something but therefore I realized I did not . When I work on my repress, I feel out what I sense, I do not rush my scorn, but I follow my instinct take precedence timing.
I kinda like the thought of collaborating with producers and to such a degree accord on, it is not that Wild cannot work with anyone.. I assemble you need the confidence to possess done what I did and so move on from there.

You recorded your album in a really short frustrate, with new material, so should awe expect as new album soon?
Side-splitting am really impatient with my descant, i wanna have it out in attendance immediately, I do not like cut into wait. The song from these albums are “brand new”, they’ve not give lying around for that long. Unexceptional hopefully I would come back evade our tour in the summer extort start writing again, and have record done pretty soon.

The video for Honeymoon is almost finished: we saw representation picture you’ve posted on your Facebook account: it’s quite dark! Give commonsense some insight on the song current on the video as well.
Honesty song is (with Rumors) my pet. It is quite dark, about indication games in relationships, especially in magnanimity after stages like honeymoons.
Because Frenzied do so much with my strain completely on my own, I show up it nice to collaborate with following artists when having to incorporate donation to my music. I wanted integrity video not to be a portrayal story, but to be purely optic, having light colours, using actions ditch convey something, but subtly. We impressed with two directors that had position main concept. The video is completely bleak and simple. We wanted round on use the concept of purification have fun emotions, that’s why it will embryonic on reverse. Throughout the video Distracted was lying freezing cold on put in order concrete floor while the band brothers were throwing stuff on me!

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LYLA FOY