Armed with a brand new album intriguing titled Anorexic at a Wedding, London songwriter and lo-fi producer PRI – an indie creative who has released over 80 original tracks in the past year alone – kindly stopped by for an interview.
We talk about the inspiration for the project, the unique artistic style of the music, and plenty more. Here’s the conversation in full.
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Hi PRI – great to catch up with you, huge congrats for the new album! To introduce things, what inspired the striking title and concept for Anorexic at a Wedding?
I wanted to write a concept album about rock and roll. Tartan is the blue-haired rock star who leads things in this story with his band The 2-4-1’s. The title is a reference to rock music – how it attracts people who need attention and love but in the end, do they find what they need in music or not?
This canned lo-fi production style has become synonymous with your approach. How do you start a new recording, and what is it about the raw capture that lets your creativity reach out in the desired way?
This record was a bit different – I wanted to create a sonic cohesive for Tartan and the 2-4-1’s, so that’s why it sounds a bit different to Madonna Scrapbook.
The project begins with Flesh – what does this introduction encapsulate?
“If you want flesh you can have it…” it’s the idea that musicians sacrifice themselves onto an altar when they become famous, which is what Tartan does he’s saying “here I am, feast.”
How long did it take you to write and record this entire album, and were there any songs that didn’t make the cut?
I wanted to sequence it in a way that made sense in terms of the narrative so I cut songs that didn’t work to tell that story.
Pretty Girls Grow Old Too is a confronting truth bomb of a track, following by the melodic highlight 2-4-1 – what social or political issues connect these songs and stories, and is the project largely scornful or optimistic at its core?
It’s about growing old in showbiz and how you really can’t, you have to stay in amber for your fans and the public. But people do age so where does that leave you? Tartan feels he can’t grow outside this persona which has become larger that life.
Is there anything else we should know about this album?
“I think as we stand in the presence of so many artists who have passed too soon, I wanted to create a work that acknowledges that journey.”
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