LUNA: Growth is a central theme throughout Brother Elsey, as well as loneliness, mental health, aging, relationships and more. When you started working on the album, did you know you wanted to create such an intimate portrayal of your lives or did it fall into place naturally? What was that process like?BRADY: Being an artist comes with opening your life to people in a vulnerable way I guess, and we’ve never really wanted to hold back in that way. When we first started making this record the son...

LUNA: Could you walk me through your creative process? What does your songwriting and production process usually look like?BRIDIE: I live and die by the Notes app. I’m a big dweller, and I really like a good long walk, so often a lyric and vocal melody idea will come to me in that context, and I usually need to write the full song out just with lyrics before I bring an instrument into it. Once I’ve got a voice memo of the concept, I’ll take it to a producer. It’s normally a lot more important fo...

BALTIMORE-BORN AND LOS ANGELES–BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER — Temme Scott invites listeners inside the vulnerable corners of her mind with her latest single, “Contract Killer.” With its soft, wavy production and heartfelt lyricism, Scott’s newest piece effortlessly tackles the complexity of love and honesty in a romantic relationship. With the release of her other latest singles, “Softly,” “Copilot,” and “Healing,” Scott showcases a free-spirited approach to self-reflection and growth for her upcomin...

Sonically, “Fear” begins with anxiety-inducing chopped vocals and vocal layering littered throughout that broadly resembles questioning ones-self and the wooziness of overthinking. However, the song has a contrasting upbeat, youthful and dreamy production style that is reminiscent of something from Phoebe Bridger’s Punisher. The combination of both of these elements encapsulates the existential dread of being a young adult and the driving force that anxiety has over someone trying navigate the w...

“There’s not a lot of places to rehearse [at the school], so we were just rehearsing in our room. Then people on our floor of the dorm would come in and sit and watch, and Tyler had the idea to make it a thing.” Originally intended as a pitching tool for labels and other bands, the series, recorded and mixed by friends and fellow students, is intimate, personable and full of chemistry. The full video showcases their setlist, including tracks from their first album, a cover of Mac DeMarco’s “Cham...