In this interview, we speak with Lilt about music, motivations, the new project, and more.
Full Q&A, links, and streams can be found below.
Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.)
We are Lilt, from Perth, Western Australia. I like to think we make strong moving emotional electronica with pop sensibilities.
What led you down this path of music and what motivates you to stay the course?
Louise *vocalist and writer* and I studied at uni together doing Composition and Music Technology. I was well in to electronic production and helped her out with a song of hers – once I heard her voice I knew I had to work with her – its exceptional.
Motivation comes from new experiences – playing big shows, seeing results for hard work. The hardest thing is not going stagnant – you have to keep moving. We’ve learnt that the hard way, but are pushing really hard now.
Who or what are your biggest influences when it comes to your creativity?
I love NIN, Radiohead and St Vincent for their forward thinking music, Broods for pure pop sensibilites, and most kinds of dance music. I get inspired by anything that moves me and has emotional depth.
How is your new release different than previous ones? Did you set out to accomplish anything specific?
We worked with a producer and engineer this time around – normally I produce, mix and master it and it was taking its toll on our workflow. This time around, we tracked with Scott Horscroft (The Presets, Alison Wonderland, Silverchair) and really appraoched it as a studio perspective. It was much faster and so much more fun!
Weve also added Brett Walsh who is contributing a really great rock/live acoustic drum aesthetic to our live shows and our new songs.
Do you face any challenges as an indie musician in a digital age? On the flip side, how has technology helped you (if it has)?
The biggest challenge is the calibre of music out there – so many really strong indie releases makes it a cut throat environment. On the flip, blogs and streaming has meant our music reaches more people then ever before.
How do you feel about streaming services? Any romantic attachments to the physical formats: vinyl, 8-track, cassettes, CDs?
Love them – a few years ago we wouldn’t have dreamt of getting around 1 million total plays. Now across all the services numbers are accumulating and so many more people hear our releases, which is great.
I’d like to manufacture some vinyl for our EP when its complete for merch – not particularly attached to CDs or tape.
Where can we follow you online and hear more music?
Best place is Spotify, Soundcloud and Facebook – we also have an instagram account where we post plenty of silly shit and show our less serious side 🙂
- https://open.spotify.com/track/5n9GbnLNrGIzGRISQGckVR
- https://soundcloud.com/lilt-aus/wait-no-more
- https://www.facebook.com/LiltAUS/
- www.twitter.com/lilt_aus
- https://www.instagram.com/we_are_lilt/
Anything else before we sign off?
Huge thanks for chatting to us, and to anyone who has a listen or shares the tracks around – it means a lot and keeps us working hard.
T
