Bringing warmth from the California desert, Julie Carpenter aka Less Bells has just released her new album, Mourning Jewelry. We ask her the BIG questions...
Tell us three things about yourself?
I collect vintage cameras, write science fiction, and if I could choose any other life it would be as a puppeteer with Henson studios in the 1980s.
How would you describe your music?
Electro Orchestral soundtracks for alternate universe Jodorowsky films about heroic but doomed women.
Who are your musical inspirations?
So many, but some big influences: Suzanne Ciani, Pauline Oliveros, Delia Derbyshire, Ma Rainey, Nina Simone, Velvet Underground, Cocteau Twins, Popul Vuh, Tim Hecker, The Books, Dirty Projectors, Johann Johannsson, Dirty Three, Dorian Wood.
How did you occupy yourself during the coronavirus lockdown?
Cooking from antique recipe books, battling the tall weeds at our desert home, and starting a company with some other composers to manage our commercial works.
What's your favourite song right now?
Forget About Life by Alvvays.
Favourite lyric of all time?
"The world would still exist without accomplishments" from Sad State of Confusion by Listing Ship, a wonderful folk rock gem from Los Angeles that no one knows about but should.
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life what would it be?
Polegnala e Todora from the Bulgarian State Choir.
Where can people find your music/more information?
@lessbellsmusic on Instagram and Mourning Jewelry, by Less Bells.
