I spent the last few years mainly writing for other people and ended up feeling a bit disconnected and unfulfilled by it. A relationship ended, which kind of threw everything apart, but also naturally gave me space and aloneness, which I desperately needed. I think I had been hiding from myself a bit, and in a sense, making this EP was like coming out of hiding, although I wasn't really aware of it at the time.

It was very interesting. I think I allowed myself to do it because I never intended anyone to hear what I was making on my own, so it felt very freeing and there was no pressure. I was working on other tracks with a few producers, but what I kept coming back to were these songs, they just resonated with me in a different way. So yes, you're right, it was very much a process of listening to my own intuition and gut and not being afraid of what it said.

My friend Tev'n, one of the producers I was working with at the time, was the first person I felt comfortable enough to play the songs to, he gave me the confidence to pursue them and he helped shape the tracks. I have also worked for years with my friend Blue May, who mixed the EP and whose ears I always trust!

Yes, unfortunately! I suppose it’s because you are processing something, trying to make sense of it in a way you don’t tend to do when things are ok. There is a certain attention and focus you gain which can be harder to tap into otherwise. There was a lot of change and uncertainty in my life – a five-year relationship had ended, I was staying on my friend’s sofa and I was unsure what I was doing with myself, to be honest! I started seeing someone who made me feel even more in limbo and lost than I already did, and these songs were written in the midst of all this.

Yes, totally. I also did a lot of ‘proper’ therapy for a year and it was an amazing experience, but I felt like there was a disconnect between what I could access there and what I was accessing with my writing. I think when the therapy and the situation I was in ended, that’s when there became the space to really sit with myself and make something honest.

I think it is definitely a reflection of the situation I created the songs in, for example, the vocals are all kind of whispered mainly because I made it in the night and was half asleep/trying not to wake anyone up. But I’d say the sound is also probably about my own limitations and preferences as a producer, so it’s hard to say where that will move. I don’t want to force it into any particular direction, I'll just go with it.

I think it’s really significant, the setting in which we experience things. You will always have a different reaction or relationship to something depending on the context. You might attach certain meaning or feeling to things that you wouldn’t have otherwise. Like when you hear a sad song and you're having a shit time, it really speaks to you. Music is so uniquely powerful like that. As an independent artist, I wasn't really able to postpone the EP release and actually, I am glad that it wasn’t an option. It feels better to put something out into the world at a time like this and not hold it back because it might not land how you want or imagined.

I feel pretty lucky really, as my intention for the next few months was to do a lot of writing anyway, so I don’t feel like my situation in that sense has been that affected, at least in the short term. A few friends of mine have had to cancel gigs, tours, etc. and it is really hard to stay positive and not freak out, but I guess we have to take it a day at a time.

A real mixed bag, to be honest. Mac Miller’s Circles (mainly Good News on repeat), Judee Sill (if you haven't heard anything, start with Jesus Was A Cross Maker), Jessica Pratt, Shygirl, the new Frank Ocean… I’ve also revisited an old Cody Chesnutt album, Headphone Masterpiece, which has had a big influence on me.