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TB: Over the last few years you have released
several singles ‘The Boy Who Cried,’ ‘Cigarettes &
Gasoline,’ and ‘Crash Landing.’ Are there any plans
to release an album?

AE: Yes! ‘Cigarettes & Gasoline’ is the prologue to the
album, ‘La Petite Mort.’ ‘Crash Landing’ was single
number one and ‘London’ now brings us to single
number two! ‘La Petite Mort’ is a 13-track visual album,
and it will be unfolding over the course of the next year.

TB: What is your writing process? Do you write by
yourself or collaborate with others?

AE: I do both, but I am a collaborator at heart. I love
creating alongside others because I believe when you
combine a few different energies and a few people who
have complementary strengths and weaknesses, you
can achieve the most impactful outcome. I always like to
build a track or musical vibe first. (the writing track vibe
is never how I produce the song in the end, but it serves
as inspiration and feeling). Next, I write all of the
melodies. Finally, I picture the visual that the melodies
and music make me see and then we describe it through
lyrics. Writing is a very multi-sensory experience for me.
When I write alone, it’s a very different experience.
Usually, it’s me sitting at my upright piano and probably
20 percent more frustrated.

TB: What is your philosophy on releasing singles
compared to albums as it seems to be a path more
and more musicians are taking?

I think both have their place depending on the
experience that you are trying to create for your
audience and how you want them to digest your content
and also where you are in your career. I am doing both.
When I created this visual album, I intended for it to be
listened to top to bottom as a story. With the short
attention spans that we seem to be dealing with,
releasing the tracks as singles allows me to give each
song its moment in the sun and give it the best chance
of being heard. Every track I put on the album is special
and on there for a reason and it would make me sad if
some of them never got attention. Ultimately, the single
tracks make up a greater collection and concept album
in my case.