{"title":"Wyldest","description":"\u003cp\u003eDream Pop \/ Shoegaze from London, U.K.\r\n\r\nStarted as a trio, after the release of some EPs and the debut album, then Wyldest has become the solo project of Zoe Mead.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"monthly-friend","title":"Monthly Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe musical evolution of Zoe Mead, aka Wyldest, has been a slow but steady one – a mix of deliberate exploration, a natural shifting in taste, and a certain virus twisting her arm. After recording drums for 20 songs touted for her second album - \u003ci\u003eMonthly Friend \u003c\/i\u003e- last February, the impending lockdown then took studio time off the table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Firstly I entertained the idea of mixing it myself and then sort of laughed it off,” Zoe reflects. After spending the isolated summer of 2020 mixing music for some friends confidence then came, empowering her to finish the album herself, completing her bloom into an entirely self-sufficient musician, songwriter, producer and mixer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWyldest’s debut album \u003ci\u003eDream Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 2019, was a swirl of dream-pop and shoegaze, with sweet melodies bathed in reverb, recalling the likes of Warpaint and, on the heavier end, My Bloody Valentine. The album was then re-worked for a stripped-back version - \u003ci\u003eRedream Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e - last March, and this aesthetic carries through to \u003ci\u003eMonthly Friend \u003c\/i\u003ewhile being pushed further along. “I was hell-bent on removing the reverb,” Zoe says of her approach to Monthly Friend - her sophomore record due 28th May via Hand In Hive (A.O. Gerber, Blackaby, Swimming Tapes), longing for a more intimate sound akin to her influences at the time, such as the tender songwriting of Elliott Smith and Phoebe Bridgers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile \u003ci\u003eMonthly Friend\u003c\/i\u003e is a self-contained concept album about the joys, woes and confusion of femininity and womanhood, it’s also a next step in the growth of a singer-songwriter who refuses to be pinned down by genre labels or traditional categorisation. While the lockdowns have taught her how to mould a slick, affecting indie rock album from start to finish and become a self-sustainable artist, it’s also stripped her of any artistic facade, leaving behind just an honest approach and an unyielding desire to explore. 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