Inspired by the long-trailed emergence of the ‘summer’, big outdoor gigs (the imminent arrival of the Eras tour in Edinburgh), Eurovision before it was (ideologically) cancelled – this month it's the POP issue, 2024 style. We’re thinking pop where it meets DIY, pop that doesn’t ask for permission to exist – as in Honeyblood setting up a guerilla gig outside the Arches at 2am, as opposed to your hopefuls selling their life’s pain on TV for a chance to be exploited by some record executive. The energy we’re talking about is bold, creative, challenging, perhaps you would say gallus?
Lauren Mayberry has spent over a decade fronting synth-pop phenomenon CHRVCHES and is now taking a DIY approach to her burgeoning solo career. She looks back on her roots in the DIY scene, where she used to produce a zine called TYCI, which provides a seamless link to our chat with Black Lodge Press’s Cj Reay.
