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Mar 2024
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Ep 121: Weyes Blood

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About this episode

American musician Natalie Mering – aka Weyes Blood – talks to Stu on the first episode of our new series, about growing up in (and returning to LA), her early beginnings in various DIY noise scenes around the country, and the time she met Lou Reed on the Occupy Wall Street demo in 2011. 

Recorded in November 2023.

Further links:

Our various Weyes Blood interviews for Loud And Quiet

Our review of And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglo

Natalie's cover for Titanic Rising

Credits:

Interview and editing by Stuart Stubbs

Mixing and Mastering by Flo Lines

Artwork by Kate Prior

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