21/12/2025
There are musicians who can conceptualize or pre-imagine sonic landscapes before creation—David Bowie, Björk, Trent Reznor. That’s not the kind of artist Cavetown is, he admits.
His process is more spontaneous, “letting the song appear in front of me in whatever forms feel right.” And this reliance on instinct likely explains his stream-of-consciousness lyricism, which lends itself to bedroom pop—the modern iteration of which he helped popularize and define.
His sound has a warm and mellow acoustic backbone, sometimes speckled with 8-bit textures that bring to mind retro video games (as heard on his hit “Juliet”). Pattering across it are stories and confessions that read almost like entries in a diary. The genre, after all, is all about vulnerability and emotional immediacy.
In our interview, we look into how the British artist’s newfound confidence fuels a bolder sound and his advocacy for q***r youth.
https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/556981/cavetown-lives-his-teenage-rockstar-dream/
