Rhian Teasdale of Wet Leg catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s second album Moisturizer, the joys and pitfalls of success, and the choice to cocoon themselves in a countryside house to shut out distractions (including social media). Rhian digs into writing as a full five-piece band this time around, the cathartic evolution of tracks like “Chase These Fists” and “CPR,” and how movies like Jennifer's Body helped soundtrack their creative hibernation. She also opens up about writing love songs for the first time, exploring queer identity through lyrics, and the importance of building a stage persona to armor up against tour anxiety.

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Tony winner and certified scene-stealer Renée Elise Goldsberry joins Kyle Meredith to talk through Who I Really Am, her long-awaited debut album. Known for #Hamilton, #Girls5Eva, and #SheHulk, Goldsberry opens up about why it took this long to release a solo LP, and why now was the moment to bet on herself. She discusses the freedom of genre-jumping across pop, musical theater, and soul, how she came to reinterpret “Satisfied” for this new chapter, and how Girls5Eva and Sarah Bareilles helped spark her confidence to record original material—including a Bareilles-penned track. It’s an album about embracing outliers, defying labels, and finally asking the question, “Who am I, really?”

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Lucy Dacus sits down with Kyle Meredith to discuss her latests solo record, Forever Is a Feeling. The singer-songwriter unpacks the new album’s lush poetry, the angelic iconography behind its cover, and the raw intimacy of performing in churches and museums. Listen now.

Touring behind the new record (get tickets here!), Dacus found herself gravitating towards sanctuaries both literal and spiritual. “Places like that always feel super reverent whether or not you’re religious,” she says of the cathedrals and churches she’s played in. “They inspire a quietness and an introspection that I really like.” That same thoughtful hush permeates Forever is a Feeling, an album that glides between dreamlike atmospheres and confessional clarity.

Of course, she didn’t go it alone. The record brings together a who’s who of kindred spirits, from Hozier to Madison Cunningham to Bartees Strange, along with her boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker (also her romantic partner), appearances that feel like a tight-knit mixtape of indie rock’s most emotionally articulate voices.

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