Elizabeth Harper slowly opens the door to Loft 910; the place itself is something to take in for a moment. She's brought a few outfits and laid them on the scattered arrangement of sofas in the main room. She speaks softly as I give her a tour of the Loft. She is in complete awe of the place, with everything from tree branches to toy birds hanging from the ceiling, even the built in plastic tent used for a party the night before, it is the perfect setting for the photoshoot I had proposed to her before I left Brooklyn. She is lovely in ways that when we speak of mutual acquaintances she is careful not to offend and gracious of other New York musicians.We speak of odd and even numbered years, how our luck always seems to be better with round numbers, and the slight anxiety coming into 2009--odd number. She says she can barely remember anything before she moved into her current apartment with fellow musician, Caroline of Chairlift, everything happened in succession. She plays the piano with a sigh as if to say, "such a shame" because it is so far from being in tune.

Elizabeth Harper's music is like the inside of a glass of red wine on a winter night. Nonchalant with only a small hint of rose-coloured tragedy, warm and comforting, yet still a reminder of what lies outside. The way she sings is not so far from the way she speaks, as if at any time she may respond in a song. We can only look forward to a winter accompanied by her voice.

the craziest thing you've ever done:
Fall in love

experience that has changed you the most:
Moving to New York and surviving heartbreak

Best New York moment: 
A) Falling in love. 
B) Impossible to answer
C) Right now
D) All of the above


influences:
Today - Heat, F-1 Savannah's, Fox hunting prints, make outs, new people, questions, wandering, asking, Substantiation, guavas, lust

personal philosophy:
I am my own art project.

How did you start?
Loneliness. music came to me and said "sit down" what else do you have to do?

How would you describe your sound?
Real, 80s FM radio meets your secret desire and then laughs

How would you describe your youth?
Less than zero with Shetland ponies and Shiva

Favourite show:
Opening up for johnny marr

Ultimate show:
Opening up for the smiths/touring with my best-est friends Chairlift

What is the usual way for you a song forms?
The meet, the death, full cry. Then ...slowly yet all at once and with the matinee

What would you say your goals are in the next year?
To tour abroad again and put out this new record and continue to be awake and inspired

Four things you wouldn't be able to live without:
Sunlight, beauty, stimulating conversation, the ability to make music, and fresh picked fruit and the pacific ocean... sorry that's six.

Favourite artists (musically, visually etc.)
Caroline Polacheck, Henry Darger, Kahil Gibran, Neruda, Rothko, Lynch, New Order.

What are your vices?
What vices?

What are the best nights made of?
Vices

Beauty is...
An open heart

Style is...
A man in a bespoke three piece suit on a vespa with me on the back.

Elizabeth Harper is...
Living in a fantasy world and you're invited
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