Name: The New Eves
Members: Violet Farrer (guitar, violin, vocals), Nina Winder-Lind (cello, guitar, vocals), Kate Mager (bass, vocals), Ella Oona Russell (drums, flute, vocals)
Nationality: Swedish (Nina Winder-Lind), British (rest of the band)
Current Release: The New Eves's new album The New Eve Is Rising is out August 1st 2025 via Transgressive.
Global Recommendation:  
Nina - I am from Stockholm. You can get ferries to the archipelago on your bus pass. Hot tip.

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Where does the impulse to create something come from for you? What role do often-quoted sources of inspiration like dreams, other forms of art, personal relationships, politics etc play?

Nina: The impulse can come from literally anything. An event stirs an emotion, an emotion stirs a song. A lot of our writing is impulsive and intuitive, reflection often comes afterwards.

You know, as humans we are always working stuff out, navigating life, and writing songs seems to be a good way for us to do that.

For you to get started, do there need to be concrete ideas – or what some have called a 'visualisation' of the finished work? What does the balance between planning and chance look like for you?  

Nina: In terms of writing the songs we never plan anything, they happen.

But with the visuals it's different because it's not so direct. We will make mood boards, gather ideas and talk about the general feeling of the envisioned outcome.

Saying that, a lot of it ends up being improvised as well, and we are often surprised by both the process and the result.

Is there a preparation phase for your process? Do you require your tools to be laid out in a particular way, for example, do you need to do 'research' or create 'early versions'?

Nina: No, we can make music in a lot of different situations. Like the other day we had a jam on a broken Hammond organ and Violet's tiny laptop.

We do do a lot of research but it normally comes after the initial musical idea. We go down wikipedia holes. It’s very fun. We have niche interests and you never know where they are gonna take you.

Do you have certain rituals to get you into the right mindset for creating? What role do certain foods or stimulants like coffee, lighting, scents, exercise or reading poetry play?

Nina: No, like I said it can happen in a lot of different settings.

I would say, though, that one thing that is important  is that we are not hungry and that we are in a safe environment. We all get overwhelmed quite easily.

And we get hungry.

For The New Eve Is Rising, what did you start with? Tell me a bit about the way the new material developed and gradually took its final form, please.

Nina: This album is basically documenting the first stage of The New Eves.
Most songs that we have done since we started out are on it.

It became clear quite early on that we were making material for an album. We worked very hard and with the help from some incredible people we finally manifested it into being.

What makes lyrics good in your opinion? What are your own ambitions and challenges in this regard?

Nina: I don’t know if there is such a thing as a ‘good’ lyric. Different lyrics resonate with different people and for different reasons.

But for me, I am very impressed when someone can say a lot in a few simple words, like Lou Reed for example. That hits me in the belly.

What are areas/themes/topics that you keep returning to in your lyrics?

Nina: Mythology, human (sometimes female) experience, geology, animals, big emotions, space, religion.

Many writers have claimed that as soon as they enter into the process, certain aspects of the narrative are out of their hands. Do you like to keep strict control or is there a sense of following things where they lead you?

Ella: Most of our music comes from improvising.

We have spent a long time learning how to let go together. We don’t really control anything.

There are many descriptions of the creative state. How would you describe it for you personally? Is there an element of spirituality to what you do?

Ella: Sure there is. But when you are creating as a group, you start seeing everything through the eye and the cause of the group.

It’s different from a creative state when you are alone, I think. I feel more like a scientist in the New Eves, we are on an expedition together, we have the fire of four people to keep us going.

My creative state when I’m alone is more naked and direct to the source. I think that's when I say the most - but oftentimes it is only for me to hear.  

Once a piece is finished, how important is it for you to let it lie and evaluate it later on? How much improvement and refinement do you personally allow until you're satisfied with a piece?

Ella:  In The New Eves we don’t refine very much. The songs are recorded how they are played live and they are played live how they were created in often just a few sessions.

We haven’t had much time in the studio recently so at the moment we will just come up with something the day before a show and then go for it.

How do you think the meaning, or effect of an individual piece is enhanced, clarified or possibly contrasted by the EPs, or albums it is part of? Does each piece, for example, need to be consistent with the larger whole?

Ella: I think that as long as you are being honest, a body of work is always going to sound coherent, even if it spans many genres or ideas.

Music and the accompanying artwork are often closely related. Can you talk about this a little bit for your current project and the relationship that images and sounds have for you in general?

Ella: The visual world is a very important part of this band. We are all very visual when we are creating music and often communicate ideas to each other through imagery or get inspired by a photo.

We actually see The New Eves as an overarching project that spans music, writing, photography, painting, movement etc.

After finishing a piece or album and releasing something into the world, there can be a sense of emptiness. Can you relate to this – and how do you return to the state of creativity after experiencing it?

Ella: For us it was a huge relief. We had been carrying this album around for years.

We actually started writing straight away again. As soon as I got home from recording I started writing. It was like 11pm and I had just driven across the country but all this stuff started pouring out that had been waiting for a long time.

Creativity can reach many different corners of our lives. Do you personally feel as though writing a piece of music is inherently different from something like making a great cup of coffee? What do you express through music that you couldn't or wouldn't in more 'mundane' tasks?  

Ella: I know our songs sound very grand or kind of like Star Wars or something. But quite often we are just expressing how much we love the small moments.