"A word that Prewn, AKA Izzy Hagerup, often uses to describe her music is dissociation the disconnected emotional state embodied by many of the Chicago-born musician's songs. It's not an impression anyone would be left with from listening to her bitter, potent take on indie-rock. Hagerup's guitar lines snake as they thrash; her balladry is grimy and expansive, steered by febrile vocals that recall mid-period Fiona Apple and the drone of the cello she played as a kid."
"One thing I really value about music is that it's one of a few ways that I can really connect to emotion, even if the emotion is feeling disconnected, Hagerup says. Day to day, I'm pushing those feelings away. Picking up a guitar, you could write about all the beautiful, happy things, but there's something that pulls your attention a little more sometimes you get to release this thing you've been holding for weeks, to really find the nucleus of the intensity."
Prewn, aka Izzy Hagerup, uses the word dissociation to describe her music, a disconnected emotional state present across many songs. The music combines bitter, potent indie-rock with snaking, thrashing guitar lines and grimy, expansive balladry. Febrile vocals recall mid-period Fiona Apple and evoke the drone of a childhood cello. The recent single 'Dirty Dog' slips into trip-hop. The album System contains moments of struggle and reflections on living within intentionally oppressive systems. Music serves as a way to connect to emotion and release long-held intensity during songwriting.
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