Edie VC

I am an indie pop singer-songwriter from West Auckland with two EPs, ready to explore new horizons.I am also a member of the Alt Wave artist collective.

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My name is Edie! I'm a bit sick of telling the sob story that led to me starting this whole music thing in the first place but just in case you're new here: I got bullied for being too emo and I needed an outlet to express how it made me feel. It led to me making two EPs. The Midwest emo-inspired 'Made With Blingee' in 2018 and the dream pop/folk-influenced 'Thing Is Me' in 2022. 'Made With Blingee' was me coping with all the sad teen stuff while I was still in the thick of it, and 'Thing Is Me' was me healing from all the sad teen stuff, being ready to grow up and move on.My main influences are always subject to change depending on the project, but as an umbrella term for how my music sounds I am an indie pop artist and my foundation of inspiration is a classic jangle pop sound. Particularly The Sundays, Heavenly, The Cardigans, Belle and Sebastian, and Camera Obscura. Don't get it twisted though, I don't want to JUST be a twee girl with a guitar forever!I don't want to give any spoilers about where I'm heading next musically to keep this page from becoming a time capsule, but just know I make music from a very different place now. I make music from a place of loving it and wanting to surround myself with it. I am autistic, I was professionally diagnosed when I was fourteen when I started writing my first songs, and music has also been my core special interest since that age. Every few years I will find a genre, movement, or even just one particular band/artist that will send me down an obsessive rabbit hole where I want to know everything about it and tell you everything I've learned. (It's sometimes not as sweet as the way I've described it) However, while those sub-fixations ebb and flow as I grow, it's music as a general subject that is the unchanging special interest. I am at my heart a fangirl! The music you'll hear from me going forward is from that place of love for everything that music has ever done for me over the years. Unlike the place of trauma it was coming from before, the possibilities of continuing to make music from this new angle are limitless. A well that is eternally deep and full.I am grateful that I am not alone in this exact feeling either. Within these past few years, I have found a community with other bands, artists, and people aligned with music in Auckland who feel like a second family to me. I and some friends started the Alt Wave collective to organize our own shows, be a promotional platform for each other's art, collaborate, and find even more people to connect with. The possibilities are endless. The vision is strong and we are eager.I was a camper in the very first season of Girls Rock Camp Aotearoa (now rebranded to To The Front). To The Front was the first platform to ever let me perform, not only for their campers showcase but also on their all-ages stages at The Others Way festival in 2018 and 2019. Being an alumni of such an important program for young girls and gender-diverse kids is something I will always be grateful for. My music and my shows are and have always been a safe space.As always, stream my stuff, and come say hi if I'm ever performing or doing Alt Wave stuff in public :) I'm looking forward to what the future holds.