{"id":2090,"date":"2020-03-16T11:38:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepyhead.club\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:38:37","slug":"%e3%80%90interview%e3%80%91-long-beard-between-senses-of-uncertainty-and-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepyhead.club\/long_beard_interview_en","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Interview\u3011 Long Beard : Between Senses of Uncertainty and Stability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leslie Bear<\/strong>, performing under the professional name “Long Beard”<\/strong> had released her 2nd album “Means To Me”<\/strong> in September 2019, which make indie-rock \/ pop fans around the world recognize that Long Beard is promising SSW. Her dreamy sound, simple instruments set, and clear voice resonate with the people who listen to her music.<\/p>\n

In Indie rock \/ pop scene, there are a lot of musician popping up and being acknowledged as the center figures there, such as Jay Som<\/strong>, Soccer Mommy,<\/strong> Snail Mail<\/strong>, Clario<\/strong>, Japanese Breakfast<\/strong>. Each musician has their own distinctive sound feature in their production, and Long Bear is not exception.<\/p>\n

She had released her 1st album called “Sleepwalker”<\/strong> in 2015, which already had a dreamy and shoegaze-oriented elements there. However, she made a decision to pursue her career as computer scientist, which is her major in the university. Because she decided to devote herself to doing so, she had to stop composing songs and performing as Long Bear. After a course of a few years’ experience of working as full-time employee, she got her passionate back to be a musician and start making music again. Then finally, she had released “Means To Me”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is distinguishing from other SSW is not only the sound-making that gives the feeling like floating in the air in the dream to ones who listen to the Long Bear’s songs, but also its introspective lyrics that let ones go deeply into their inner feeling.<\/p>\n

In order to get into Long Beard’s world of sound, Sleepyhead Blog sent an email to get an opportunity to have an interview with her and she willingly accepted my offer for the interview through emails.<\/p>\n

In the interview, Long Beard answered my question, what the professional name “Long Beard”<\/strong> derives from, and what inspirations and stories are behind “Means To Me”<\/strong> as well as musical roots which brought her to composing songs.<\/p>\n