In case you haven't already guessed from this description, Clark has been mentally unstable lately. “As an artist, I feel a sense of urgency to create work that is urgent, that forces me to examine myself deeply, and that the picture is not always beautiful; I don’t have one,” she says, calling early from Los Angeles. In the years since 2021's Daddy's Gone, she says losses in her life have emphasized the need to live in the moment and not miss out on any possibilities. . “I think with you leaving, the sense of loss becomes incredibly clear. There's no time to waste,” she continues. So when she started working on her “All Born Screaming,” that was the big question she was asking. What's important? Just grab those things by her throat. ”
Clark began the record by saying that he was inspired by experimenting with drum machines and modular synths, and spent hours alone making “esoteric post-industrial dance music” in a creative burst at 7 a.m. He describes it as a kind of mad scientist's playground. She dabbled in microdosing psychedelics. “[They’ve] It was truly a personal changer,” she says. “I don't think drugs will help me do my job.” [but] If it helps you look at this a little differently… With a giant iced coffee and a few microdoses, I'm off to the races. ” And from those bundles of material, I started cutting out little moments that felt like something with tweezers.
She decided it all had to start with electricity and her own physical fingerprints on physical objects. Her practice of resolving the confusions, idiosyncrasies and quirks inherent in her creations was what excited her most. “I think a lot of music is now made in boxes, all on computers,” she explains. “That's great, but the one thing computers can't give us is chaos. Chaos is supposed to come from electricity passing through certain circuits, but we don't know exactly what that sounds like.” Even if you try to get the sound back, you'll never be able to get back the original sound, which means you can't do it with a plug-in or a computer. The system is designed to be consistent.
“So I think as a person and as an artist, the way to make sense of the violent, chaotic outside world and the violent, chaotic internal world is to just create something,” she continues. . “If I can create something, it feels like an act in place of hope, a way to turn madness into order and freedom.”