IDER Talks Evolution, Nostaliga, and Vulnerability on “Late to the World” – EARMILK
IDER’s upcoming album unpacks the uncomfortable pressure between self-discovery and self-diagnosis. The duo displays on the methods tradition, relationships, and unresolved trauma form not simply our behaviors however our very sense of id. Weak and expansive, the album looks like a window into the thoughts of an artist actively working via rising pains, the place introspection might be as distorting as it’s revealing.
The album’s six singles—“Lady,” “Unlearn,” “You Don’t Know Easy methods to Drive,” “Late to the World,” “Know How It Hurts,” and “Attachment Concept”—are a masterclass in refined, texturally distinctive manufacturing, mixing nostalgia with a cinematic depth.
In dialog with EARMILK, IDER will get private about their inventive course of and their upcoming album Late To The World, accessible February 21, 2025.
E.M: Thanks a lot for sitting down with me in the present day. I’m curious, how did you begin collaborating?
Lily: We met at college and have become associates fairly rapidly. We simply spent a variety of time collectively. We finally began writing music and singing harmonies, and it simply felt so pure, straightforward, and enjoyable. We obtained sort of hooked on it—continually writing songs collectively.
E.M: Was this a music college?
Megan: Yeah, it was kind of an arts college with a variety of completely different music programs. The lessons we took collectively had been extra up to date music-focused, although, not classical.
E.M: Did you each at all times know you wished to pursue a music profession?
Lily: I’m probably not positive…I’ve at all times performed music and liked it. It looks like a kind of issues the place you retain selecting it, in several methods, time and again, after which it turns into such a dominant a part of your life that you simply simply find yourself on that journey.
Megan: I used to be fairly adamant about desirous to be a songwriter and an artist from a younger age. I feel it turned a dream after I was round 14 or 15, doing open mic nights in London and writing songs. Then, after I met Lily at college, it began to really feel prefer it could possibly be greater than a dream. It felt potential.
E.M: What’s your songwriting course of like as a duo? Do you’ve got set roles, or does it rely on the track?
Megan: It’s at all times altering. It’s actually fluid from track to track. Generally we’ll sit down collectively and fiddle, different instances we write individually and convey concepts to one another. There’s no strict components. We’re at all times there to assist one another—nearly like we’re editors for each other. However, as we talked concerning the different day, Lil, there’s additionally a way of understanding when not to step in. Generally somebody’s private story wants to remain a singular voice, and you may’t interrupt.
E.M: I’d love to speak about your earlier releases main as much as this new album. You began placing out music in 2016, however round 2020, your sound appeared to mature considerably. Was {that a} aware shift, or extra of a pure development as you grew and gained expertise? I’m considering particularly of your track “Saturday.”
Megan: Oh my god, throwback. I forgot that track existed! I feel it was positively rising up. Round 2020, we had completed our first album, and we did a variety of rising up throughout that point. We should’ve been, like, 27. Your late 20s are such childhood. That development in all probability made its manner into the music.
E.M: Do you’ve got a favourite venture you’ve labored on?
Megan: That’s such a tough query as a result of each new venture looks like the most effective one on the time. Our first report was so difficult but in addition extremely rewarding. It was such an enormous studying expertise, and after I look again, I really feel actually pleased with us. We had been younger ladies and needed to be taught every thing so rapidly.
E.M: I’ve listened to the brand new album, and it’s unbelievable. My favorites are “Know How It Hurts” and “Lady.” Do you’ve got any private favorites from this report?
Lily: It modifications on a regular basis, however proper now, I’d say “Attachment Concept” and “Zero.”
Megan: I used to be going to say the identical factor!
E.M: Is there a purpose these songs really feel so particular to each of you?
Lily: “Attachment Concept” has simply been such a central a part of this venture for us. It’s been some time since we made it, so revisiting it feels good. Additionally, enjoying “Zero” stay just lately on stage has been so enjoyable—it’s simply such an excellent track to carry out and the viewers actually reacts.
Megan: Precisely! Performing actually does breathe an entire new life into some songs. Some tracks simply really feel higher when performed stay. “Attachment Concept” has at all times been my secret favourite little one. It’s very private to me. And it was such a simple start!
E.M: How lengthy did it take you to complete this album?
Megan: We completed the blending course of final February. We began recording in the summertime of 2023, however we had been writing for years earlier than that.
Lily: Yeah, it’s in all probability been a few years within the making.
Megan: “Killing the Sport,” for instance, began manner again through the pandemic. I used to be enjoying the refrain even then.
E.M: For this album, had been there any particular artists or influences you drew from? Or, contemplating the themes of nostalgia, trauma, and the feminine expertise in your lyrics, do you’re feeling your music is extra impressed by the media you eat?
Lily: That’s such a very good query. I feel lyrically, I’m usually impressed by conversations, psychology, studying, and podcasts.
Megan: Yeah, the world round us positively influences our writing. “Know How It Hurts” involves thoughts massively. We began writing it in 2022, when there was a lot dialog round abortion bans within the U.S. That was an enormous a part of the track’s origin. After which it got here out in November, making it really feel related yet again.
E.M: Are there any artists you’d like to collaborate with?
Lily: Chappell Roan, Charli XCX…
Megan: Who wouldn’t? CMAT could be wonderful too. And Blondshell! Waxahatchee!
E.M: “Lady” really jogged my memory of Charli’s remix album—you completely exist in that musical world.
Lily: We’re prepared each time you’re, Charli.
E.M: I’ve talked to some artists who really feel a mixture of nerves and grief round releasing music, like they’re letting go of part of themselves. How do you’re feeling throughout this launch cycle?
Lily: I feel I disassociate a bit bit. I’m sort of joking, however there may be some reality to that. It looks like each the hugest and smallest factor ever.
Megan: It’s separation anxiousness. Once we launched “Lady,” I used to be a wreck. However as you retain placing out singles, you get a bit extra snug with the method. Now, I’m largely simply excited.
Lily: Similar.
Stream Late To The World on Spotify and Apple Music, accessible February 21, 2024.
