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CMU Approved
Approved: Phoebe Go
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 1 September 2022
Having previously fronted the bands Snakadaktal and Two People, Phoebe Cockburn is now stepping out as a solo artist under the name Phoebe Go.
She is set to release her debut EP ‘Player’ next month and, following previous singles ‘We Don’t Talk’ and ‘The Kid’, she’s now put out a third piece of sun-soaked melancholy with ‘Hey’.
“This song’s really close to me”, she says of the new single. “I lost my youngest cousin really suddenly a few years back and I didn’t know how to make sense of it all. And I still don’t and I don’t think I ever will. But this song is really my way of coming to grips with that”.
“Around the time I was writing it I was sort of fixated, trying so hard to understand him, you know, what he was thinking and feeling and living”, she continues. “I think my own perspective got so lost in his. Maybe that’s what gives this song that windy folk pace”.
“I’m really proud of the comfort I found in this song though”, she concludes. “Cos life aches, and we’ve gotta learn how to live with that. So I think in that way it’s kind of hinting at hope, that maybe there’s life inside loss, somehow”.
‘Player’ is set for release on 28 Oct. Watch the video for ‘Hey’ here:
