Fielded’s New Album Fuses R&B, Scammers, and Cyberpunk — SkimNews
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- Fielded releases Some Kind of Animal, an album that shifts between slinky R&B, neo-soul, and industrial funk, featuring a neo-soul reinterpretation of Nine Inch Nails’ 'Closer' and a guest verse from Pink Siifu on 'Heaven'.
- Lindsay Powell cites her Universal Audio Apollo Twin audio interface as her most indispensable recording tool, relying on its plugins for professional sound across guitars, synths, and vocals.
- Lindsay Powell is currently obsessed with scammer stories, drawing inspiration from real-life cons of all scales and recently purchasing Alissa Bennett’s Taxidermist’s Handbook, a compilation featuring scammer narratives.
- Lindsay Powell keeps a pirated copy of the Japanese cyberpunk film 964 Pinocchio pinned in her browser for continuous sonic and visual inspiration, reflecting her affinity for unhinged, dystopian aesthetics.
- Lindsay Powell expresses deep disdain for AI, calling it a 'plague' she wishes would disappear, and identifies patience as the most valuable life advice she’s received.
Why it matters: Fielded’s refusal to settle into a single genre or aesthetic—paired with her explicit rejection of AI and embrace of underground, transgressive influences—positions her work as a counter-current to algorithm-driven music trends, offering a human, chaotic alternative rooted in obsession and transformation.
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