Episode 216: Fashion Club

Episode 216 of Look At My Records! features an interview with Pascal Stevenson of Los Angeles’ Fashion Club. Despite an extensive background playing in various bands, including Sub Pop recording artists Moaning, Fashion Club is Stevenson’s first vessel for her own songwriting. Dark, brooding, and driven by Stevenson’s distinctively haunting voice, her debut record as Fashion Club, Scrutiny, thrives off of a unique approach to production and songwriting that places an equal emphasis on pop structures and lush, but biting, electronic soundscapes. During the interview, Stevenson and Tom discuss what it was like piecing together demos for the songs on Scrutiny while touring Europe with Moaning, the lyrical inspiration behind stand-out tracks like “Pantomime,” how the song “Reaction” almost didn’t make it on the album, and much more. Plus, Stevenson picked some awesome records from Tom’s collection, including choice cuts from Wire, Sade, and Kate Bush. You can follow along with her picks via the official playlist for Episode 216. Scrutiny is out now via Felte Records. You can order a copy on limited edition vinyl via Bandcamp. Keep up with Fashion Club by following them on Instagram.