Fielded discusses Some Kind of Animal, scammers and 964 Pinocchio in Verge interview

The Verge reported that Some Kind of Animal draws from the different versions of Fielded’s earlier work. The album places organ-fueled slow jam “That Bitch” beside a cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” with 2000s neo-soul inflections and the industrial funk of “Heaven,” which features a guest verse from Pink Siifu.

The Verge said Powell’s first album, Ninety-Thirty-Thirty, included songs indebted to ’80s synth-pop and multiple saxophone solos. Boy Angel was described as a quirky electronic exploration with huge saw-wave synths, jittery percussion and sky-high vocal stacks. Demisexual Lovelace, released in 2020 on underground hip-hop imprint Backwoodz Studioz, was slinkier and featured contributions from Billy Woods and Elucid of Armand Hammer.

In the interview, Powell named the Universal Audio Apollo Twin audio interface as her most indispensable recording tool. She cited its ease of function and the Universal Audio digital studio plugins, which she uses on all her records during recording and beyond. She said the interface lets her mic up and get a professional sound quickly, and that her guitars and synths sound amazing and clear.

Powell said she keeps a pirated full-length version of the Japanese cyberpunk film 964 Pinocchio pinned to her tab bar for endless sonic and visual inspiration. Asked which tech trend she wished would go away, she said she deeply wished AI would disappear off the face of the earth.

She named Some Kind of Animal and its title single as the creation she is most proud of. The best advice she has received, she said, was to be patient; “Everything happens in perfect time,” she said. Her current obsession is stories about scammers — big scams, small scams and cases that ended in minor jail time or had a blow-out of incredible impact. She said she is fascinated by their brains. The last physical media she bought was Alissa Bennett’s essay collection Taxidermist’s Handbook, which she described as full of stories about scammers among other criminals. Asked for the tagline of a biopic about herself, she offered “Freak Today, Freak Tomorrow.”