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‘Death is complicated and kaleidoscopically beautiful’: Jerskin Fendrix on his emotional new album – and life after Oscar success
The British composer broke into Hollywood as Yorgos Lanthimos’s go-to guy on Poor Things and more. But his heart remains in Shropshire – the backdrop to his ambitious, grief-stricken latest record
From eruptive post-rock to sweeping chamber pop via avant classical explorations, tender ballads and group sing-alongs around the family piano, it’s a singular piece of work. A trained pianist and violinist, he moved to London in the late 2010s to be in the band Famous, but soon began playing solo shows and collaborating with the likes of Black Midi. Experiencing such loss so close to home, Fendrix basked in memories of growing up nestled around a close-knit group of friends and family, being daft, “getting ratted in the kitchen” at parties, and extracting beauty from the simple things you sometimes take for granted.
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