Claire Rousay Explains Her Credit Card Statement
The emo ambient experimentalist talks through recent purchases including freeze-dried dog food, an exceptional cappuccino (with whole milk), and so many sour gummy worms.
Credit History is an interview series where we ask our favorite artists to comb through their credit card statements and tell us about what they bought, from the necessary to the frivolous to the outlandish.
Our first edition of Credit History stars Claire Rousay. Her album Sentiment is one of the year’s most devastating records, filled with Auto-Tuned laments about sex and regret backed by solitary guitar and poignant ambient soundscapes. She also just capped off a busy year of touring with Sentiment Remix, which includes reimaginings of the album’s songs by fellow experimentalists like More Eaze and Amulets. (Ambient jazz artist Patrick Shiroishi’s remake of “It Could Be Anything” is particularly amazing.)
For all of the sadness in Rousay’s music, the L.A.-based artist is hardly dour in conversation. Whether talking about her dog’s contentious relationship with the mailman or how her brain is poisoned by Spotify, she’s thoughtful and open, never too far from a deadpan joke at her own expense.
