{"id":1773408,"date":"2026-02-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1773408"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:00:00","slug":"alt-pop-yearner-sarah-kinsley-shares-her-internet-obsessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1773408","title":{"rendered":"Alt-pop yearner Sarah Kinsley shares her internet obsessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-165-2445-1630\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437106.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/music\/article\/69621\/1\/indie-pop-yearner-sarah-kinsley-fleeting-internet-obsessions\" data-article-id=\"69621\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-portrait-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.82\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sarah Kinsley\" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437106.jpg\" width=\"2448\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Photography Florence Sullivan<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-16T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"16 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"16\">16,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/dazed-faves\">Dazed Faves<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\">Music<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/dazed-faves\">Dazed Faves<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>Alt-pop yearner Sarah Kinsley shares her <span class=\"nowrap\">internet obsessions<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>The New York-based artist tells us her internet favourites, along with the inspiration (and heartbreak) behind her <span class=\"nowrap\">new EP<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-16T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"16 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"16\">16,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-02-16T08:00:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"16 February 2026\"><span class=\"month\">February<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"16\">16,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/isabelbekele\">Isabel Bekele<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>In life, rarely do we recognise the good that we have while we still have it. The occasional occurrences when we do, however, can feel like pure magic; there\u2019s an out-of-body euphoria that comes with experiencing a moment, and, in real-time, realising how badly you\u2019ll miss it. It\u2019s those liminal episodes that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarahkinsleyd\/?hl=en\"><span>Sarah Kinsley<\/span><\/a><span> chronicles on her new EP <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>. \u201cThe thing that I just keep coming back to in my life is that everything is impermanent,\u201d the 25-year-old artist tells me over a video call, logging on from her bedroom in New York. \u201cI\u2019m grateful that it is, in a way \u2013 even though it\u2019s so sad and melodramatic and ridiculous, it\u2019s also really romantic and true.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Melodrama and romance are themes frequently explored by Kinsley, who, since releasing her debut EP <\/span><em><span>The Fall <\/span><\/em><span>in 2020, has cultivated a devoted fan base. Her musical journey began with a childhood spent immersed in classical music, playing the piano and viola in various orchestras. It was only after moving from Connecticut to New York, where she studied music theory at Columbia University, that she fell in love with indie and pop music, absorbing the genres via house shows on campus and beyond. Both halves of Kinsley\u2019s origin story show up in equal measure in her sound, which somehow blends the grandeur of symphonic music with the intimate haziness of bedroom pop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kinsley\u2019s lyricism has also won over listeners, especially those with a penchant for yearning. On <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>, which she worked on after an intense breakup, she documents what it feels like to be completely enamoured with someone, and the \u201cmania\u201d that that sort of infatuation can bring. \u201cI was writing really clearly about things that I was going through and not being ambiguous, but just outright saying, \u2018This is what this desire makes me feel,\u2019\u201d she says. That vulnerability appears in tracks like<\/span><span>\u201cTruth of Pursuit\u201d, on which Kinsley acknowledges the familiar downsides of an all-consuming crush: \u201cTurned my life upside down for a face. Destroy my entire world for the chase.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When reflecting on the EP\u2019s creation, Kinsley compares poring over her old music to going through old journal entries, in that it can be difficult to face past versions of herself. Still, she credits that practice to the construction of <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>, which came together through herself and her collaborator Jake Aaaron returning to old songs and pushing them to their limits. On the track<\/span><span>\u201cLonely Touch\u201d, for example, which was loosely inspired by Luca Guadagnino\u2019s 2024 film <\/span><em><span>Queer<\/span><\/em><span>, the pair took that challenge to heart, pushing the literal noise limit and playing at the maximum level that one can use to fill up a wall of sound. \u201cI feel like we were trying to get to this frontier, this bursting thing of, \u2018How far can we go with this and get as close as possible to this idea that only exists in our heads?\u2019\u201d says Kinsley. \u201cIt\u2019s the first work I feel I&#8217;ve made where I&#8217;m just like, this really does speak for me, and I don\u2019t feel the need to clarify.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though Kinsley\u2019s music may have taken off via the internet, it\u2019s clear that her work has a lasting quality that goes beyond temporary virality. To mark <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s release, we asked the artist to break down her online favourites.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE YOUTUBE<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"rFVB7uNkCFs\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFVB7uNkCFs\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley:<\/strong><span> Recently, I was deeply obsessed with this woman. She\u2019s British, and she almost philosophises on YouTube. Her name is Pearl. I don\u2019t know how I found her. I think I was really going through stuff over the summer, but she makes these videos about different topics, whether it\u2019s about love or about independence or about isolation. She just talks for 25 minutes in her room somewhere in England, and I was obsessed with her. I would watch her weekly. She\u2019s one of those people who I feel like could genuinely lead a cult, and people would totally understand because she\u2019s forthright in the way she talks, and she\u2019s very elegant. Also, if you watch her stuff, you just believe everything she says. She gave me so many revelations over the last year. I don\u2019t listen to her that much anymore because I think I&#8217;m in a better place. But I did love her channel, and I still do. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE MEME<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"cf08a65f-de5f-4bdd-87fb-b3ef00618e82\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437104.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.69\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sarah Kinsley\" class=\"img\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437104.png\" width=\"2156\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley: <\/strong><span>I love those memes that are like, \u2018What the world would look like if\u2026.\u2019 and it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UtopiaBNB\/status\/2017623995709845638\"><span>utopia<\/span><\/a><span>, like buildings and trees and stuff. I find those so funny. I also love that TikTok has images and comments. Now that is one of my favourite new additions. I feel like I respond to people\u2019s comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sarahkinsleyd\/video\/7591948237947292942\">on my videos<\/a> now more because I just get excited to see the photos. In the same vein, the astral projection body through the universe meme. If people say that posting a song clip is like the highest compliment for me, that\u2019s like the highest compliment for me. That\u2019s one of my favourite things ever. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE INTERNET RABBIT HOLE<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7576059125486980383\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m just obsessed with people talking about gear, both on Instagram and TikTok. There are rabbit holes where you can watch people toy with really strange tape gear or really weird analogue stuff, and people get super granular. I was watching this girl for a while who built an instrument that would play light, so she would pull her curtain open. And she made this whole code for it, and I was like, \u201cOh, I really wanna try to see if I can make this\u201d. But I was really obsessed with that for a while, because it was just crazy. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE PIECE OF HARDWARE <\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"daa9a5b9-79aa-4d53-aea9-b3ef00622edd\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437105.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"2.06\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-02-12 at 12.57.13\u202fAM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437105.png\" width=\"2322\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Moog Music<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley:<\/strong><span> I\u2019ve been playing a lot on this new synth called a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moogmusic.com\/synthesizers\/matriarch\/\"><span>Moog Matriarch<\/span><\/a><span>. It\u2019s funny because I feel like sometimes I would have these stereotypes, specifically about sweet older men who get obsessed with synths. I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s the same thing as when people are just obsessed with wine, or obsessed with this very specific hobby that is a little too expensive and ridiculous, but I think I\u2019m becoming one of those old men. I bought this Moog matriarch and it\u2019s my favourite instrument right now. That or my contact mic, which I bring everywhere with me and is an awesome piece of gear. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><span>In life, rarely do we recognise the good that we have while we still have it. The occasional occurrences when we do, however, can feel like pure magic; there\u2019s an out-of-body euphoria that comes with experiencing a moment, and, in real-time, realising how badly you\u2019ll miss it. It\u2019s those liminal episodes that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sarahkinsleyd\/?hl=en\"><span>Sarah Kinsley<\/span><\/a><span> chronicles on her new EP <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>. \u201cThe thing that I just keep coming back to in my life is that everything is impermanent,\u201d the 25-year-old artist tells me over a video call, logging on from her bedroom in New York. \u201cI\u2019m grateful that it is, in a way \u2013 even though it\u2019s so sad and melodramatic and ridiculous, it\u2019s also really romantic and true.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Melodrama and romance are themes frequently explored by Kinsley, who, since releasing her debut EP <\/span><em><span>The Fall <\/span><\/em><span>in 2020, has cultivated a devoted fan base. Her musical journey began with a childhood spent immersed in classical music, playing the piano and viola in various orchestras. It was only after moving from Connecticut to New York, where she studied music theory at Columbia University, that she fell in love with indie and pop music, absorbing the genres via house shows on campus and beyond. Both halves of Kinsley\u2019s origin story show up in equal measure in her sound, which somehow blends the grandeur of symphonic music with the intimate haziness of bedroom pop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kinsley\u2019s lyricism has also won over listeners, especially those with a penchant for yearning. On <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>, which she worked on after an intense breakup, she documents what it feels like to be completely enamoured with someone, and the \u201cmania\u201d that that sort of infatuation can bring. \u201cI was writing really clearly about things that I was going through and not being ambiguous, but just outright saying, \u2018This is what this desire makes me feel,\u2019\u201d she says. That vulnerability appears in tracks like<\/span><span>\u201cTruth of Pursuit\u201d, on which Kinsley acknowledges the familiar downsides of an all-consuming crush: \u201cTurned my life upside down for a face. Destroy my entire world for the chase.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When reflecting on the EP\u2019s creation, Kinsley compares poring over her old music to going through old journal entries, in that it can be difficult to face past versions of herself. Still, she credits that practice to the construction of <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>, which came together through herself and her collaborator Jake Aaaron returning to old songs and pushing them to their limits. On the track<\/span><span>\u201cLonely Touch\u201d, for example, which was loosely inspired by Luca Guadagnino\u2019s 2024 film <\/span><em><span>Queer<\/span><\/em><span>, the pair took that challenge to heart, pushing the literal noise limit and playing at the maximum level that one can use to fill up a wall of sound. \u201cI feel like we were trying to get to this frontier, this bursting thing of, \u2018How far can we go with this and get as close as possible to this idea that only exists in our heads?\u2019\u201d says Kinsley. \u201cIt\u2019s the first work I feel I&#8217;ve made where I&#8217;m just like, this really does speak for me, and I don\u2019t feel the need to clarify.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though Kinsley\u2019s music may have taken off via the internet, it\u2019s clear that her work has a lasting quality that goes beyond temporary virality. To mark <\/span><em><span>Fleeting<\/span><\/em><span>\u2019s release, we asked the artist to break down her online favourites.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE YOUTUBE<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"src-youtube video-container embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-youtube\" data-id=\"rFVB7uNkCFs\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder height=\"422\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rFVB7uNkCFs\" webkitallowfullscreen width=\"750\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley:<\/strong><span> Recently, I was deeply obsessed with this woman. She\u2019s British, and she almost philosophises on YouTube. Her name is Pearl. I don\u2019t know how I found her. I think I was really going through stuff over the summer, but she makes these videos about different topics, whether it\u2019s about love or about independence or about isolation. She just talks for 25 minutes in her room somewhere in England, and I was obsessed with her. I would watch her weekly. She\u2019s one of those people who I feel like could genuinely lead a cult, and people would totally understand because she\u2019s forthright in the way she talks, and she\u2019s very elegant. Also, if you watch her stuff, you just believe everything she says. She gave me so many revelations over the last year. I don\u2019t listen to her that much anymore because I think I&#8217;m in a better place. But I did love her channel, and I still do. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE MEME<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"cf08a65f-de5f-4bdd-87fb-b3ef00618e82\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437104.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.69\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sarah Kinsley\" class=\"img\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437104.png\" width=\"2156\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">TikTok<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley: <\/strong><span>I love those memes that are like, \u2018What the world would look like if\u2026.\u2019 and it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UtopiaBNB\/status\/2017623995709845638\"><span>utopia<\/span><\/a><span>, like buildings and trees and stuff. I find those so funny. I also love that TikTok has images and comments. Now that is one of my favourite new additions. I feel like I respond to people\u2019s comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sarahkinsleyd\/video\/7591948237947292942\">on my videos<\/a> now more because I just get excited to see the photos. In the same vein, the astral projection body through the universe meme. If people say that posting a song clip is like the highest compliment for me, that\u2019s like the highest compliment for me. That\u2019s one of my favourite things ever. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE INTERNET RABBIT HOLE<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"media-tiktok\" data-id=\"7576059125486980383\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley: <\/strong><span>I\u2019m just obsessed with people talking about gear, both on Instagram and TikTok. There are rabbit holes where you can watch people toy with really strange tape gear or really weird analogue stuff, and people get super granular. I was watching this girl for a while who built an instrument that would play light, so she would pull her curtain open. And she made this whole code for it, and I was like, \u201cOh, I really wanna try to see if I can make this\u201d. But I was really obsessed with that for a while, because it was just crazy. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<h1><span>FAVOURITE PIECE OF HARDWARE <\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"daa9a5b9-79aa-4d53-aea9-b3ef00622edd\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437105.png\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"2.06\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot 2026-02-12 at 12.57.13\u202fAM\" class=\"img\" height=\"1128\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1430\/7\/1437105.png\" width=\"2322\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"credit\">Moog Music<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p><strong>Sarah Kinsley:<\/strong><span> I\u2019ve been playing a lot on this new synth called a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moogmusic.com\/synthesizers\/matriarch\/\"><span>Moog Matriarch<\/span><\/a><span>. It\u2019s funny because I feel like sometimes I would have these stereotypes, specifically about sweet older men who get obsessed with synths. I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s the same thing as when people are just obsessed with wine, or obsessed with this very specific hobby that is a little too expensive and ridiculous, but I think I\u2019m becoming one of those old men. I bought this Moog matriarch and it\u2019s my favourite instrument right now. That or my contact mic, which I bring everywhere with me and is an awesome piece of gear. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsletter-inline-last\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-small\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h1 class=\"newsletter-title\">Escape the algorithm! 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