Ep47: Miki Berenyi (Piroshka / Lush) on celebrating a breadth of voices in music

Summary: <p>Visit the deluxe show notes page for this episode: <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/miki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks/miki</a></p><p>Read the text version: <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/miki-ts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks/miki-ts</a></p><p>.</p><p>Content warning: this is a very joyfully sweary episode so probably not best listened to in the presence of kids.</p><p>.</p><p>Thanks for listening! Attention Engineer is a show where I share deep conversations with fellow artists about creativity, grit and determination. My aim is to consistently remind you - and remind myself - that creativity really is for everyone. Let’s kick that inner critic where it hurts!</p><p>.</p><p>About my guest: <strong>Miki Berenyi</strong> is a singer, songwriter and guitarist who first became known in the late ’80s and ’90s as a member of Lush, and currently makes music in <a href="http://piroshkaband.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Piroshka</a>.</p><p>.</p><p><a href="http://smarturl.it/ldag" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Get your copy of "Love Drips And Gathers" by Piroshka here.</strong></a></p><p>.</p><p>In this episode, we discuss how Miki was a huge inspiration for teenage wannabe-musician me, what it's like for her starting a new band after 20 years out of the music world, how creative work *is* work…but that’s okay, escaping the cartoon image of “Miki from Lush” and our shared future in chilblain rock.</p><p>.</p><p>About your host: I'm Laura Kidd, a music producer and solo artist releasing music as Penfriend. Come and grab two free songs plus letters about art and music from <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/hello" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks/hello</a>.</p><p>.</p><p>My new album “Exotic Monsters” is out now: <a href="http://penfriend.rocks/exoticmonsters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://penfriend.rocks/exoticmonsters</a></p><p>Sponsor the podcast here: <a href="https://penfriend.rocks/sponsorship" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://penfriend.rocks/sponsorship</a></p><p>.</p><p>Have a fab day!</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>