It’s my way of dealing with life’s complexities without really having to deal with them. I’m a very private person and my music is my form of escapism. I enjoy open space, whereas the hustle and bustle of city life makes me feel claustrophobic. I’ve never lived in a big city or town and have always found comfort in the peace and quiet of the countryside. PS: I’ve always been inspired by the idea of living a simple life and I think this is reflected in the music that I write. JDB: How did these places contribute to your musical life? I’ve spent my whole life in the countryside open fields, rolling landscapes, fresh sea air, tranquillity and it’s definitely an ideal that has shaped my music. Although I’ve been lucky enough to visit some wonderful places, it’s somewhere that I’ll always return to and somewhere that will always be home to me. Could you describe these places, and your experience of them, for us? Most of our readers – especially the American ones, myself included – can’t imagine what that would be like. According to your bio, you spent your formative years in the forests of Fife and the Highlands of Scotland. Panda Su: Hello, thank you for having me. Jesse Diener-Bennett: Hello Panda Su, welcome to ! To celebrate the release of I Begin (and as a sly maneuver to try to get her Stateside… here’s hoping!…), I email-chatted with Ferreira about growing up in Scotland, the making of the EP, and her writing process. ![]() Tracks like “Alphabet Song” and “Bee Song” are incredibly powerful, and deserve second, third, fourth listenings – and beyond. With Panda Su, both the lyrics and the instrumental space between them speak volumes. Her new EP, I Begin (reviewed here), is a bite-sized portion of the tastiest of her humble, troubled songs. Suzanne Isabel Ferreira, aka Panda Su, is a songwriter whose stories boil underneath their serene exteriors.
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