{"id":40400,"date":"2014-11-18T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=40400"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T14:27:27","slug":"interview-naked-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2014\/11\/18\/interview-naked-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: The Naked and Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We catch up with the vocalist of New Zealand’s biggest musical export, Alisa Xavalith.<\/p>\n

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The Naked and Famous were born in 2006 when vocalist Alisa\u00a0Xayalith\u00a0met fellow college dropout Thom Powers (vocals).\u00a0Over time they recruited\u00a0Aaron Short (keyboard), David Beadle (bass) and Jesse Wood (drums) and in 2010 they released ‘Passive Me Aggressive You’,\u00a0which was followed three years later by ‘In Rolling Waves’.\u00a0Their success has brought them across the world, playing at every globally renowned festival, including Coachella, SXSW and Glastonbury. They\u2019ve also scored a number one debut album, seen their singles feature on Grey\u2019s Anatomy, True Blood<\/em> and Gossip Girl<\/em>, while ‘Punching in a Dream’ became the theme tune\u00a0for\u00a0Made in Chelsea<\/em>.\u00a0Having recently finished their second world tour, we caught up with vocalist Alisa\u00a0Xayalith, at her LA apartment, to talk about a new album, living the American Dream and eh, politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What have you been up to since you finished your tour?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first time we came off a very long tour cycle in 2012, after having been on the road for something like 2 or 3 years off the back of \u2018Passive Me, Aggressive You\u2019, we decided to re-locate to Los Angeles. So we all held each-others hands as we experienced living in a new country for the first time. This time around, the five of us are living separately and I\u2019m experiencing what it feels like to truly be alone with one-self, I\u2019m learning to do normal things like learning how to use a lettuce spinner in the kitchen. And I have to organise my own schedule now that I don\u2019t have a tour manager telling me where to be on a daily basis. I\u2019m discovering more parts of Los Angeles and making new friends. Thom and I have begun working on new songs\u00a0and once a week I go to a still-life art class downtown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Any ideas what sound you are trying to capture\u00a0for\u00a0album no.3?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re\u00a0still brainstorming a lot of ideas right now.\u00a0I think we want to make an ambitious\u00a0TNAF\u00a0pop record. I know that sounds very abstract but I\u2019m very excited about it.<\/p>\n