I can hear in my head if it’s gonna be a rock song or a sparse song or a tender song. L: I tend not to listen to a lot of music when I’m actively being creative - I don’t really want to be influenced or muddied up in my mind with different sounds. What were you listening to when you made it? IH: Your new album is called “My Wild West.” It’s not a country album, but it’s distinctly Western. Their colonies are collapsing because of industrial farming. That’s my long-term plan: to be a beekeeper and try to save the bees. In May, I’ll take a month off and move into the house to plant some trees and make plans for the land. Lissie: Yeah, last summer I bought this 10-acre farm in northeast Iowa and the house is under renovations and construction while I tour. InsideHook: I read that you live on a farm now. We caught up with the 33-year-old to talk about her new farm, the boons of self-producing and why she no longer does shots of tequila on stage. tour in support of her first independently produced EP, My Wild West. Illinois-raised singer-songwriter Lissie ( on Instagram) first caught the public eye in 2008, when she co-wrote Grammy-nominated dance track “The Longest Road” with Morgan Page.Įight years, two major-label releases and countless live shows later, she’s living on a farm she just bought in Iowa and preparing for a U.S.

Lissie pursuit of happiness