Arrange

Nostalgic woods gaze. Progressive folk twang. Electronic anti-pop. Extraterrestrial sock hop jams. However you want to describe Malcom Lacey’s music project Arrange is just fine, just don’t say you didn’t feel anything from any of it.

 
Ryan Donar: Who are you and what do you do?

Malcom Lacey: I'm Malcom Lacey and I currently make music under the Arrange moniker.

RD: Where are you from?

ML: I was born in South Florida then moved to Northeast Georgia when I was 9 then back to Florida after middle school. At this point neither Georgia nor Florida are my home.

RD: I grew up in the south, the western mountains of North Carolina actually. Where are you now?

ML: I currently reside in South Florida (just north of Miami). I'm moving at the end of next month to Portland.

RD: How long have you been writing music for?

ML: I've been writing music for years but have been making music as Arrange for a year and a half now.

RD: What bands have you been listening to lately?

ML: Mmmm. Lots of Future Islands, Shlohmo, and Barn Owl lately.

RD: What does creating music mean to you?

ML: Oh man, so much. I work on music daily. And it really is something that I need to do. I don't know how else to explain it really, haha.

RD: Are you happy with how music is nowadays, do you have any qualms with this music generation?

ML: Oh yeah definitely. I really have nothing bad to say about the generation as a whole.

RD: If you could play with any band or musician who would it be and why?

ML: As obvious as it might sound I've always wanted to tour with Bon Iver. I'm absolutely in love with their music and influenced by Justin Vernon and Co more than any artist I listen to.

RD: What inspires you on a day to day basis?

ML: Lately I've been channeling dreams into the content of my lyrics and find it as equally cathartic as the writing process was for Plantation. I enjoy dissecting images that are projected to me and what those images subconsciously mean.

RD: Inspiration can come from some of the strangest corners, would you say that you have established a sort of writing style for composition and lyricism?

ML: You know every time I think I've developed this sort of songwriting voice, I go and work with someone I really admire like Sam and start restructuring the way I work with them. So I guess no, I don't think I have as far as lyrics or composition goes.

RD: Progressing and improving are a large part of being a musician, on Plantation you keep the songs and a certain tone flow smoothly from track-to-track keeping the listener submerged in a world you created, are you satisfied with the album?

ML: I feel very satisfied with the record. Plantation functioned as a way for me to channel negative energy into a creative form. Events that had built up until that point that had not been properly dealt with.

RD: Drew Harris (Germany Germany) mastered your album and I must say he did a great job, how did you get in contact with him?

ML: It's funny; I actually met Drew over a Birp.fm tinychat! Love that dude. Rad dude.
RD: The people at BIRP! and all over have really been digging your album, is there any exclusive info towards the future of arrange?(Any major plans, new tracks, etc.)

ML: I'm in the process of looking for a label to release my latest collection of songs. The four track Five Years With The Sun. I've also been working a bit with my man Sam Ray (Ricky Eat Acid). Hopefully we'll continue to work together and eventually release an ep sometime in the future.

RD: If you could choose any label to be a part of, what label would it be?

ML: Ideally I'd make electronic ambient music steadily and be signed to Kompakt or Type Records.

RD: You've received overall great reviews, do you take criticism constructively? How so?

ML: I definitely appreciate the positive effect reviews have had on getting the word out there, but I don't take any of it personally or let it affect the way I create music. As an artist you really can't let the opinion of a group of people dictate the direction you take your music.

 
With the release of Plantation back in July, Malcom has since been working on a few more releases to be unleashed in the future including a possible EP with Ricky Eat Acid. Head over to his bandcamp to listen to the albums and help spread the word of this very talented artist.

Arrange + Ricky Eat Acid - P. S. L. W. by Ricky Eat Acid