Estère WAY TO HEAVEN
It’s not how I thought the interview would go, but halfway through my chat with Wellington musician Estère Dalton, she changes into pyjamas. It’s 1pm on a sunny Tuesday, but, it turns out, Estère works best in her PJs. “Working in bed brings out my creativity,” she says.
Those PJs have seen a lot of action lately, because Estère (pronounced Es-teer) is about to release her third album, Archetypes.
It’s the culmination of two years’ intense writing, recording and mixing, of Estère beavering away in her bedroom just a textbook’s throw from Victoria University (where she once taught anthropology).
On the drive to her rented flat, I listen to the new album’s 11 songs, marvelling as Estère’s voice, with its signature sultry edge, swoops in and out of the speakers.
