To conclude, we ask Joseph Mount of British electro-pop band Metronomy some questions about endings and death.
Mount started Metronomy as a bedroom project as a teenager, in his native Totnes, in southwest England. By the time his debut album, , was released in 2006 Mount was 23 and living in Brighton. Over the years Metronomy’s lineup grew to include Oscar Cash (saxophone, backing vocals, guitars, and keyboards), Anna Prior (drums and vocals), Olugbenga Adelekan (bass guitar and vocals), and Michael Lovett (on keyboards and guitars, and also of NZCA LINES). The band’s 2011-released third album,, proved to be their true breakthrough, landing on multiple album of the year lists and garnering a Mercury Prize nomination. Three more well-received albums followed—Love (2014), (2016), and (2019)—and 2022 sees the release of Metronomy’s seventh album, .
