Phoebe Collins

An old soul since birth and young only by circumstance, Phoebe Collins has probably spent more time knitting and listening to punk rock than you. Her first full-length album, “It’s not enough to be my own body. It’s not enough to know you in dreams,” is a meditation on aloneness and misunderstanding. It was released on May 12th, 2023, and is now available everywhere.

As a DJ for WOZQ, Phoebe brought new wave and punk to the airwaves of the Pioneer Valley, and now brings those influences to her own music. In 2021, she recorded her first EP, <a href="spotify:album:130VCo1XSY8W9KAgWmRV1c" data-name="Filament">Filament</a>, described by close friends as “very good,” featuring covers of songs originally written by <a href="spotify:artist:6mKqFxGMS5TGDZI3XkT5Rt" data-name="Angel Olsen">Angel Olsen</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1uR7zoLrSRI8bSL43OZ0GY" data-name="Ezra Furman">Ezra Furman</a>, and more. She followed that release with a pre-Stranger Things cover of <a href="spotify:track:6cCFM0vi5gROCrQrKUQtAc" data-name="Running Up That Hill">Running Up That Hill</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:1aSxMhuvixZ8h9dK9jIDwL" data-name="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a>.

An artist by both choice and genetics, Phoebe’s portfolio includes sound, image, text, and performance, but she might be best known for disrupting New England college campuses with ambiguous conceptual art. Her work has been encouraged by an irreversibly creative upbringing: her parents released their 1998 debut <a href="spotify:album:0R5582siG6PFKJFBe77xoR" data-name="The Oracle">The Oracle</a> (Primordial Music) as <a href="spotify:artist:2qTU7erYdG43SZuxyFnqSb" data-name="Despirator">Despirator</a>, with a sophomore album expected any day now. Her sister Amelia writes songs in secret, but swears she’ll release something someday.

Visit phoebecollinsart.com for art, for fun, or to feel less alone. We are adrift and in search of a long middle. Making is the only thing that helps.