Clattermouuuth’s Music of The Week: Q&A With Twelfth

By Andrew Kohler

Welcome back to Clattermouuuth’s Music of the Week, curating Rockaway’s music taste one week at a time. A couple of months ago, I had an interview with a very talented up-and-coming experimental artist, Twelfth, about his album “I’m Not, I’m Just.” I thought I’d share that interview with you all here:

Q: Describe your music for unfamiliar listeners.

A: Noise pop and shoegaze blended with tints of glitch, rap, and metal.

Q: Describe your creative process.

A: I’ll usually be thinking about lyrics or something I could use as a topic in a song, and then just flow on whatever beat I choose and just make the song from there. No planning or any complicated steps, I just kinda get in the studio and make something, and if I like it enough, I’ll put the whole thing together or work on it off and on.

Q: Your latest album, “I’m Not, I’m Just,” is such a cool and dynamic project. How was that album created? What is your personal favorite track on that album?

A: “I’m Not, I’m Just” is probably my favorite project I’ve ever done. I started working on it in May/June of 2024 and was working very hard on it throughout the rest of 2024 and until it was released. I’m honestly not set on an absolute favorite track on the album because I always change my mind or have phases loving a song from my albums. But as of right now, it would definitely be “zombie,” it’s my most abrasive, noisy, and experimental song I’ve ever done, and Xandrey killed it on the mixing. It was really hard to put it all together. When I made it, I almost cut it from the album, but I’m glad I finished and put it out, and I’m very happy to see the attention it’s been getting.

Q: How’d you first get into making music?

A: I started making music in fifth grade. I was inspired by a lot of popular rap around that time, like Polo G, DaBaby, and Roddy Ricch, and I started messing around with BandLab and eventually started dropping rap songs on Soundcloud under a different name.

Q: Where do you find the inspiration to create music?

A: My biggest inspirations are definitely my favorite artists and just the music scene as a whole- I really have Quadeca to thank for really introducing me to different genres besides hip-hop after he dropped “I Didn’t Mean to Haunt You.” That album definitely started my love for music as a whole, and that’s when I started to really get involved with the Album of the Year community, deadAir artists, and other genres that I never thought I would be into.

Q: Any new music soon?

A: Can’t say too much, but definitely have been in the mix.

Q: What music have you been listening to lately?

A: I’ve been nonstop listening to underground rap, Jane Remover’s newest album has been on repeat lately, but I also really like Che & Nettspend. And if you aren’t tapped into Daniel Kashule yet, trust me, you must get tapped in.