Alex McArtor

Born in Los Angeles but mostly raised in Austin, McArtor first merged her love of music and film around the age of 14. “When I started writing songs, I’d always write with movies on in the background,” she says, listing Blue Velvet, Trainspotting, and Velvet Goldmine among her go-to films at the time. “I’m a very visual person, so movies or visuals help me to create the world in which a song lives.” Around the same time, she began playing piano and guitar