Arborist joins Teenage Wasteland to trace his journey from growing up in Ballymena in the ’80s and ’90s to making his superb new album, Looking for Love.
We explore a musical education shaped by his parents’ country records, his siblings’ dance and pop collections, and his own discovery of Britpop, Snow Patrol and The Divine Comedy.
From his Pixies-loving first band, Pilgrim, comes a teenage dream realised - collaborating with Kim Deal.
Mark also reflects on The Holy Innocents, becoming Arborist, and how producing Looking for Love himself compared with recording alongside Matthew E. White in Virginia and at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios.