Edgar Allan Poe descendents ‘Larkin Poe’ – New album

They say madness runs in the family. They say the same about creativity and

passion. That’s good news for Larkin Poe’s sister duo Rebecca and Megan Lovell,

the descendants of tortured artist and creative genius Edgar Allen Poe.

 

“We have a very colorful family history,” explains lead singer/guitarist

Rebecca, 23, who also plays mandolin and violin. “There were a lot of creative,

hotheaded, and intelligent branches that went against the grain in our family tree.

Our paternal grandfather suffered from schizophrenia, while our great, great, great,

great grandfather, Larkin Poe, was a Civil War wagon driver turned historian and a

distant cousin to Edgar Allen Poe. Growing up with their crazy stories definitely

shaded our perception of normal. As artists, I think some of those innate

eccentricities, passed down from generation to generation, have been even further

exaggerated in us!” Megan, 25, who contributes lapsteel and dobro to the line-up,

chimes in, “As sisters, we just wanted to pick a band name that had familial

significance, so we decided to give a nod to our ancestors and take on the name

Larkin Poe.”

 

The Atlanta-based sisters celebrate that unique genealogy and their own

eccentricities with their debut full-length album, “Kin,” on Restoration Hardware’s

label RH Music, produced by Chris Seefried (Fitz and the Tantrums, Lana Del Rey)

in Los Angeles and Damien Lewis (Rihanna, Rita Ora) in Atlanta.

 

“I think our fans will be surprised by this album,” states Rebecca proudly. “In

our previous projects, there was always this pervading polish of “politeness.” In this

project, that polish isn’t present. ‘Kin’ is the first Larkin Poe album where we were

able to bring a bit more of our stage show into the studio and capture some grittier,

edgier stuff. We can rock-out on guitars like the boys… so why not go ahead and do

it? We let our freak flag fly a little higher.”

 

“Musically,” Megan, adds, “we’ve been a bit schizophrenic in our choices over

the years; we’ve dabbled in many musical styles. We grew up playing classical

violin and piano as little kids, our mom would drive us to weekly lessons – while at

the same time, our dad was playing his classic rock albums: Fleetwood Mac, Pink

Floyd, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Band. In our early teens, we got turned on

to roots music — blues, bluegrass, folk — we were a bit confused! But after a few

years of searching and experimentation, we’ve finally found a way to piece the

fragments of our artistic personalities and musical tastes together. We’ve found our

voice.”