My Music Episode 667 - Joan As Police Woman

My Music Podcast – Graham Coath with Joan As Police WomanIn this episode of My Music, Graham Coath sits down with Joan Wasser — a quietly influential force in modern music whose work has always lived somewhere between intimacy and experimentation.Twenty years on from her debut Real Life, Joan returns with Real Life Evolution — not a nostalgic revisit, but a living document of how songs grow, shift and deepen over time. As she explains in the conversation, this new record captures “how the music has changed over the last 20 years… a continuation of the same dialogue.” What unfolds is less an interview and more a shared exploration of music as a form of communication.Graham and Joan talk about:Music is an ongoing conversation with yourself and the worldThe tension between autonomy and community in modern lifeWhy live performance still feels like one of the last true shared human experiencesThe discomfort (and necessity) of looking back at your own workHow stepping away from noise and platforms can protect creativityThere’s a noticeable thread throughout — that everything Joan creates, whether solo work or collaborations with artists like Iggy Pop or Damon Albarn, is part of one continuous expression rather than separate projects.The conversation also touches on the making of Real Life Evolution, including the stripped-back, intimate recordings of Flushed Chest and The Ride, where Joan’s vocals — often recorded at home — bring listeners closer than ever to the source of the songs.At its core, this episode reflects something Joan puts simply:Music is connection.Not performance.Not content.Connection.