“There’s a healthy amount of dysfunction in our relationship”: How Larkin Poe finally got over their imposter syndrome to make kick-ass new album Bloom

Larkin Poe’s Rebecca and Megan Lovell posing for a photograph sitting on amps.

There are two dominant images of Larkin Poe, neither of which tell you the whole story. In one light they’re the ballsy millennial blues rockers with a Grammy to their name, lap-steel shrieks in their records and T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello and Mike Campbell in their corner. In another, they’re the sweet, southern sister duo who play classic covers on YouTube (from Aerosmith to The Beatles, Pink Floyd to Pat Benatar), smiling into each other’s eyes and harmonising as they’ve done since before they could read.

Now, through new album Bloom, we get a fuller picture of who Larkin Poe really are than ever before, evocative of the influences and life experiences that make them interesting. Riffy blues and southern rock on the one hand, hill country ballads on the other.