With her new EP The Container now out in the world, Phoebe Green continues to forge her own lane in the ever-shifting landscape of indie-pop.
Written and self-produced in the intimate spaces of her Manchester flat and her parents’ coastal home, the five-track project presents her most vulnerable and self-assured work yet.
Across the EP, she leans into bold, emotionally charged synth-pop, experimenting with expansive choruses and intricate sonic textures while maintaining the candid lyricism that has always defined her songwriting.
“The Container feels so right for me at this point in time,” she explains. “These songs represent where I’m at in terms of taste, ability, and emotional state. It’s been freeing to return to recording in my bedroom and writing out of sheer necessity, to document my growth and allow others into that.”
The EP spans moments of euphoric release and introspective reckoning, balancing intensity with moments of striking clarity. With influences ranging from Charli XCX to Caroline Polachek, Yves Tumor to Chappell Roan, the project showcases Phoebe’s sonic evolution, unafraid to embrace pop ambition while staying true to the raw, expressive honesty that has always set her apart.
Below, Phoebe shares five songs that shaped The Container, tracks that informed its sound, emotional weight, and fearless approach to melody.
The Naked and Famous – ‘Young Blood’ & Chappell Roan – ‘Good Luck, Babe!’
‘Young Blood’ and a few other songs from this euphoric/bittersweet nostalgic indie era really informed ‘Precious Things’, I knew I wanted a keys melody that would be instantly recognisable and was simple and nursery rhyme-y, then this combined ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan for a big, bearing-all chorus really made the song what it is. It feels so nostalgic and familiar to me but also fresh and exciting.
Yves Tumor – Echolalia/Lovely Sewer
I love Yves Tumor, I love the production and just feel so inspired by it every time I listen. These songs informed ‘What Are You Doing’ and ‘Precious Things’ mostly.
Caroline Polachek – ‘Starburned and Unkissed’
When I heard this chorus in the cinema I gasped, honestly it’s the most I’ve physically reacted to a song in ages, it’s just so beautiful. Caroline Polachek has always been a massive influence for me, I feel like the ‘I Could Try To Change’ chorus feels pretty Chairlift inspired, but yeah this particular song from the ‘I Saw The TV Glow’ soundtrack really pushed me to write some big emotional choruses.
Charli XCX – ‘Sympathy Is A Knife’
This was just my favourite chorus of ‘Brat’, I think it’s such a great melody and I love the high stabs in the chorus; I’d say this song mostly informed ‘I Could Try To Change’, but the Brat album really inspired ‘Rage Of A Kid’ with its stream of consciousness-existential-candidness too.
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