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In Our Headphones

Seattle’s Sea Lemon on Getting Inspiration from Mini Trees

In Our Headphones

KEXP

Music, Music Commentary

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Host Evie Stokes talks with Natalie Lew of Seattle dream-pop group Sea Lemon. The two get into the best fish and chips in Seattle, Enya, and reading. Lew also shares the song “On Repeat” from Mini Trees, an artist Lew cites as inspiring her to pursue music. “On Repeat” is from Mini Trees from the 2025 album Slow It Down, out now.

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0:00.0

This is in our headphones. My name's Evie Stokes. I'm joined today by the one and only Natalie Lou, also known as C. Lemon.

0:07.6

Hello.

0:08.5

Hello. You're an artist from Seattle. You're a solo artist, correct?

0:12.8

Yes, it's just me.

0:13.8

Just you, doing the thing. Well, I am a huge fan. I'm so excited to welcome you in today.

0:19.8

And you've put out some of my favorite

0:21.7

leases over the last couple of years. You are an expert in the dream pop sphere. Thank you.

0:27.1

And I want you to just tell me a little bit more about yourself. Yeah. I have been making music in

0:32.3

Seattle now for a little over five years. I grew up listening to all things like, Hey, Marseille and grew up in

0:40.0

the scene of like, I used to work for the EMP or like, I guess now, mopop. And so I was like a big

0:45.9

Seattle music proponent. And then I've been making music here for like five years and having fun and

0:51.9

just kind of doing what I'm doing. And I released an album

0:54.3

last year called Diving for a Prize, which was amazing. And you guys played so much, which was

0:59.3

so fun to get in my car and be like, my song is on the radio. It played a lot. It was amazing.

1:04.7

Heavy rotation, which was really fun for me. I'm so glad. I'm so glad. So, you know, when you talk about yourself,

1:13.9

we follow each other on Instagram. So I see some of the stuff you post sometimes. I feel like I

1:17.6

remember a few years back, you were like searching for the perfect tuna melt or something in Seattle.

1:22.9

Fish and chips. Fish and chips. Yes. Did you ever find it? Honestly, is there a perfect? I feel like I found, like, what I would consider, like, best of Seattle, but it's hard to say, like, oh, number one is the place that I personally really like, which also, there's, like, a lot of the producer I work with Andy. He also really likes this place, so it's kind of like a musician's secret is Loretta's kind of in like the South Park area. It's a bar that has like a really good burger, but they also have great fish and chips. And this is the place for like super fresh, but kind of like bar quality. Like it's not like, you know, you're not paying $45 for fish and chips. Nobody wants that. No, and it's amazing and wonderful.

2:01.8

So I've been going there.

2:02.9

That's like my top spot, I would say. Okay. Yeah. I'm glad that you found it. That was an important mission. You know, it's crazy how many people will come up to me sometimes and be like, hey, love your music. But where was the best fish and chips? Like it has turned into like a life of itself, which is so funny because like when I started posting it, I earnestly was just like, well, where is the best fishing chips. Like, it has turned into like a life of itself, which is so funny because

2:18.1

like when I started posting it, I earnestly was just like, well, where is the best one?

2:21.6

Yeah. I also know that you also enjoy Anya as much as I do. I love Enya. So, so much.

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