Listening to Washed Out is like sitting on a beach high on Robotussin watching the sun go down into the sea. Ernest Weatherly Greene of Macon, Georgia, has tapped into a sound that gets into your bloodstream and floods it with pure nostalgic bliss. If you haven't heard his magic already, be sure a friend will turn you on to it. And lucky for you- should you want to see him live- more than likely he will be in your neck of the woods soon. Dazed speak to Greene, the new king of pop on his recent "Chill Wave" tour with Small Black and Picture Planes.

Dazed Digital: What would you name your music?
Washed Out: I would have to say Dream Pop.

DD: Do your dreams affect you, your music?
Washed Out: Yeah I am very scatter-brained and I tend to day dream a lot.

DD: Are you a very nostalgic person?
Washed Out: Definitely. I tend to dwell on the very happy parts of my past and my music idealises certain versions of  it. Pictures evoke moods and emotions.

DD: I know photographs are very important to you. Do you see images before you make a song or do they come to you during the process?
Washed Out: I usually think of images before and it sets the feel for the songs that follow.

DD: What picture comes to mind for "You'll See It"?
Washed Out: Maybe a Ryan McGinley photo. I definitely love his work. I relate to his photos in the sense that he creates these idealised situations.

DD: What was your first record?
Washed Out: It was a cassette actually,  REM's "Automatic for the People". "Night Swimming" is my favourite song. I can sit down on the piano and rock that out. Also, my parents bought me a Kriss Kross cassette single when I was little and that was my jam early on.

DD: What album/albums changed everything for you?  
Washed Out: Coltrane "My Favourite Things". And driving around on this tour it comes on at random and I get flash backs of when I was younger falling asleep to it. Also Grateful Dead "Working Mans Dead".

DD: Have any of your ideas about making music changed since you've been on this tour?
Washed Out: Not really I'm pretty comfortable with the way I work. As far as Washed Out records go it will always just be me by myself working away. However, being on this tour and just meeting more musicians, I've started doing a little more collaborating. There have been a few songs that I have gotten stuck in a rut on and I have passed them on to other musicians, and they have been able to take them into completely different directions. It's definitely made for a better song, and it's been very inspiring.

DD: If you were a fabric would you be tie dye or paisley?
Washed Out: Definitely tie dye. I see in technicolor.

DD: Do you think of the future a lot?
Washed Out: Not really. Never really am into planning some more shows, some quality time at home, and finishing the record.