Iconic singer/songwriter turned podcaster Louise Wener shot to fame in 1995 as lead singer and guitarist of the soft rock band Sleeper alongside Jon Stewart, Andy Maclure and Kieron Pepper. Finding herself at the epicentre of Britpop, Louise became something of a female trailblazer in what was a heavily male dominated scene. With melancholic anthems including Sale Of The Century, Inbetweener and Statuesque, Sleeper perfectly encapsulated the naive positivity of Cool Britannia against the hopeful backdrop of Tony Blair’s New Labour. By the late nineties, music had changed and following Sleeper’s split in 1998 Wener turned her hand to literature, penning a repertoire of novels inspired by her love of music including Goodnight Steve McQueen and has even found the time to create her own podcast The Crisis Right where she chats with significant cultural figures about how they’re approaching midlife. I caught up with the Britpop icon to talk eras, heroes and her recollections on one of the most defining careers in British music. Ladies and gentlemen Louise Wener.