Getting made redundant, battling burnout and realising your body needs a break isn't exactly the dream, but for The Buoys' Zoe, it helped inspire their new album, Concrete Cowboy. Zoe opens up about juggling a career in science with music, protecting her mental health from the never-ending news cycle and why sometimes the best thing you can do is stop trying to be everything to everyone. Oh, and her life motto? Just don't be an asshole.

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