The First Album "Daughters" Delves Into Sorrow and Elegance

In the track "Miss America", audiences are placed inside a lodging near JFK airport, as the musician receives a heartbreaking news of her father's cancer discovery. This UK-raised artist had been traveling the US on her initial visit, drumming alongside group Kero Kero Bonito, and abruptly grief casts a shadow, tinging everything in grey. Unsteady piano and soft orchestration accompany gothic dispatches emanating from the tour van: "Rural scenes and crumbling homes / Strip-mall, drug deal, panic attacks."

Her gentle vocals are delivered with a flat style, while the record's intensity arises from her keen writing—blending fiction, traditional phrases, and blunt diary entries—coupled with surprising maximalism. Few songs recently possess stronger storytelling style compared to "Shelly", a piece that depicts the killing of a deer and descends toward a petrol-laden confrontation, evoking written pieces illuminated with flickers of distorted strings. Anxious, subdued sections featuring resonating, plucked guitar transition to grand choruses, with her vocals electronically altered to become a presence all-knowing and menacing.

Listeners might already know the artist from her work as a music creator, DJ, and contributor to bands such as Caroline. The album's musical twists reflect her varied background. The first track "Sometimes" erupts in fanfare, like a string band caught by surprise, while "Born Again Backwards" radically ups the BPM with an intense, beautiful, looping drum fill. Thick layers of audio, skillfully mixed by a longtime collaborator, feel at once rough and ethereal, while her dark, enchanted thinking peak in standout "Lambs", a song that momentarily becomes a swirling jig. "May your life never end in death," she bargains, exuding poignant gallows humor.