daughter

the task of matching their 2013 debut 'If You Leave' - a peerless, wholly immersive, widely acclaimed & adored (especially by us) album - was always going to be an unenviable one.

the solution it seems was to up the ante on every level Building on that record’s gloriously dark intensity, wracked emotion & come-hither diaphanous textures, the london-based trio's sophomore is Profoundly ruminative & mournful, bold & direct. there are still intricate dynamics at play – Tonra’s gauzy, fragile voice, delivering powerful, anguished words detailing her inner turmoil, fusing seamlessly with Haefeli’s tight, melodic guitar sounds & Aguilella’s rolling drums – but the sound, oozing with depth & resonance, feels infinitely richer. It’s properly intoxicating stuff which explores melancholy & euphoria equally impressively, similarly to Sigur Rós, low or lanterns on the lake. "muscular & compelling...genuinely exciting" 8/10 - drowned in sound.