Least prolific music writer in the room. Shares a birthday with Stephen Malkmus and resents having his thunder stolen. Ride or die for Tori Amos. All opinions powered by chronic sleep deprivation.
She wanted to craft an album bound by domesticity, inspired by her newfound partnership with Matthew Barney, and delivered a record overflowing with wintry choirs and strings, icicle-delicate music box keyboards and beats...
As emotionally stark and bleak as Within One Stem can get, there’s a palpable, moving sense of empathy and humanity across the record, and the band’s passionate playing is testament to their conviction, their belief in what they are doing, regardless of the challenges that accompany dogged perseverance