New from beautifully melancholic indie-folk band Daughter is ‘Youth’, the third single released from the bands critically acclaimed debut, If You Leave.
The track opens with a gracefully arresting, highly on-trend guitar
part, with delicate, quietly reverberating timbres placed over elegant,
beguiling chord progressions. This simple yet expressive beginning is
complimented by front woman, Elena Tonra’s
prepossessing vocal style. Her soft, contained, yet very closely mic’d
vocals captivate completely and utterly when combined with their already
piercingly eloquent and insightful lyrics which, in typical Daughter
style, are as painful and dramatic as they are resonant.
As the track develops, a confident, expansive sound emerges.
Perfectly layered in waves that rise and fall, the track varies from
full bodied and rich sections with more sweeping soundscapes filled with
especially well-placed percussion, to recurrent interludes of fragility
and quiet. Throughout, lyrics and music mirror each other perfectly in
ambiance and purpose to create a track that is slick, fully formed and
impressive – almost captivatingly so.
‘Youth’ is available from next week to download. Daughter are just
coming to the end of their stint supporting The National on their US
tour, and are set to play at various festivals throughout the UK and
Europe in August and September.
See this at TGA at: http://www.thegirlsare.com/2013/08/06/review-daughter-4/
