Ancient Waves’ new record is a sweeping Americana-tinged indie-rock debut that finds beauty, heartbreak, and hard-won hope in the long road home.
Sophie Harris spent her early years crafting intimate songs with a poet’s precision; then she started an art-rock, post-punk band. On Johnny’s Dreamworld, the full-length debut by Modern Woman, the results are as surprising and inevitable as that sounds.
“To me, music is always about making people feel something. The fun part for me is digging within myself and finding new ways to evoke a reaction while saying something that can still move me when I am creating it.”