
London outfit Modern Woman introduce their debut album, combining literary songwriting with a mix of post-punk energy and folk traditions.

London outfit Modern Woman introduce their debut album, combining literary songwriting with a mix of post-punk energy and folk traditions.
Modern Woman are stepping into a new phase with 'Johnny's Dreamworld', their debut album and the clearest statement yet of a band that has grown from Sophie Harris's early songwriting project into a fully realised group. Bringing together post-punk, avant-garde and folk influences, the record introduces a band interested in contrast, both in sound and in the ideas running through their music.
There's a clear sense of momentum behind the band right now, built on years of writing, playing and shaping their identity together. For Sophie, that relationship with music goes way back, she explains. "My mum's side of the family is musical. We have Irish roots, my nan says it comes from that - but it isn't an in-your-face way, it's just a lot of that side of the family can play guitar, accordion, sing."
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