Modern Woman – Daniel
Modern Woman —the London art-rock band fronted by primary songwriter Sophie Harris—release “Daniel,” the third single/video from their debut album, Johnny’s Dreamworld, out May 1st via One Little Independent Records.
Today’s single follows the band’s “Neptune Girl.” “Neptune Girl” along with lead single “Dashboard Mary” showcase both the grander and more immediate sides of Modern Woman’s evolving sound. While “Daniel” reveals a more intimate side of the band and is one of the quieter and more personal moments from the forthcoming album. Harris explains, “I wrote this in North Wales a long time ago. It’s a simple song. I hope it captures some sort of spirit-feeling. I was camping near a lake we used to go to all the time as a kid when I wrote it.”
Johnny’s Dreamworld represents the culmination of Modern Woman’s journey from Harris’ early, intimate songwriting project into a full-bodied band capable of folding post-punk, avant-garde, and folk traditions into a live force of dynamic originality. At its heart, the record explores the strange poetry buried within the ordinary. Harris’ lyrics, steeped in literary detail and filmic atmosphere, draw from a fascination with the dark underbelly of the everyday and the contradictions of womanhood.
Modern Woman’s sound emerged from years of creative refinement. The band coalesced when Harris met violinist and composer David Denyer, who brought a background in experimental composition and textural sound work. Joined by Juan Brint-Gutiérrez on bass and saxophone and Adam Blackhurst on drums, the group forged a style that values the contrasting harsh edges of folk lyricism and noise that collides with melody. Working with producer Joel Burton (Naima Bock, Katy J Pearson, Vanishing Twin), they found a live immediacy that channels the raw intensity of their performances into a sound that is both rich and unpredictable.
Since their formation in London, Modern Woman have built a reputation for performances that blur the boundary between poetry and noise, commanding stages at End of the Road, Latitude, The Great Escape, and Green Man. Harris, a literature graduate, writes with a novelist’s precision and a performer’s urgency, while Denyer, Brint-Gutiérrez and Blackhurst bring the intensity of modern composition, jazz and punk backgrounds to the table. Johnny’s Dreamworld cements Modern Woman as one of the UK’s most distinctive new voices, a band intelligently and purposefully exploring the relationship between beauty and brutality.
Modern Woman Tour Dates:
Sat. March 28 – Reading, UK @ Beat Connection
Sat. April 11 – Bristol, UK @ Outer Town Festival
Wed. May 6 – London, UK @ The Lexington
Thu. May 7 – Wrexham, UK @ FOCUS Wales
Sat. May 16 — Leeds, UK @ In Colour Festival
Sat. May 23 – Southampton, UK @ Wanderlust Festival
Sat. July 4 – Catalonia, ES @ Vida Festival
Sat. Aug. 1 – Oxfordshire, UK @ Wilderness Festival
Fri. Aug. 21 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival
Fri. Sept. 4 – Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
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