Daughter - "Love (Live at St. Giles In The Fields' Church)": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist Video

Daughter - "Love (Live at St. Giles In The Fields' Church)": SXSW 2012 Showcasing Artist 'The Wild Youth' is the new EP from 21 year old Elena Tonra aka Daughter. A collection of four dark, ethereal & beautiful new songs, 'The Wild Youth' showcases a young musician experimenting delicately with a rich array of songwriting ideas and yet still intent on pouring out her soul pure and unadulterated. Having launched with the stunning six-minute 'Love', a brooding, stark lament that shifts shape & form as it builds to it's startling crescendo, 'The Wild Youth' includes three more songs ('Home', 'Medicine' & 'Youth') that beautifully weave the intimacy and honesty of timeless, classic folk with the glacial, experimental soundscapes that draw to mind the work of Bjork & Jonsi Birgisson. Having made a series of demo tracks available at the end of 2010 via her social network pages, Daughter's star has gently risen, collecting fans one-by-one as these tracks were gradually shared amongst enthusiastic friends and bloggers. As the support grew Elena found herself moving - slowly, at first - up The Hype Machine. Within a month - and as the momentum grew - she\'d reached #3 in the Most Popular Song Chart. The Independent\'s Barometer column subsequently noting of her \"beautifully-sung, literary folk\" and her \"ethereal melancholy\" as they tipped her as a One to Watch. Launching her debut 'His Young Heart' EP with a sold-out show at The Slaughtered Lamb, London in April, Elena was soon invited to perform sessions for Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music & Rob Da Bank on BBC ... From: sxsw Views: 176 11 ratings Time: 05:57 More in Music