5 May 2026
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Band: MODERN WOMAN
Who: London-based art-rock outfit fronted
by singer-songwriter-guitarist Sophie Harris.
Album: JOHNNY’S DREAMWORLD.
Their debut.
Press info: ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’ represents the culmination of Modern Woman’s
journey from Sophie Harris’s 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’s lyrics, steeped in literary detail and filmic atmosphere, draw from her
fascination with the dark underbelly of the everyday and the contradictions
of womanhood.”
TUTV: Modern Woman nail it right away with their spellbound debut. One of the
best firstborns in along time according to my eardrums and my perplexed mind.
No comfortable verse/chorus/verse/chorus song structures here. MW take us on
a knock-down-drag-out ride, zigzagging its way through 9 resounding rollercoasters.
Black Midi and Black Country, New Road rolled into
one. Puzzlingly catchy and whimsically hooking.
Sophie Harris is one hell of a performer, vocally and lyrically, who writes spine-chilling pieces of intoxicating music. Imagine Kate Bush without any sonic boundaries, backed
by a tenacious post-punk force. Beyond any doubt, one of this year’s most dazzling
records thus far.
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