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✦ The rebirth of a voice rooted in pure, acoustic folk textures under the glow of electronic lights… Daughter of Swords, a.k.a. Alex Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man and The A’s, invites listeners into a whole new universe with her new album Alex, released between March and April 2025. Out April 11 via Psychic Hotline, the record blends the pastoral folk tones we’ve come to know from the artist with bright synths and the contemporary energy of indie pop. Change Without Losing the Roots We first met Sauser-Monnig through the minimalist acoustic arrangements of her 2019 album Dawnbreaker . Alex moves in the complete opposite direction: synth-forward indie pop. Yet this change is not a rupture that erases the roots; rather, the intimacy and emotional openness of her earlier songwriting are now framed in a new context. Behind this transformation are longtime friends and collaborators Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso. Produced at their Betty’s studio in Chapel Hill, the albu...

✦ New Jersey-born singer-songwriter quinnie deepens her inner world with her sophomore album Paper Doll , released in the summer of 2025. Dropped on July 24, the record invites her devoted TikTok-grown audience into a fully realized realm of imagination — one that is bolder, darker, and more exposed than her previous project flounder. The title track, “ paper doll ,” plays like an allegory for a self torn apart by artificial relationships. The paper doll figure symbolizes quinnie’s delicate yet resilient spirit — one that can be peeled back layer by layer, reshaped as it folds, but never destroyed. On “ baja bird ,” she follows a childish joy only to suddenly crash into the ground. Her soft vocals tremble like an alarm going off at dawn — comforting at first, until the cracks in the melody begin to show. This tension between warmth and disruption is exactly what defines quinnie’s signature. Standout tracks from the album include: • “ hate fuck ” – an honest and unsettling confe...