1. TirzahDevotion

This is just such a brilliant record. Tirzah’s made quite a few records since, but this one felt like it came from a time when her project had evolved and it became a bigger, more tangible thing for me. I’d been following her music and going to her shows, and it was cool to see how Tirzah’s whole approach appeared to be making sense to a lot of people and not just me. 

The production on this album is so cool. I love the use of the guitars in it and how they’re used in a totally different way. At the time, I hadn’t heard anything quite like that, in terms of production. Tirzah works with Micachu a lot on production, that’s somebody whose style I look up to a lot. With Tirzah, lyrically, it’s that thing of less is more. They’re also lyrics you wouldn’t always hear in other people’s work, she uses unusual phrasing, and a very natural use of the voice, but it’s still definitely singing. Tirzah’s also an artist I love to watch perform because it’s very much a style of underperformance that I appreciate as an underperformer, myself! It was so refreshing to see that and see how people are always so transfixed by that. You don’t want anything to change; it’s very focused and meditative, almost. I love this album.