Great pain does not beget great art; trauma won’t always lead to inspiration, nor internal conflict to expression. These notions that to be an artist of notice and worth you must suffer is tired, prone to suggesting self-destruction to those…
Album Review: Daughter, ‘Not To Disappear’
In some ways, it’s almost as if the album traps the listener in the idea that one can never get away from the inevitable act of being forgotten and ultimately, to forget. There’s a desperation to the lyrics that weren’t apparent in If You Leave, and it makes this sophomore LP surpass tedious metaphors and into an artful reflection of life, death, and motherhood.