Fully embracing the bright and euphoric 90s pop-rock aesthetic she has grown into over the years, ‘I Bite Back’ marks one of her more lively efforts to date. Mixing a heady blend of soaring guitar hooks and her own mesmerising vocals throughout, she continues to shine as one of the more enthralling names doing the rounds right now.

Speaking about the new release, she said, “This song is about battling depression and anxiety (‘the Black Dog took hold of me’) in a world that wants us to give in and give up. It’s about putting in the self-work and understanding the value of your own emotional intelligence, as well as the realisation that people who have low emotional intelligence aren’t worth losing any sleep over. Pick yourself up with kindness and grace and always keep moving forward.

“Musically it’s mostly highlighting my love of the late 90s/ early 00s pop punk and rock diet I fed upon as a kid; Foo Fighters, Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Jimmy Eat World, Sum 41, Blink 182 etc. I also obviously adore playing guitar solos so this single from the album is a fun example of that. I Bite Back is served to you in an energy-boosting pop-punk casing from my spectral art-rock and gothic pop heart.”

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Recorded in Los Angeles in summer of 2022 with the producer Brad Wood (known for his work on Liz Phair’s Exile on Guyville and Veruca Salt’s American Thighs), Beyond The Water is the culmination of years of toil and grit across the underground scene in recent years. The record also features Jeff Friedl on drums, who has also played with A Perfect Circle and is currently the drummer with DEVO. Highlighted by its stellar new offering ‘Dark Matter’, her latest material offers a new era within her sound, one focusing on her progressive songwriting and empowering lyricism throughout.

Speaking about ‘Dark Matter’, she said, “’Dark Matter’ is one of my favourites from the album, it’s bittersweet and nostalgic and it’s where the album title is lifted from. Musically it’s influenced by some of my favourite big-sounding 80s bands like Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, The Call etc.

“I wrote the lyrics for this song after being moved to tears watching the French film ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ by Céline Sciamma, as I really felt it echoed some of my own queer experiences. That’s also why there’s some French in the bridge section of the song, which translates to ‘my love, she glows in the fire’.

“The chorus phrase ‘dark matter, pour over me’ just came to me out of nowhere, and when I looked into it I found that dark matter in science is defined as being unseen or invisible, so then it made sense to me to use it as a device to convey the alienation and sadness queer people feel when they have to hide their true selves or walk away from relationships due to queer-specific circumstance.”

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