Angel Snow has just completed a successful 14-date UK tour promoting her most recent release - a Tom Waits tribute album titled Yesterday Is Here. Snow's catalogue spans four full-length records over the course of 15 years and eludes quick and easy categorization.
Resisting all attempts to pigeonhole her style as 'Americana', Snow leaned heavily on her early teenaged electronic influences for her sophomore effort, choosing to work with UK-based producer Lee Groves (Trent Reznor). The result was Magnetic - a collection of lush, ambient, electronic-driven songs that landed her a record deal with indie powerhouse Nettwerk Records. Magnetic would go on to receive critical praise worldwide and deliver the viral underground hit 'Secret.'
Snow remained with Nettwerk for two follow-up EPs Arrows and Arrows (Stripped), produced by Ben Cramer, aka Old Sea Brigade. Once again, Arrows delivered an under-the-radar indie viral hit after the K-pop phenom boy band BTS singer "V" included the song "Hotel Rosario" on his personal Spotify Favorites playlist, which notably only contained five songs.
With the music industry grinding to a halt in 2020, Snow continued focusing on writing, turning to Los Angeles producer Jonathan Stein (aka Charles Jacques) for her next full-length album Low. With Stein at the helm, Snow delivered a Covid-inspired collection of songs heavily weighted by the themes of loss, claustrophobia, and re-imagined trauma.
Most notable is Snow's starkly beautiful cover of Peter Gabriel's ominous environmentalist warnings in "Here Comes the Flood." Snow chose the song as a metaphor for the emotional surge arising when faced with intense loss. The entire record is punctuated by Stein's virtuosic skills as a multi-instrumentalist.
What they say
'Snow’s purring, trance-influenced vocals ground even the most mystical of these songs, and her wonderfully descriptive lyrics balance the spiritual and mundane concepts with a steady hand.' - American Songwriter
'Her hypnotic delivery and cinematic lyrics entwined with Lee’s immersive and airy production, conjuring a spellbinding style.' - NPR MUSIC
'Her songs had an air of magic to them – at times sounding like Gillian Welch mixed with Sarah Mclachlan; other times, like an Appalachian Fiona Apple or Jeff Buckley.' - American Songwriter
