Young US songwriter Sophie Allison released one of 2018's most charming debut albums so far and if you are not already in love with her you might be following this extended little introduction.
The opera singer Michaela Tobin, known as White Boy Scream, turns the genre on its head and makes it resonate with underground drone music. Resistance to musical and societal structures is at the core of the artist's practice. Tobin doesn't just call out the eurocentricity of the genre but laces her lyrics with social and political commentary.