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Modern Woman
- Record Label: One Little Independent Records
- Release Date: May 1, 2026
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May 12, 2026Showcases a band that are both innovative and unafraid to bend their influences with precision to create something entirely their own.
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May 12, 2026Often riveting and never boring, and with credit to the band's charismatic leader, the album makes for an exciting and noteworthy debut.
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MojoMay 12, 2026A Dirty Three, free-folk weirdness takes Sophie Harris's vocal theatrics somewhere darker. [Jul 2026, p.93]
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Record CollectorMay 12, 2026There are some wrong turns, but there's ample fierce flair here to suggest Modern Woman could join the likes of English Teacher at the top of the 2020s class. [May 2026, p.103]
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May 13, 2026The operatic Johnny’s Dreamworld offers a range of sounds, from post-punk to art-rock to chamber pop, which, though often exciting and impactful, suggests a band looking for an aesthetic that they don’t quite find. Once they do, however, Modern Woman will be a force to be reckoned with.
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May 12, 2026The curiously evocative and often soaring vocal of original ‘modern woman’, Sophie Harris, there may be a slight hint of knowingly tapping into the full breadth of their creative gamut across the record, but in delivery it suggests more a case of never wanting to tie themselves – or the album as a whole – down.