If You Leave
If You Leave is staggeringly beautiful from beginning to close, a catharsis that’s both bracing and woozily amniotic.
Given its beginnings as Elena Tonra's solo project, it would be easy to assume that Daughter is just another singer/songwriter act with a couple of supporting musicians.
If You Leave is not an album for the impatient. With an average track length of around 8 minutes, and triumphant closer Shallows weighing in at 11, Daughter’s awaited début wants us to stop and consider. Elena’s smoky vocals helm a thoughtful voyage across a wintry soundscape, carved by Igor’s shimmering guitar-work and Remi’s retracted beats. Fortunately, the experience is bracing, like plunging into icy Scandinavian waters: lyrically candid and acoustically fresh.
Bruised folk tunes from the London trio should be heartbreaking but verge on the grating, writes <strong>Hermione Hoby</strong>
Daughter's songs are atmospheric, but feel calculatedly so and suffocating, writes <strong>Maddy Costa</strong>
Daughter - If You Leave review: Quite beautiful, when it retains its composure.