Artist:AISLINN YOUNG

For Sydney-based singer-songwriter Aislinn Young, a driving desire to carve a unique sound within the broad blanket of indie-rock has been a journey of sonic self-discovery. Having found herself enamoured with the boundless avenues of expression the electric guitar offers, she’s since moulded a sound that is both raw and euphoric. Lending her angelic but powerful vocals to songs that lyrically centre around heartbreak, identity, and young womanhood, you could be forgiven for thinking the softly spoken songstress is a wounded romantic at heart. Catch her performing live, however, and she unleashes a fiery but charming beast. Contrasting her folk twang with irreplicable guitar licks, deep grooves, and gritty strumming, Young and her band sound more like Kurt Vile or Neil Young, but with her voice going beyond story-teller approach. Conveying a shrewd understanding of energy, at times she soars above snowballing jams, before coddling you with a sugary warmth in a way that is ...