Artist info
Genre
Electronic, Indie, Pop, Rock
Sounds like
Pinback, Slowdive, Turnover, Porches, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, Death Cab for Cutie, Elbow
band members
Tamara Westwood
Influences
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, Pinback, Turnover, Adam & Naive, Japanese Breakfast, School of Seven Bells, Waxahatchee, Camp Cope, Lomelda, Alvvays, alt-J, Animal Collective, Black Dice, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine
Unearthed artists we like
Paper Thin, Rachel Maria Cox, Sports Bra, Parkville, Zen Haircuts, Eilish Gilligan
Website
Bio
Since 2016 singer/songwriter Tamara Westwood has been sharing her moody and technical brand of emo pop as Freya, filling rooms with her dreamy and lush live performances.
Performing and penning personal and emotional songs in a style she calls "dreamo," (a sort of emo/dream pop hybrid), Freya’s sound makes callbacks to 90s indie and emo staples such as Slowdive, American Football, Ride, Cocteau Twins and Pinback, to name a few. Her drowning, jangly guitars are supported by prominent bass and drum machines varying from hi-fi acoustic samples to lo-fi General MIDI. Lush synths soar above the mix, laying a foundation for Westwood’s layered vocals, desperate and soft, sharing intimacies and life experience, making for direct yet poetic lyrics that are voyeuristic in nature yet still publicly adaptable.
Freya has released three EPs and one LP since her debut EP, Attic, released in mid-2016. Experimenting with ambient, shoegaze, midwest emo and math rock, Freya’s sound has evolved and shifted over her four releases, culminating in her latest three singles; "Nineteen Hours", "Breath and Chime" and "Cohabitation", taken from her sophomore LP, The Fifth.
Review
Another stunning track from Freya. So glad to finally have this album!
Another stunning track from Freya. So glad to finally have this album!
Review
Again, another song that sounds so good on the radio! I had to stick my hand down the bin to retrieve my copy of Declan's playlist to check who it was. Should have known it was you, should have also just saved the filth and hit the j plays twitter instead.
Again, another song that sounds so good on the radio! I had to stick my hand down the bin to retrieve my copy of Declan's playlist to check who it was. Should have known it was you, should have also just saved the filth and hit the j plays twitter instead.
Review
you're summing up feelings, relationship ups and down and a desire not to give up in such a beautiful way. another quality tune from freya.
you're summing up feelings, relationship ups and down and a desire not to give up in such a beautiful way. another quality tune from freya.
