The Sirens
a Berlin based supergroupgroup of
female singer-songwriters
Bio
ENG
The Sirens is a 'supergroup' of the four Berlin-based singer- songwriters Lotta St. Joan, Olivia Void, Lena Minder and Mone. Their four voices together are like a flock of birds: perfectly together, yet oddly unpredictable. They present their work as individual singer- songwriters, rearranged for four voices (and a few guitars). For fans of Joni Mitchell, First Aid Kit, Boygenius and Leonard Cohen.
DE
Die Sirens sind eine “Supergruppe” der vier in Berlin lebenden Singer-Songwriterinnen Lotta St. Joan, Olivia Void, Lena Minder und Mone. Ihre vier Stimmen zusammen sind wie ein Vogelschwarm: perfekt aufeinander abgestimmt, aber dennoch unvorhersehbar. Sie präsentieren ihre Arbeit als individuelle Singer-Songwriterinnen, neu arrangiert für vier Stimmen (und ein paar Gitarren). Für Fans von Joni Mitchell, First Aid Kit, Boygenius und Leonard Cohen.
Darling, Thief
“Alluring yet occasionally unsettling, possessing you as you get lost in her voice”
“Intimate with a dark twist”
The Music
Mone’s sophomore LP, ‘Darling Thief’, is a powerful, lo-fi monument of her authenticity. As frighteningly intimate and raw as Adrienne Lenker with the power and prowess of Björk, ‘Darling Thief’ oozes with a soft and comforting, dark sensuality and asserts Mone as a thirsted for maverick of her genre. Th Alt/Indie album, features washes of vintage soundscapes, plenty of guitar scratches and tape hiss, vocal layers, and Cohen-esque lyricism, creating a blisteringly unique piece of art.
Mone’s vulnerable and playful vocals come all the way close to you, as she teeters between gentle and ruggard. In ‘Darling Thief’, you can never can be sure if her voice will caress you, or slap you in the face, as it maneuvers through songs of fluid-time and storytelling, and others with a deep and danceable groove. The lyrics dance between smoke-like poetic-metaphor and vulnerable, explicit nakedness, laid atop a delectable lo-fi, deeply intricate, rich and warm production that bursts with character and even features, at times, cooking-utensil percussion and layers of quirky background commentary, and at others, deep and sacral, warped sub frequencies.
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Aside from the sounds of ‘Darling Thief’, painter and filmmaker, Mone, offers us a disturbingly enticing visual world. Reminiscent of Peter Birkhauser and Egon Shiele, the album's accompanying artzine and prints will feature analogue photography by Martin Piekarski and Aurélie Raidron, alongside sketches, lyrics and other visuals, further establishing her ‘Darling, Thief’ as a cross-medium monument of authentic talent.
"Intimate with a dark twist. The stunning simplicity by which Mone is able to uncover her full sensitive potential - vocally and emotionally"
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- Nothing but Hope and Passion
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"It’s alluring yet occasionally unsettling, possessing you as you get lost in her voice."
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"the strength and beauty of this album lay within the vocals and how they are positioned; the often sparse accompaniment allows them to take centre stage, meaning her captivating and expressive delivery can breathe."
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"Mone moves effortlessly from delicate whispers to raw emotion conveying the depth of the feelings and experiences."
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