Chairlift, Lydia Ainsworth
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Pay attention to Arbutus Records. They make so many good decisions. Signing Toronto electronic musician/producer/singer Lydia Ainsworth was certainly one of them. Ainsworth sings like Kate Bush from the bottom of an echoing drainpipe while she overlays her own whispered samples about gemstones and past life regression. For fans of Julia Holter and ASMR, Ainsworth's half mystical/half glitch compositions work for anytime you want to put on a shawl and feel spooky. It's also pretty danceable. I have been blowing up her Right to Real for most of the past year. Scope her 2014 cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" if you wanna fall in love. SUZETTE SMITH