Doe Paoro
As a songwriter and vocalist, Doe Paoro seeks both to uplift and unsettle. For her ANTI debut After, arriving 9/25, the New York-bred, L.A.-based artist worked in close collaboration with producers Sean Carey (drummer/supporting vocalist for Bon Iver) and BJ Burton (musician/producer/engineer whose past credits include POLIÇA, Sylvan Esso, The Tallest Man On Earth and Volcano Choir), deepening her musical repertoire into a dense hybrid of R&B, synth-pop, and indie-leaning electro that’s rooted in earthy minimalism. “I’m used to just having a piano and working with that,” says Doe, “but with this album we built an entire world with the sonics alone.”
In early 2013, with a batch of songs ready to be recorded, Doe reached out to Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon on a whim to see if he’d be interested in contributing to the new music in some way. “I didn’t know Justin at the time, but I sent out an email and his manager got back to me,” she says. Vernon ended up mixing one of the tracks, and from there, a relationship with the extended Bon Iver-family blossomed, with Carey and Burton taking the reins to co-produce After. “There’s an assumption that pop music needs to be dumbed down,” she says. “But I think pop can be surprising and make you uncomfortable sometimes. It can ask you to think about something you hadn’t considered before, and maybe awaken a place in yourself that you hadn’t been giving attention to.”
Doe Paoro has garnered great press for her previous releases, most recently for her single “The Wind” which received raves from NPR music, Noisey, Pitchfork and Stereogum, and major commercial radio at 2JJ Sydney.
Produced by Sean Carey (Bon Iver) and BJ Burton (POLIÇA, Sylvan Esso, The Tallest Man On Earth and Volcano Choir), with co-writing from Peter Moren of Peter, Bjorn and John, Max Hershenow from MSMR, and Sean Carey of Bon Iver.
Doe’s chills-inducing single “The Wind” went viral on Spotify, receiving 150K streams in the first month alone.
RIYL: Lorde, The XX, Lykke Li, Zola Jesus, Bat For Lashes
TRY: #2, 4, 3, 6
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