Of all of our adept indie-folk storytellers, American singer-songwriter Katy Kirby knows how to read people best. Whereas Andy Shauf instinctively understands social settings and Adrianne Lenker tries to condense the cosmic, Kirby thinks about small gestures. She’s capturing the things that remain unaccounted for in relationships –– the moments that barely get noticed. In.
In a world that seems hellbent on forcing us into a deranged adulthood, we’re lucky that artists are giving us something sweet, poppy and girlish to sing about.