Thursday, October 10, 2024

Daughter of Swords - "Alone Together"

Photo by Graham Tolbert

It's been a few years since we've heard from Daughter of Swords, the solo project of Alex Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man and The A's. While their 2019 album Dawnbreaker was stripped down alt-folk, their new single drops that sound for a more dance friendly version of indie rock. "Alone Together" is one of those indie rock songs that gets blended with dance music. There is enough fuzzy guitar to keep it in the rock category, but this is definitely a dance song. This is a near complete break from Daughter of Swords' original sound, and we're always for an artist reinventing themselves, especially when the results are this great.

Alex Sauser-Monnig says of their new single:

‘Alone Together’ is a song about reckoning with the need to connect when the rest of your life is locked in and satisfying. The cracking of the veneer of self sufficiency. Its content was mirrored in its recording, in the way recording a song demands vulnerability and community to bring it into fullness and reality."

You can listen to "Alone Together" below. The single is out now via Psychic Hotline. For more on Daughter of Swords, check out the artist's website.

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