Elena Tonra

From the first time I heard the amazing sounds of Daughter, just over a year ago, on a miserably rainy day,  I was in awe of Elena Tonra.
 
The only word to describe her / them is simply: REAL

Described as "one of the most unique sounds", her voice is hypnotic, the lyrics (written herself of course) are just relevant somehow to every single person out there.

'Youth' is extremely well written,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEpMj-tqixs&list=RD02psiILfa-G1c
so is 'Landfill'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWO_byqSr8&list=RD02psiILfa-G1c
'Run'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psiILfa-G1c
'Medicine'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf6mkYz4mx0&list=RD02psiILfa-G1c
'Candles' and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BucfErwPTWs&list=RD02psiILfa-G1c
'Still"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUWrcFpmI5U


I am totally stoked about her debut album (If You Leave) that was released recently and it is currently still on repeat in my car.

Do yourself a favour, whether you usually like Indie/Folk music or not:
Switch off the lights, lay back, hit play on 'Youth' and let Elena give you just a slight nudge towards what you REALLY think and feel - You can thank me later...

Shadows settle on the place, that you left.
Our minds are troubled by the emptiness.
Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time.
From the perfect start to the finish line.

And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones.
'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs.
Setting fire to our insides for fun
Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong
The lovers that went wrong.

We are the reckless,
We are the wild youth
Chasing visions of our futures
One day we'll reveal the truth
That one will die before he gets there.

And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones.
'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone.
We're setting fire to our insides for fun.
Collecting pictures from the flood that wrecked our home,
It was a flood that wrecked this home.

And you caused it,
And you caused it,
And you caused it

Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette,
A lifeless face that you'll soon forget,
My eyes are damp from the words you left,
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest.
Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest.

And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one,
'Cause most of us are bitter over someone.
Setting fire to our insides for fun,
To distract our hearts from ever missing them.
But I'm forever missing him.

And you caused it,
And you caused it,
And you caused it 
<3