“Helena Deland constructs an effigy of herself ready to burn on the haunting Someone New”
“Back in the 1990s, before her rise to TV stardom, Gwen Stefani was a pioneer of female empowerment, writing incisive lyrics for her band No Doubt about her position as a young woman in a patriarchal world and about the difficulties of romantic relationships with an unprecedented sincerity, especially within the So-Cal alternative music community. With her debut album Someone New, Helena Deland fo”
“The Montreal singer-songwriter’s debut album addresses the strangeness of nascent love, channeling feelings of derealization and disconnect in intricately detailed electronic pop miniatures.”
