“Forth Wanderers begin their debut LP, Tough Love, with a statement of intent. Over the chime of interlocking guitar harmonics, singer Ava Trilling offers a deadpan proclamation: "I wanna be known/ As the girl who's stone cold." It's a surprisingly self-assured moment that portends even bigger things as the soft plumes of their guitar lines billow and purl. The Montclair, N.J. quintet echoes Built ”
