Aldous Harding initially ignited interest with her eponymous debut album. With echoes of folk luminary Linda Perhacs, Harding's work is one step removed from the modern world, lying in the more savage and dramatic terrain where Kate Bush and Scott Walker reside, wrought with a wry wit and tenacious gall. Disarming in its desolate imagery and stark instrumentation, her songs draw from the core facets of life: death, birth, grief, and love.