The frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop trio had a dream pop career, but it came with years of online misogyny and artistic frustration. As she prepares to release her debut solo album, she discusses going her own way
On her 11th album, the American singer-songwriter picks apart her romantic travails in unsparing fashion, while her ability to turn sorrow into songwriting gold remains unparalleled
Other fields are plagued with famous people’s offspring too, yet musical genius seems particularly difficult to pass down the generations, says music journalist Simon Price
The Tortured Poets Department depicts a spell of post-breakup mania against the perfect backdrop of the Eras tour – a thrillingly immature reality undermined by safe music
Largely recorded on the road and full of found sounds, this beguiling record from the US ambient artist captures the feeling of self-inflicted solitude
Recorded live, this pandemic-era collaboration covering songs on death and loss by Depeche Mode, Mercury Rev, Suede and more occasionally transcends its source material