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project of

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-based singer-songwriter Zoe Allaire Reynolds.

History

Zoe Reynolds recorded her first acoustic demos – which later became the 2014 EP ''I Can Feel You in my Hair Still'' — in her mom's laundry room, and the EP's online release received early attention from music publications.

Together with guitarist Colin Kupson, Reynolds wrote and recorded her second EP, 2015's ''We Have No Future, We’re All Doomed'' with Jake Ewald of

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and

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. The album, released on Soft Speak Records, was named after a friend's yearbook message, and ultimately became a memorial line after their passing. ''We Have No Future'' ushered in a dark

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that countered but didn't overwhelm the act's

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roots, and highlighted the impending sense of doom adolescents face at the cusp of adulthood.

After parting ways with Kupson post-tour, Reynolds emerged once again as a solo artist occupied with self-love and healing. The result of these occupations was her debut full-length album ''Sunset Blush'', named after a

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she and her friends drank and their subsequent long, late-night conversations. She recorded the album with friend Kyle Pulley of

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, who acted as a collaborator, at

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in Philadelphia. After the album was picked up by

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, a label that later downsized, Reynolds chose to self-release it on a vanity label she named Bug Crusher Records to stay true to the original April 2018 release date. On October 8, 2020, Reynolds announced her signing to

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, alongside a new single called "Around Your Room".

Discography

EPs *''I Can Feel You in My Hair Still'' (2014) *''We Have No Future, We're All Doomed'' – Soft Speak Records (2015) Full Length Albums * ''Sunset Blush'' –

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(UK) / Bug Crusher Records (US) (2018) * ''Mood Ring'' – Triple Crown Records (2021)

References

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