Genre: Post-Folk, Feminist Rock
I discovered Miss Patterson a few weeks ago while doing a bit of browsing on Spotify's 'Discover' section. There's something about an outspokenly feminist female singer/songwriter with a backing rock band that gets me every time.
The songs that I really love from her debut album Woman to Woman are Never Chase a Man, a short but enjoyable offering with wailing slide guitars and passionate cries from our eponymous singer. Oh Lets Dance is, predictably, a foot-tapping body-swayer, sultry and silky vocals combine with a nuovo-salsa beat to create the sort of song you can imagine slow dancing to in some obscure and smoky American speak-easy. The Glow sounds almost like it could have been plucked out of the set of an English Cambridge-based folk band, if it weren't for the clear open vowels of an American vocalist.
The crowning jewel in this album in my opinion, however, is What Do You Call a Woman? a rock song reminiscent almost of more recent Arctic Monkeys. It's beats along with an undercurrent of passion that I've come to love about Esme. Strong, yet openly venerable.
Woman to Woman would make perfect listening for a hungover Saturday afternoon, or a relaxing companion for a long drive.
Listen to The Glow below: