Daughter
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“I am wasted, losing time
I’m a foolish, fragile spine
I want all that is not mine
I want him but we’re not right”
I discovered Daughter through tumblr. The first song I saw and listened to was “Smother,” which you can check out above. I loved it and wanted more, so I went to Spotify. I fell in love with the sound and Elena’s voice. It quickly became music I could listen to over and over again. It’s also music that distracts me from other music. If I open up iTunes to listen to say, One Direction (I like catchy pop songs and I’m not ashamed) sometimes I’ll see Daughter and it becomes necessary for me to listen to them instead. They’re album If You Leave‘s first track, “Winter” begins with this perfect first line “Drifting apart like two sheets of ice” and it infiltrates my brain all the time.
“Cos’ this is torturous electricity
Between both of us and this is
Dangerous cos’ I want you so much
But I hate your guts
I hate you”
They’re gaining popularity now and I guess they’ve released “Youth” as a single which is actually my favorite song along with “Landfill.” I haven’t listened to the radio much lately and my local station isn’t exactly the best with new music, so I wasn’t aware. While looking for a video to share (before I figured out how to embed Spotify tracks), I found out they were on Letterman. Maybe they’re more popular than I thought, but every time I try to talk about them nobody knows who they are! If you love them, let’s be Daughter fan friends, okay? Or if you haven’t heard of them before but listen and like, let me know!
“Woken up like an animal
Teeth ready for sinking
My mind’s lost in bleak vision
I tried to escape but keep sinking”
Bomb Girls
From the site: Set in the 1940s, Bomb Girls tells the remarkable stories of the women who risked their lives in a munitions factory building bombs for the Allied forces fighting on the European front. The series delves into the lives of these exceptional women from all walks of life – peers, friends and rivals – who find themselves thrust into new worlds and changed profoundly as they are liberated from their home and social restrictions.
I’ve only watched the first season because it’s all Netflix has at the moment. Candians can watch full episodes on the website but citizens of the USA are not allowed. This is extremely hurtful, but one must survive and hope that season two will be on Netflix soon. The website also has information about the time period including pictures of women in factories at the time, pictures of what women wore, and cool propaganda posters. Bomb Girls has a lot of strong female characters that are easy to like and dislike. Do you watch Bomb Girls? Let’s talk. Not about season two, though.
Copper
From THR found on IMDB: Set in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City in the 1860s, focusing on a rugged young Irish cop who is forced to navigate his unruly and dangerous immigrant neighborhood while interacting with the uptown Manhattan crowd and the black community.
BBCA’s “About” has some spoilers for the first season so I used this one instead. This show isn’t perfect, it has its issues. It’s TVMA so there are some sex scenes (Not as bad as HBO) and a lot of violence. However, It also has Tom Weston-Jones as Detective Kevin Corcoran and he is gorgeous and has an accent. It has some pretty spectacular accents, a lot of Irish. There’s also some great singing. There’s Sarah, a freed slave and wife of another freed slave and doctor, Matthew. Sarah is probably my favorite character along with Corcoran, which is funny because I didn’t like her that much in the beginning! Don’t you love characters that change your mind?
The site also has a lot of neat stuff like The Fashion of Copper where the costume designer talks about fashion choices and shows sketches.
And this happened:
Do you watch Copper? Let’s talk about it’s good/bad/weird parts and how pretty Corcoran and company are. I’m up to date on this one.
So that’s what I’ve got for now. If there’s anything you’re loving right now and want to talk about, feel free to let me know about it!
Sorry if this isn’t your cuppa, it might become a semi-regular thing but it won’t be weekly. It will probably just be whenever I want to share something non-bookish with people. Perhaps I’ll even come up with a better name for it.
A Blighted One 
I LOVE DAUGHTER! So happy someone else knows about them other than myself! I found them on Tumblr too — thank god for that site sometimes haha.
YAY!! None of my other online friends really like them either and I feel so lonely, haha. I’m in love with their music! I’m so glad someone else loves them too! And yes, Tumblr is such a great way to find new things to love. And sometimes to hate but it takes all kinds, I suppose!
I love Daughter’s songs! My favorite one is Medicine ❤
I've never heard of Bomb Girls, but it does sound interesting, so I'll probably check it out in the future. As for Copper… I think I watched the first three or four episode of the first season last year. I really liked it but I guess I forgot about it (stupid me!). Thanks for reminding me! Lots of shows to catch up with!
I love Medicine, too! I like all their songs! It’s so awesome to talk to people who like them too!!
I forget about shows sometimes, too. Especially if the show is airing and you have to wait for new episodes! I heard about Copper last year on BBCA’s twitter and wasn’t really sure about it and then I was bored the other day and saw it on Netflix. I like a lot of period shows and accents! If you catch up on it or watch any of Bomb Girls, I hope you like them!
I LOVE daughter! I listened to one song, and went on to download all of their other ones. It’s just so perfect and Elena’s voice is flawless.
I’m so excited to see other people love them! I knew there had to be people that did, haha. Her voice is flawless, I am amazed by her.