“Tiptoeing between Laurel Canyon dust, Lynchian etherealism and dramatic Morricone scores”, as Marta Del Grandi’s home label Fire Records puts it, is but one of many valiant attempts to pinpoint the Italian singer-songwriter’s confounding-but-catchy avant-pop.

Much like contemporaries such as Aldous Harding and Julia Holter, Del Grandi embraces both the ethereal and the macabre. Her music feels curious rather than obscure – drawing from human history, mythology and everyday life to summon her quizzical songs into existence. 

“Bucolic yet often emotionally complex, her songwriting – patching electronic synths against ambient elements, with a touch of modern classical – seems to tap into areas that go beyond words” – CLASH Magazine