When a record company scout approached the then 16-year old Portland native, he allegedly offered to make her the next Katy Perry. She demurred and instead moved to Los Angeles where she wrote with ex-pat Arctic Monkey Alex Turner. There’s something of Lana Del Rey in her disembodied pop, but Savior brings a cryptic punch all her own.

Hear: She’s just released her second album, The Archer. It’s one to savior… er savour.

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