Doe Paoro – “Walking Backwards”
We named celestial R&B songstress Doe Paoro a Band To Watch two years ago upon the release of her sparse, haunting Slow To Love. She’s back with Ink On The Walls an EP she recorded over the winter at Justin Vernon’s Wisconsin studio with his Bon Iver bud S. Carey and Volcano Choir engineer BJ Burton behind the boards. Vernon features on the EP too, and although he’s not on lead single “Walking Backwards,” its grandiose emotional swell carries traces of his influence. Still, this thing is pure Doe, a New Amerykan torch song delivered with theatrical flair from within a futuristic orchestral sheen. Listen below.
Ink On The Walls is out next month on Middle West.