Loma - Don't Shy Away (CD)

On December 26th, 2018, Emily Cross received an excited email from a friend: Brian Eno was talking about her band on BBC radio. ""At first I didn't think it was real,"" she admits. But then she heard a recording: Eno was praising ""Black Willow"" from Loma's self-titled debut, a song whose minimal groove and hypnotic refrain seem as much farewell as a manifesto: I make my bed beside the road / I carry a diamond blade / I will not serve you. He said he'd had it on repeat.