With their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Blood Ties’, childhood friends Christie Gardner and Helen Dixon have proved themselves a new duo with something special going on. Their songs reflect the life of twenty-somethings in and out of love and luck, with this human element perfectly weighted alongside their arresting harmonies and rich instrumentation.

While informed by a deep understanding and love of folk music, with references to Karen Dalton and Julie Collins a regular occurrence, their music is also modern, in line with the likes of Julia Jacklin, Laura Marling and Mitski.

With its understated beauty, the band explore highs and lows across ‘Blood Ties’ - feelings of numbness, break-ups and hardship mesh with day dreams, an open heart and moments of happiness. You start to understand the significance more when hearing Christie describe it as “a little window into our lives that we get to keep forever.” Such is their symbiosis that it is at times difficult to separate one voice from another; “We live intertwined lives and as a result, we write about each others’ experiences as much as our own,” Helen explains.