Introducing #265 - Daisy Harris
Let us introduce you to Daisy Harris - who has just released her new single ‘Your Girlfriend’ - which sees her channel 2000s girl power to the full to create a complete pop-fueled delight.
Creating her own unique flavour of genre-fluid music Daisy Harris takes inspiration from the likes of Mazzy Star and The Lemonheads to cement her brand of indie-pop guitar music. Her impressive musicianship shines through with her multi-instrumental ability and wonderfully translates into transcendental and heartfelt music.
Daisy took a moment to talk to us about her music.
Hey there Daisy- how are you? So your track ‘Your Girlfriend’ is out now - can you tell us what it is about?
Hey! ‘Your Girlfriend’ is a queer love song of sorts, but also kind of a revenge anthem - it’s airing my frustration with a certain type of toxic indie boy my friends have had one too many encounters with, and is a tribute to the age-old saying ‘if your boyfriend doesn’t treat you right, there’s a gay girl who will’! I released a song about fancying someone else’s girlfriend last year, ‘Wanna Be Your Boy’, and this song kind of came about as a by-product of that one. It’s like a ballsier, angrier, funnier sister to that song.
Where are you from and what are your favourite things to do there?
I’m from Helensburgh, which is a little town in rural Argyllshire on the west coast of Scotland. My favourite thing to do in the world is wild swimming, and my favourite spot for that is Glen Fruin, which is the valley behind my house in Helensburgh. When I write my really sunny, upbeat melodies that’s where I picture singing them. I live in Manchester now, and have done for around four years, and my favourite thing to do here is hang out around where I live in South Manchester with my best friends. I love South Manchester - there’s such a great, diverse community around here, and so many lovely little spots to hang out if you know where to look.
What are the key influences when it comes to your music?
I grew up with really cool parents, and they introduced me and my sister to tonnes of fantastic music, particularly from the 80s and 90s. My family are big shoegaze, dream pop and college rock fans - my first favourite album, when I was around seven, was Treasure by Cocteau Twins, which my mum used to play in the car, but the first song I loved that I found on my own was Do You Want Me? by Hilary Duff, so I guess that gives you an insight into how diverse my earliest influences were! My favourite band of all time are The Sundays, so that’s kind of the gold standard for me (again, thanks to my mum for that one!). If I could sing and write like Harriet Wheeler I’d never do anything else. I’m desperate to get a Sundays tattoo but I can’t pick a single lyric because they’re all so good. As I’ve got older I’ve found more artists for myself, and some of my more contemporary influences are mostly female alt-rock acts like Snail Mail and Beabadoobee.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never listened to your music before?
Summery, guitar-driven alternative rock with a shoegaze influence.
Now the track is out there - what next for you?
The song is just the first part of a larger project that I’m so beyond excited about. Making this project got me out of a creative slump and allowed me to really experiment in a way I’ve never done before, so that feels like it’s opened a million possibilities for me. I can’t wait to keep writing, even though the project isn’t even out yet. It’s an open door.
