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Awful Records have spouted another genre-defying beaut. All hail the Darkwave\u00a0Duchess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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ABRA wears white denim jacket by ALEX MULLINS and underwear by MARIEYAT<\/em><\/p>\n

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Abra met Father, Archibald Slim and KeithCharles Spacebar of Atlanta clique, Awful Records, while popping bottles at a house\u00a0party. Getting wavy with people is the probably nearest thing Awful get to meetings and A&R, it seems. After Abra emailed ideas to the mandem for the best part of a year, they eventually welcomed her aboard.<\/p>\n

Abra\u2019s infectious and polished sound mixes her huge vocal talent with sharp, beautifully intelligent beats, and is ultra-eclectic in its influences; she listens to everything from Wonderland-cover babe Mariah Carey, to various, gloriously analogue 80s synthpop stars. When it comes to her creative process she\u2019s resolutely DIY. \u201cI record myself, I produce myself and I\u2019ve just started mastering myself,\u201d she explains to me, proudly. Calling herself the Darkwave Duchess, Abra\u2019s EP, \u201cRoses\u201d, was released earlier this year and standout tracks like \u201cPride\u201d and \u201cTonight\u201d are part post-Tumblr, #sadgirl fare, and part seething drums nicked from Phil Collins with some 808s thrown in for good measure. Add to that lyrics charged with\u00a0that trademark Awful weirdness (\u201cFold and fold \/ in darkness at your feet \/ is this love or\u00a0a harness baby? \/ please tell me\u201d she sings in \u201cPride\u201d) and you\u2019ve got a pretty distinctive sonic identity.<\/p>\n

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Then there are those creepy videos like \u201cU KNOW\u201d that are full of abyss-eyed, Lynchian weirdness (eat your boring heart out, Tinashe) which show Abra knows how to perfect the holistic, audio-visual package that, rightly\u00a0or wrongly, artists need to be able to foster
\nin this social media epoch to stay relevant.\u00a0\u201cI like darkness: the weird shit. I don\u2019t like romantic-comedies as I think they give you weird expectations of real life,\u201d she\u00a0says, confirming what we already know:\u00a0that she\u2019s a million miles away from the dreary conventionality of myriad other nu-R&B beauties. This fondness for the freaky manifests itself in her love for horror films: \u201cI like to be on edge and they used to scare me a lot, so it\u2019s kind of a challenge for me to be able to watch them and not be scared. I\u2019m definitely an adrenaline type of person.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the future? The Atlanta girl knows what she wants. \u201cTo get paid! It\u2019s hard to be at this in-between stage, travelling everywhere but\u00a0still not getting money like that. I don\u2019t want to be doing a watered down version of anything. I want to get my vision across.\u201d Fair enough. Who said artists should be starving, anyway?<\/p>\n

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Photography<\/strong>: Francesca Allen<\/p>\n

Fashion<\/strong>: Mischa Notcutt<\/p>\n

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Make up<\/strong>: Michelle Boggs using MAC COSMETICS<\/p>\n

Hair<\/strong>: Takuya Uchiyama using BUMBLE & BUMBLE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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