Australian singer/songwriter Cloves emerged in the 2010s with a lush sound and smoky vocals reminiscent of Lana Del Rey and Adele. Her first EP, 2015's stripped-down XIII, allowed her voice to take center stage. Even as her production and instrumental backing swelled on her rocking debut full-length, One Big Nothing, Cloves' voice remained the main draw. At the end of the decade, she incorporated beat-heavy programming to the mix with the dark pop single "Dead."
Born Kaity Dunstan in Melbourne, Cloves started singing in public at the age of 13, performing in dive bars with he...