lilly among clouds

German indie pop songstress Lilly Among Clouds combines elements of retro pop, soul, and classic rock with sympathetic electronic flourishes, and brandishes a remarkably rich, powerful, husky voice that it's hard to believe came from someone her age. Born Elisabeth Brüchner in 1990 into a musical family and brought up in picturesque Lower Bavaria in south-east Germany near the Austrian border, Lilly was drawn to music as a young child, learning to play the piano and, later, guitar. Inspired by Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Norah Jones and, later, Rihanna, she began writing son...