Allison Lorenzen

Known as one half of the Darkwave band School Dance, Allison Lorenzen's solo work explores a minimalist approach to acutely felt noise-pop and aching slowcore. Balancing a gossamer lightness in her voice and synthesizers with heavy guitar riffs, Allison's first single "Vale" featuring the artist Midwife garnered high praise from The Big Takeover, Various Small Flames, Austin Town Hall and more.

Lorenzen’s voice has an uncanny choral quality to it. Taking a phrase that would have sounded quite beautiful sung straight in her smoky, ephemeral delivery, Lorenzen frequently raises the stakes by taking a single word through several octave changes within the same breath. Treading similar musical paths to Beach House in her penchant for writing quiet, world-shifting crescendos, the nocturnal, Styx-guiding Dream Pop of Julee Cruise and the heavy, distortion filled guitars and world-weary vocals of Miserable and frequent Tender collaborator Midwife, Lorenzen’s work comes alive in its own cinematic universe.