In the summer of 2009, a girl from Seattle named Cecilia Walters was bored in her bedroom. She has a passion for music based on her talents and has an idea to start an independent solo music career by recording her singing while playing guitar throu...
So far, Cecilia gained a huge cult following around the US with her lo-fi bedroom pop recordings. Some of her albums also got mixed reviews. She sometimes didn't gave away the hate from she's getting but a lot of people advised her to not listen to it. There are a lot of supportive people around her including her caring boyfriend/best friend, Mitchell. She began to take meditation lessons to boost her confidence and charisma. Her music also began to influence a lot of future musicians around the world. Despite of the success of her Eclipse album, she was offered a record deal by major labels but she didn't want to get sign in to it because she already know the cruel world of mainstream success.
Her album topped #21 at Billboard US Album Charts, #15 at the UK, #8 at New Zealand and #18 at Australia. She went on tour to promote the album with the support of The Pipers. Angela started a solo career by the name, The Pipers. It's an experimental folk punk project started by her but Angela also still want to be Cecilia's touring member. After the tour ended, Cecilia wanted to make a bedroom-based album like what she do in her past few years and the label agreed by her idea. She began write a few new songs and produced some of them. In that same time, she also collaborated with Angela to produce her debut EP and make a feature on it with a song titled "I Don't Like You". Back to her anticipated sixth album, she released a promotional single for it titled "Tornadoes", a shoegaze song about depression and suicidal thoughts with elements of psychedelia, slowcore and ambient. The song topped the charts and received critical acclaim. Her next single is titled "Snowstorm / Winter Depression". It's not a separate single but it's into one. A progressive-folk masterpiece with elements of chamber pop, psychedelia, slowcore and ambient. Few months later, she finally got to release an album titled Further.
Further (2015, Sub Pop Records)
Tracklist:
1. Ten Thousand Miles 2. Birch Tree 3. Drunken Nights 4. Tornadoes 5. Crossroads 6. Finest 7. Snowstorm / Winter Depression 8. Orb 9. Dead Bodies 10. Wolves
The album received critical acclaim and commercial success. Topped #8 at the Alternative Album Charts and #12 at Billboard US Album Charts. It's also nominated for a Grammy too. She began to have a lot of hype by her Birch Tree music video. Her biggest achievement that year is by winning a Southwest SXSW award for Best Solo Artist.
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A picture of Cecilia playing in Southwest SXSW 2015.
She went on tour with the support of Phoebe Bridgers. Cecilia knows her from her Killer EP and asked her whether if she wants to open for her. Her music also influenced Phoebe's musicality from time to time. Cecilia soon become cover stars of NME, Rolling Stones, Alternative Press and more. She also been offered to do photoshoot of high-end brands and declined some of them. Cecilia like being the spotlight but hate it on the other way. She prefer being independent on one side. Cecilia also played at huge festivals like Coachella, Reading, Glastonbury and Lollapalooza. A lot of people loved her slow-eerie folk sound. Especially at the time, a lot of people loved electronic music but they still loved Cecilia's music.
