"It takes a certain composure, as a teenager, to walk out onto Taylor Swift's stage in a sold-out stadium and play an opening set to tens of thousands of fans who have never heard of you. But it takes even more conviction to use the occasion to play music almost guaranteed to leave them squirming - grimy, bloodletting noise-rock and electro about being a sexual menace and growing disillusioned with God."
"'Dissociative' is a decent descriptor for Isella's music, too - disorienting, unnerving, drawing out emotions you might not understand. But there's so much skill in the performances and imagination in her arrangements that they may well get Isella - who plays the Fonda Theater on Nov. 16 - onto much bigger stages of her own, just as the world gets much bleaker around her."
"Isella grew up in Los Angeles in a family with enough entertainment-biz acclaim to make being an artist feel like a viable career. Yet they still let her be feral and freewheeling in developing her craft. Her father, the Chilean American cinematographer Claudio Miranda, won an Oscar for 2012's "Life of Pi" and shot "Top Gun: Maverick" and the recent racing hit "F1" (Her mom is the author Kelli Bean-Miranda). Looking back on her bucolic childhood in L.A., Isella recalled it filled with music"
Sofia Isella opened for Taylor Swift on the Australian Eras tour, performing grimy, bloodletting noise-rock and electro that confronts sexual menace and growing disillusionment with God. Her music cultivates a dissociative, unnerving atmosphere that draws out complex emotions through inventive arrangements and assured performances. Large-room shows can feel dissociative compared with intimate gigs, creating a surreal performance experience. The upcoming record pairs dark themes with moments of ironic laughter as a coping mechanism. Isella's Los Angeles upbringing in an entertainment family fostered a feral, freewheeling development of craft amid a childhood filled with music.
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