Setting the tone with textured drums and an intricate ukulele performance, Your Best Nightmare opens Really Cute with intrigue, dimensionality and charming vocals as she delivers the prose, “I got dressed up real cute just to watch you argue with the waiter about your f*cking salad…”
The opus expands into a thought-provoking, contemporary folk-pop energy as Your Best Nightmare, also known as artist Erin Porter, shares her reality and “satirical, feminist bite”.
We appreciate her poetic prowess and the emotional depth that Your Best Nightmare shares with Really Cute, and we swiftly learn that the artist from New Jersey “has been on a mission to dismantle the patriarchy.”
The cohesive tapestry of sound that Erin creates is evocative and empowering. Her lyricism is intelligent and unique, filled with a sense of surreal realism, which makes what she is creating feel highly authentic.
Fans of Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and Emmy the Great will certainly be able to connect with Really Cute, although it is clear that Your Best Nightmare is creating an authentic universe of her own.
We establish that Erin’s love of science fiction novels and horror films influences the stories she creates musically, each song being a vignette in the story she’s crafted in her mind. Really Cute has been added to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we anticipate the release of her EP, set for release later this year!