Amy Duncan

About

Enter Amy Duncan's bewitching world and you won't want to leave. Cocoon, the award-winning Scottish musician's new album, is a sensual spine-chiller, as intimate as it is ethereal, as cinematic as it is hauntingly sparse. Inspired by lockdown restrictions, the aptly titled Cocoon captures contained life in slow motion, mixing memories of childhood with dreams of escape, days drifting by, the spectre of death and nights spent dancing at home with loved ones.

For Cocoon, the classically trained folkie whose music features on the Netflix remake of Charmed, fully embraced electronics, switching from her usual acoustic instruments to synths, electric guitar and electric upright bass. The result is a spectral new sound with space for her high, hypnotic vocals to swim over minimal soundscapes and percussion. Lead single A Door Is Opening, released in August, is a sparkling, sun-dappled beauty about leaving the house for daily lockdown walks. Sonically, it mimics the wonder of the world outside when the only alternative is four walls.