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Called “clever and heartfelt” by Pitchfork and compared to Liz Phair,
Madison Cunningham and Courtney Barnett, Kate Davis has signed to
ANTI- Records.

Growing up in Portland where she began playing violin at age five and
bass at age thirteen, Davis later moved to New York City to attend the
Manhattan School Of Music. At night, Davis would sneak down to
Brooklyn, where she watched indie-rock innovators Grizzly Bear and the
Dirty Projectors and secretly dreamed of breaking away from the
academic rigor of the jazz world she inhabited. With time, Davis found
a way to take control of her musical destiny and define her own path,
which began with her 2018 debut album ‘Trophy.’

“She has this background of tremendous musical chops and that is
poured into this record, but at the same time she is able to speak to
her experiences,” said Stephen Thompson of the album on NPR’s All
Songs Considered at the time. “As I listen more, the technical
elements of her approach, her skills, her timing, her intelligence
around arrangement … all of who she is is in this record, she’s just
telling us about it in a different way,” Ann Powers added.

Bandcamp also said in an interview with Davis - “That ‘Trophy’ even
exists is a triumph—a symbol of Davis breaking free from her former
self. But it’s also a powerful album in its own right, one that
examines our relationship with desire, and what we’ll do to satisfy
it.” In that same interview Davis added: “I’ve been in places in my
life where I’ve had some ugly sides come out, just because I felt like
I wasn’t in control. It’s just about doing whatever it takes to win.”