Modern Woman

Sophie Harris has mastered the art of playing with contradictions – both apparent and real – down to the last detail. Indeed, it was the dualities between harsh and warm, rugged and beautiful, loud and soft that inspired her first song sketches. Initially a solo artist, then with a three-piece band, as the singer of Modern Woman she channels intricate lyrics about femininity and truth, weaving them into almost avant-garde compositions. Post-punk and chamber pop, art rock and the singer-songwriter folk of Patti Smith are just a few of the sources of inspiration from which the four Londoners draw with both hands. The results are incredibly unconventional yet instantly captivating, as their debut EP “Dogs Fighting In My Dream” (2021) impressively demonstrated. And although they were already introduced to the now legendary Windmill scene at the eponymous pub in Brixton, London, Modern Woman have so far led a rather niche existence, even among connoisseurs. That changed at the very latest with their European tour at the start of the year and the release of their first album “Johnny’s Dreamworld” (2026) shortly afterwards.