Biography
In 2011 the London electropop outfit Woman's Hour coalesced, channeling the spirit of Saint Etienne into a quieter, post-xx setting. Founders Fiona and Will Burgess, a pair of siblings, began by cutting a run of demos titled after BBC 4 radio shows. Once Josh Hunnisett and Nicolas Graves joined the lineup, the track originally called Woman's Hour supplied the group's permanent name, and the idea of presenting a fully integrated visual identity across recordings, clips, artwork, and live materials had already taken root. The band made its formal debut at the close of 2011 via the double A-side single pairing "Jenni" with "Human," yet the measured interplay of synths and restraint that would define them surfaced more clearly on the 2013 release "To the End." Issued by Parlour Records, that single carried stark black-and-white photography by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin on its sleeve, initiating a partnership that persisted after Woman's Hour moved to Secretly Canadian and issued "Her Ghost" in 2014. Broomberg and Chanarin again supplied both artwork and video for the single, then created the cover for the quartet's first full-length album, Conversations, which also appeared in 2014.
Albums
Singles
